Wouldn't call him overated, I love his work as a musician and sound designer... But specifically on AH he was choking his vocals to death

He disguises the sad undertones of many of his songs with up tempo beats and melodies

Tbh

I think that was the effect he went for to show Abel’s lack of confidence in some of tjose songs

99% of dawn

Yeah that came off a bit harsh, I do love Ill lol

Did you mean overrated in the sense that people act like he’s the best producer Abels worked iwth

Trust me that ain't it, they were de-essed (sometimes with several) and overly compressed.... That's not the creative effects

I mean he has given us tons of classics?

Including the After Hours (Title Track) itself.

Beat Goes On Ye verse would be CRAZY

Moreso as in people get so mad when he’s not on one of the new albums acting like he’s the only thing that will provide a good album from Abel, same thing with Doc.

Nah I defo agree but I see what he’s saying

When it was confirmed Ill wasn’t on the album people on reddit (idk about here) were 1000% sure it’d be a bad album cos of that

^^

y'all not even taking the speculation/theory as far as y'all should...

clearly the tour snippet of the choir is the first thing you hear when transitioning to the After Life and thus is the intro of this new trilogy's finale. in this essay i will-

Whoever was working on his vocals this go around smashed it

don’t give me hope just for abel to shatter it

Our boy is clear in that mix like a motherfucker

facts, not missing the lack of alone again type tracks

I believe the reason Abel's vocals were processed like that on AH were for aesthetic purposes and were intentional. Whether you like that choice or not, that's up to you

He sounds so smooth and shiny on this

Don’t get carried away now Alone Again is amazing

hold up

alone again slander?

This🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

It’s a shame weeknds voice isn’t as strong as MJ’s