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| RA News The group's new mixtape has again been made available as a free download.
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RA Since /Apr 2011
| #1 / Fri, 19 Aug 11 20:53 'Rolling Stone' was also made available earlier. The version that appears on the mixtape has a few minor differences.
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RA Since /Nov 2005
| #2 / Fri, 19 Aug 11 21:13 So sick. Such a talented kid.
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RA Since /Dec 2006
| #3 / Sat, 20 Aug 11 00:25 Niiiiiiiice!
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| #4 / Sat, 20 Aug 11 13:02 the zone is my favourite on the mixtape
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| #5 / Sat, 20 Aug 11 17:43 Super-rad! An incredible talent and awesome that he's going to have 3 albums worth of music out there before he releases anything through a label. He's set for the big time- that's a given.
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| #6 / Mon, 22 Aug 11 14:13 Def generating some good press for them. Solid mixtape!
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RA Since /Sep 2003
| #7 / Tue, 30 Aug 11 05:32 Is it possible to have Album of the Year twice in the same year?? This guy is amazing! Kinda reminds me of MJ! Def going to be The Biggest Artist on The PLanet soon!!
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 | RA Review on White label The Weeknd's debut album/mixtape House of Balloons took the over-the-top literalism of singers like The-Dream and R. Kelly to a grittier and even more explicit world of sex, drugs, violence and, above all, self-pity. There was a noir-ish coat of regret and withdrawal comparable to fellow Torontonian..
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| #8 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 09:28 As good as the first one, a great artist is born ! Heaven or Las Vegas <3
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| #9 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 10:25 I downloaded House of Balloons but I just don't get it. Every song seems to be about cheating on his girlfriend. What a tool. Here "He's more and more misogynistic, more violent and more pathetic". Why would I want to listen to that? That's a genuine question btw.
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| #10 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 13:33 Booorrrriiinnnnggg
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RA Since /Mar 2011
| #11 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 14:29 I don't know about this, didn't like the last album.
Autotune is dead yo.
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| #12 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 15:37 why do you call this a "mixtape"?
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| #13 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 16:47 you gave the last 3.5 and this a 4?? house of balloons > thursday for sure!
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| #14 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 17:04 (Edited: 31 Aug 11 17:22) Posted by gnb I downloaded House of Balloons but I just don't get it. Every song seems to be about cheating on his girlfriend. What a tool. Here "He's more and more misogynistic, more violent and more pathetic". Why would I want to listen to that? That's a genuine question btw.
Because art with unlikeable protagonists can be fascinating? You realize that what he's singing about doesn't actually have to be true right? I mean I get it if you think the subject matter is boring or whatever, but you almost sound personally offended by his infidelity. I haven't heard this yet, but I thought House Of Balloons was dull except for the excellent "What You Need".
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| #15 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 18:21 Both releases are just too long for me to listen all the way through without getting annoyed/bored; some individual tracks are mint though.
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| #16 / Wed, 31 Aug 11 23:28 lyrically, just like the previous mix tape i find this to be very self indulged and non-accessible. i doubt the average listener can relate to his over the top perturbed dribble.
its a shame though because instrumentally it sounds top notch, Just take his annoying personality out of the equation.
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RA Since /Nov 2010
| #17 / Thu, 01 Sep 11 02:54 RA needs a lesson in genre classification.
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RA Since /Jun 2007
| #18 / Thu, 01 Sep 11 03:49 Whoa, this album is really, really shit. I dont get the hype. Lyric content is same old laughable shite as every other RnB twat with nothing interesting to say. And there is also the over obvious application of auto tune used in this album. To be fair, "What you need" was a brilliant song, but nothing on this album even comes close to that song.
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| #19 / Thu, 01 Sep 11 08:15 four? no way.
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| #20 / Thu, 01 Sep 11 18:04 ce n'est pas du hip hop ce truc!!! disponible en téléchargement GRATUIT sur le site de ce truc mais c'est quand même bien
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Benzon Posts / 67
RA Since /May 2007
| #21 / Thu, 01 Sep 11 19:23 lol @ calling this hip hip.
HIP-HOP IS ROLLING OVER IN ITS GRAVE
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| #22 / Thu, 01 Sep 11 21:08 puke.......
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| #23 / Thu, 01 Sep 11 21:36 Great album. Can't wait to hear his new album (apparently coming out sometime this winter.
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| #24 / Fri, 02 Sep 11 03:50 after reading comments i cannot conceive how anyone wouldnt recognize the monumental investment the artist has made and the rarely paralleled soulful display...people sadden me with their general lack of aesthetic observation. if music doesnt make me feel and/or take me somewhere im often disappointed. this does both. ive listened to it nearly 10 times without fatigue. that doesnt happen unless its great. audio panty dropper. 5
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| #25 / Fri, 02 Sep 11 04:14 some kids comment on youtube: 'makes me want to beat off and cry at the same time....'- i laughed :-D
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| #26 / Fri, 02 Sep 11 04:36 great album..the track feat drake is huge!
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| #27 / Sat, 03 Sep 11 23:29 Hip-Hop??? I don't think so
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Comrade Massie Posts / 10
RA Since /Apr 2011
| #28 / Tue, 06 Sep 11 16:50 Yeah, that doesn't seem to figure based on what the review says!? Neither does the plural tense in the title? Pedants rule 
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Comrade Massie Posts / 10
RA Since /Apr 2011
| #29 / Tue, 06 Sep 11 16:50 why does
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Comrade Massie Posts / 10
RA Since /Apr 2011
| #30 / Tue, 06 Sep 11 16:50 it make me triple post when it hasn't loaded the next page? delete delete!
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| #31 / Tue, 06 Sep 11 19:12 I can't shake the feeling that the reviewer didn't really enjoy this album . . .
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that's what she said Posts / 495
RA Since /Oct 2007
| #32 / Tue, 20 Sep 11 01:44 massive
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