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3.9 ( 19 total votes )
The Weeknd - The Birds (Part 1)
Artist: The Weeknd
Producer: Doc McKinney and Illangelo
Album: Thursday
Label: Universal Republic
As Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller, The Birds, taught us, a romance between a lawyer with mother issues, and a wealthy socialite can only end in one way: vicious, potentially fatal pecking. Perhaps fearing a similar incident, The Weeknd spends his latest single (Part 1 in a series) desperately trying to dissuade a certain female from falling in love (or making him make her fall in love) with him. Whatever his reasons may be, though, they must be damn important—in contrast to the narcotically hazy vibes of past features Rolling Stone and The Morning, beatsmiths Doc McKinney and Illangelo set a mood of urgency on the production tip. The T-Dot singer adapts his vocal stylings to mach, lacing their layered vocal effects and ominous martial percussion rhythms with emotionally-fraught pleas—in the process making full use of his wounded falsetto. Thursday, the second in Weeknd’s mixtape trilogy has yet to receive a release date; in the meantime, though, fans can still download inaugural installment House of Balloons at the artist’s official site.
This song first appeared on the
R&B / Pop Chart
on June 20, 2011
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11882 |
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I cannot write something like "The Weeknd's music is really starting to grow on me, yada yada yada," because from my first listen to "The Morning" I knew I liked what I heard. Well, an album's worth of material and a few leaks later and nothing has changed, except for maybe the tempo. Dope record, especially the production.
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| Posted on Jun 16, 2011 |
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glad to see this one on here. The Weeknd def has talent, more people need to realize it. .
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| Posted on Jun 17, 2011 |
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First time hearing this dude switch up the tempo. Not his best work, but still better than the rest of the R&B out there at the moment. Bring on Part 2
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| Posted on Jun 17, 2011 |
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Love the change of pace for the Weeknd. I was impressed with his work before this, and now am excited to see his versatility. He is going to be big and fast.
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| Posted on Jun 17, 2011 |
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This guy has some serious talent. I really liked Rolling Stone and I really like this. 4/5
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| Posted on Jun 17, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jun 18, 2011 |
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Weeknd and Frank Ocean are taking the R&B scene by storm, I've been hooked to this song since it droppeed
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| Posted on Jun 18, 2011 |
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| Posted on Jun 19, 2011 |
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The Weeknd, two hits for me.
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| Posted on Jun 20, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 125 |
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at least it's not bad..
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| Posted on Jun 22, 2011 |
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The Weeknd has made me a fan...3.5
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| Posted on Jun 23, 2011 |
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Yes
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| Posted on Jun 23, 2011 |
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I would've listened to this guy a lot sooner had it not been for the "Hipster R&B" label he was given. Glad i stopped sleeping this beat is epic. The only rhing i don't like about this song is his singing at the end.
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| Posted on Jun 23, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 130 |
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I am so glad people are starting to pick up on this man. He's putting so much quality out there you can't miss him at this point. And he definitely has the talent and unique sound.
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| Posted on Jun 29, 2011 |
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straight up coke music! i like
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| Posted on Nov 30, 2011 |
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The Weeknd is severely underrated.
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| Posted on Jan 11, 2012 |
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I love the beat o this track and the combination whit the R&B from the weekend... its definitely something different this guy from OVO rock specially in this track!
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| Posted on Mar 09, 2012 |
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