Behold, the Weeknd in a state of growth. "Kiss Land" is the title track to Abel Tesfaye's forthcoming LP -- his first LP made specifically for the format, since Trilogy is just those first three…   Read Story »

French Montana's oft-delayed Excuse My French was finally released this week. The album includes one of last summer's biggest bangers "Pop That" and convulsive Nicki Minaj collaboration "Freaks," as…   Read Story »

Abel Tesfaye's new Weeknd album will be the first set of songs he's created specifically for that format -- remember him in his mysterioso mixtape maestro guise, leading to his mixtape-compiling…   Read Story »

While the majority of the Internet was losing its mind over the brand new Houston-rooted, war cry from Beyoncé, the Weeknd (née Abel Tesfaye) announced that he would be release a sophomore LP some…   Read Story »

The Weeknd and resurgent Three 6 Mafia berserk-libertine rapper/producer Juicy J tend to write songs about the exact same things: Sex, drugs, partying, being predatory nightlife animals. The only…   Read Story »

The Weeknd's video for "Twenty Eight," one of the previously-unreleased tracks from his mixtape reissue Trilogy, is a tough thing to untangle. It has something to do with European talk shows and…   Read Story »

Throughout the course of my life I have not been what you would call an R&B listener. A brief history of my dabbling: I owned a cassette copy of Boyz II Men's II because who didn't? A year later I…   Read Story »

Last night, the Weeknd made his television debut on BBC's Later ... With Jools Holland, where he performed "Wicked Games." Lana Del Rey also appeared on the show to perform her recent "Ride." Watch…   Read Story »

If the Weeknd's Abel Tesfaye somehow becomes an anonymous R&B hook-singer dude, we'll all die just a little bit inside. So far, though, Tesfaye is two-for-two on his featured appearances, with both…   Read Story »

Another day, another Zane Lowe premiere of a Weeknd bonus cut that will appear on his forthcoming physical release Trilogy. This one's called "Till Dawn (Here Comes The Sun)," a stuttering,…   Read Story »