At the beginning of the year, my friend Jeremy and I compared our "best of 2011" music lists. On his list was a guy under the alias The Weeknd. Intrigued by his style and the fact I could get all his music for free right off his site, I went and downloaded the whole shebang. Needless to say "House of Balloons" blew my eardrums away; I was hooked!
However on his last offering, a cover of Michael Jackson's "Dirty Diana" was re imagined without Slash's signature guitar riffs. Retitled "D.D.", he manages to recreate MJ's vocals over a haunting melody before the drums kick into overdrive. You might have to resist throwing your fist in the air when he belts out "Because he's sleeping with me!"; I say go with your gut and pump that fist!
~StEvO
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