House Of Balloons, the first instalment of the trilogy, still holds up as the strongest. It’s more fan-service than pandering to the uninitiated. Tracks have been remastered, a bonus song supplements each respective disc, and only a singular concession has been made in terms of sampling rights (Aayliah’s Rock The Boat is no longer present on What You Need). In that sense, Trilogy’s greatest triumph is its avoidance of cynicism. In essence, the set is repackaging material which has long been freely available. Marking the first commercial release from Canadian artist Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, Trilogy compiles the triptych of mixtapes released during a mercurial spurt in 2011.
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