the weekend just got better.

I usually would never be caught dead endorsing an artist that the crippled kid from Degrassi, oh wait... I mean the rapper Drake also champions, but I must say that THE WEEKND is truly the one man that could possibly change the face and sound of typical R&B. It's funny, the term Rhythm & Blues was originally used in order to describe the heavy and insistent beats of blues music that flooded the music scene during the 1940's and 50's and ultimately contributed to the development of GREAT rock and roll, like that of the Rolling Stones. Lately, R&B has become a term loosely thrown around to describe corny Ne-Yo love songs and music that is seriously lacking the urban soul that original R&B relied so heavily on.

Well, this was my view until I heard the Weeknd's song, "Glass Table Girls", where he starts out the song saying, "Two puffs for the lady who be down for that". This sex infused number will have you riding on the shallow thump of the songs underlying drum, while his lyrics expel the unsightly feelings of a three-day long drug haze as he vehemently spits, "i heard you do drugs now/you heard wrong i been on 'em for a minute/we just never act a fool that's just how we fuckin live it."

Although this ins't the official video for "Glass Table Girls", I think it perfectly parallels the song's spacey feel. When the Weeknd saw this video he posted it on his tumblr and wrote "in white girls we lust".  check it out.

With the recent release of his first record, House of Balloons, (which he released on his own and is actually now available for download via his website), the Weeknd has and will continue to receive notoriety for his intriguing sound and even more for his stimulating lyrics.

If you like "Glass Table Girls", definitely take the time listen to the rather hypnotic and passionate song, "Coming Down".