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Username: welcome2thejam

Album: House of Balloons: My brother kept telling me this was undoubtedly the best era of the Weeknd, not looking forward to acknowledging to him that he had massive points

High for This: 10 I'm doing this at 2:45 pm on a Wednesday this is not a good time to get high

What You Need: 8 Remember back when people memed those boring looking dudes who held pieces of paper pointing at each other with that corny ass "he's the one who you want" "he's the one you need" thing. Idk just reminded me of that

House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls: 10 Gotta think people who've been Weeknd fans since HoB went off when dude brought this out at the Super Bowl

The Morning: 10 Getting hot & heavy for this guitar sound tbh

Wicked Games: 10 A masterpiece in atmosphere

The Party & The After Party: 10 Shoutout to the Weeknd for making me go "oh shit its Beach House" in a positive way for the first time in my entire life

Coming Down: 8 Does the anime sample turn this into self-insert

Loft Music: 7 Ngl discourse turned this into the "what's good young ho" track I can't think about anything else outside of maybe how weird the intro sounds comparatively to the other songs

The Knowing: 8 You simply can't underestimate his skill at making the most toxic relationship seem enticing

Twenty Eight: 7

Album: Kaleidoscope Dream: Love the instrumentals. Miguel's got such a killer voice, this album's heavy sensuality can be a tightrope to walk and his delivery & charisma keep him balanced for the most part

Adorn: 10 Before we continue this rate, anybody wanna let my love adorn you

Don’t Look Back: 10 The drums sound incredible here. Time of the Season cover is definitely a choice, but everything before it rocks so we can sidestep the move

Use Me: 10 If I had that kind of voice I'd be screaming shit like "defile me" too

Do You…: 7 Hugs not drugs

Kaleidoscope Dream: 10 "Allow me to provoke babe" Dude's so horny he's gone full Shakespeare era dialect. He's gonna lie on his back and yell "have at thee!"

The Thrill: 9

How Many Drinks?: 9 When Kendrick came on and referenced Swimming Pools I popped like an opening day Marvel moviegoer at a cameo

Where’s the Fun In Forever?: 8 The fun is packed into that bassline nestled tightly in the background

Arch & Point: 8 Alright, so I definitely can't play this album for the work carpool

Pussy Is Mine: 7 Sorry but Hatsune Miku said "World is Mine" first so she had dibs

Candles In the Sun: 6 Post-nut clarity

Album: Nostalgia, ultra: True to the theme, my nostalgia goggles came off big for some tracks, but others remain some of my absolute favorite Frank songs and bring me way way back

Strawberry Swing: 10 Gotta say, few things in life feel more nostalgic than the Strawberry Swing guitar line & melody. Perfect song to sample

Novacane: 11 2010s me thought this was the hottest beat around lol. Still choppy & grimy as hell in the best possible way. His voice during the whole "chemist on campus" section activates the pleasure center in my brain. Also, my brother and I still quote "cocaine for breakfast: yikes" to each other all the time

We All Try: 7 1 out of 3 rate artists are moon truthers. Feel free to speculate which ones for future rates

Songs for Women: 7

Lovecrimes: 10 Shrunk a little bit but still love this beat too much to not drop double digits

There Will Be Tears: 8 Fun change of pace sound wise, obviously not fun at all subject matter wise

Swim Good: 10

Dust: 7 Dreamy

American Wedding: 6 Damn I forgot how much of this is just straight Hotel California. Love the "that guitar solo 🔥🔥🔥" comments

Nature Feels: 3 Welp, not all the sample uses can be winners (bridge was good though)

BONUS TRACKS

Wiz Khalifa - Remember You (feat. The Weeknd): 7

Ty Dolla $ign - Or Nah (feat. Wiz Khalifa & The Weeknd): 7 Whoa whoa lemme get some headphones in, jesus christ Abel

Juicy J - One of Those Nights (feat. The Weeknd): 7 Heard this was originally titled One of These Nights but they saw Don Henley still lurking & made the switch

J. Cole - Power Trip (feat. Miguel): 7 Not quite as strong of a Two Man Power Trip as Triple H & Stone Cold, but still good

Wale - Lotus Flower Bomb (feat. Miguel): 8 Gotta listen to some Wale eventually

Mariah Carey - Beautiful (feat. Miguel): 10 Lmao good luck to the rest of the bonus songs but I know where my ratbucks are going

Jay-Z & Kanye West - Made In America (feat. Frank Ocean): 7 Frank's hook pulls a pretty massive carryjob tbh, and even then it might run too much by the end

Odd Future - Oldie: 9 Frank Ocean having been known primarily for being part of Odd Future feels like an entire lifetime ago

Justin Bieber - Bigger: 6 Imagining someone that isn't Justin Bieber on this with a better sound and now I'm mad

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