May 17th, 2013 
Grant Trimboli Toronto crooner The Weeknd chose to release the title track to his upcoming effort, Kiss Land, as well as another new song “John Carpenter.”
The track is almost 8 minutes long and switches up halfway through from “Kiss Land” into “John Carpenter.” Kiss Land is preparing to drop later this year.
Check out the stream for The Weeknd’s new songs below and keep your eyes peeled for streams, album details, and more from us.
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May 15th, 2013 James Shotwell Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny French Montana’s knack for partnering with the biggest names in the industry. He’s the rapping equivalent to DJ Khaled in terms of collaborations, and today’s new single is no different.
Letting Canadian heartthrob The Weeknd take center stage, “Gifted” pairs the Montana and the crooner against a relatively empty beat. The focus is supposed to be on the lyrics, and we could argue for hours over whether or not Montana should think his mic skills deserving of such a spotlight (spoiler: they’re not), but there is no denying the exciting atmosphere …
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March 18th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Abel Tesfaye is making sure that everyone is familiar with his R&B project The Weeknd in 2013.
Yesterday, he took to the social networking website Twitter to reveal his forthcoming album title to follow-up last year’s Trilogy release. The only information to be let go from this announcement was the title Kiss Land in a black box. Stay tuned for further details on The Weeknd’s highly anticipated album Kiss Land right here on Under The Gun Review.
Want to pay an insane amount of money for The Weeknd’s Trilogy on vinyl? The set is going for $200 dollars right here…
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March 13th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Abel Tesfaye AKA The Weeknd has announced details to release a special shipment of his Warner Bros debut, Trilogy, on vinyl. There’s a huge catch though. The price.
The Weeknd’s Trilogy collection includes his three albums, House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence.
According to his webstore, these fine collectables will be going for an astounding price of $199. Each copy is signed and hand-numbered with a limited amount of 500 copies worldwide. After hearing the price are you turned off from purchasing these items?
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February 21st, 2013 Adrian Garza Juicy’s at it again. This time, he’s decided to have The Weeknd drop in on the track.
This hot new Juicy J track was just dropped on the world today, and it absolutely kills. What really makes the track stick out is The Weeknd‘s soulful vocal style which adds to the song’s overall relaxed feeling. Keep an eye out for Juicy’s next album, Stay Trippy, which is due out later this year.
Follow the jump for a stream of the “One Of Those Nights”.
Posted in News, Streams Tags: hip-hop (genre), juicy j, new song, one of those nights, Stay Trippy, stream, the weeknd, three six mafia No Comments » February 13th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Crooning sensation The Weeknd continues to dazzle us, with his new NSFW visuals for “Twenty Eight.”
We know that R&B/rappers nowadays have a tendency to create raunchy strip club videos but “Twenty Eight” is tastefully done. You will definitely need a couple plays through to experience everything it has to offer. This material comes off of Abel Tesfaye’s Warner Bros debut, Trilogy, which hit shelves and everywhere back in November. The release is a combination of his first three efforts, House Of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence.
Watch the Toronto favorite pick up where he …
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January 11th, 2013 Dayton O'Connor Hip-hop producer Clams Casino is taking a move straight out of Lil B’s based playbook – he’s uploading all of his music to Youtube.
In the span of a few hours Clammy Clams has already added every track from both of his instrumental mixtapes, his Rainforest EP, his production work for A$AP Rocky, and a couple of one shot beats he’s done for the likes of Mykki Ekko, The Weeknd, and Havoc to his new official Youtube channel. We’ve just took a look inside to see if we missed any stray tracks, and… my god, it’s …
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November 13th, 2012 James Shotwell After weeks of teasing, Wiz Khalifa has finally released the visuals for his Weeknd-guested single, “Remember You.”
Directed by Ryan Hope, the video for “Remember You” is described in the official description as “picture of distressed women in a glamorous underworld.” Whether or not that blueprint is executed well is up to you, but there is plenty of eye candy to enjoy regardless. You can view the video after the jump.
O.N.I.F.C. will supposedly arrive in December.
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November 9th, 2012 Jacob Tender I have some talented friends. Friends that just have an ear for things that are constantly creating music. One of those pals is Zachary Garren (Strawberry Girls, ex- Dance Gavin Dance).
Taking his friend and colleague, Kurt Travis‘ song “The Blowtorch Is Applied To The Sugar” and infusing a bit of The Weeknd‘s “Wicked Games,” Zach made two completely different worlds collide.
I dig it, I hope you dig it. Dig it below.
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November 8th, 2012 James Shotwell Ensuring awareness of his upcoming major label debut is at high as humanly possible, The Weeknd steps out from the shadows to release the video for his Drake collaboration, “The Zone.” The song originally appeared on the Canadian crooner’s Thursday mixtape, but will be reissued this coming Tuesday on Trilogy.
Directed by Abel Tesfaye himself, the latest video from The Weeknd play heavy on the visuals from the cover of Thursday while still leaving plenty of room for performance shots. Drake makes an appearance as well, but it’s more his silhouette than anything else. You can view the video …
November 7th, 2012 Matthew Dondiego Hip-hop crooner The Weeknd has released a brand new track titled “Valerie”, his second new song released in as many days. The new song is a bonus track off of the singer’s forthcoming label debut Trilogy due out November 13 on Universal Records.
The Weeknd is a staff favorite here at UTG, as we too, have been swooned by the Canadian crooners’ unbelievable vocal abilities, creating quite the buzz about the new album. Give the new song a spin below and be sure to pick up Trilogy when it drops next week.
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November 6th, 2012 James Shotwell Fans of Canadian crooner The Weeknd will be treated to no less than three brand new tracks when Trilogy, the young singer’s first release on a major label, hits stores this month. Of those three tracks, “Twenty Eight” is the first to surface online and it is nothing short of a soulful beast. The track doesn’t stray too far from the beaten path of The Weeknd’s initial mixtapes, but then again why would anyone fix something that has yet to be broken? You can enjoy “Twenty Eight” after the jump.
Trilogy arrives in stores later this month. Will you …
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