House of Balloons by The Weeknd

House of Balloons is a record comprised of slow-burning bangers, expertly crafted and dripping with a refreshingly ugly prettiness.

He commands the mood better than artists who have been in the game for years and yet this his first release.

An explosive debut unlike most of whatever is on Hot 97 or whatever your city uses to listen to Drake.

The group's penchant for druggy atmospherics is mirrored in their lyrical content, which is overtly sexual, narcotics-focused, and occasionally downright frightening.

They bring to the table the most interesting, depressing, and drug-infested R&B record in years.

For what The Weeknd have produced, regardless of what genre it is or isn’t, is a very good record.

" Trust me girl, you wanna be high for this " The Weeknd

The character portrayed isn't very admirable or poetic even, but coupled with dark and gloomy production, we have here a falsetto narrator buried in a world of bliss, drugs, and working women, that paints a beautifully tragic picture.