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The Weeknd’s official video for “Earned It” from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack features Dakota Johnson and women dancers decked in bondage gear. He sings to them, watches them rehearse and they later become his back-up dancers. It’s all a prelude to movie’s S&M storyline and February 14th release.

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1. Did Jay-Z forgetting some of the lyrics to “Empire State Of Mind” and “Jigga What, Jigga Who” during his SXSW set really “make for a disappointing set?” Did fans even notice?

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2. If The Dream believes that The Weeknd is copying his sound then why doesn’t he change his sound?

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3. Are Charles Hamilton’s allegations against J.Cole true?

Echoes of Slience is the third and last edition in The Weeknd’s mixtape series.

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Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd has released his first official video with this visual for “The Knowing” from his much-blogged about House Of Balloons project. Mikael Columbu directed this piece for the Montreal native’s heavily emotional style that’s been praised for its accuracy of mood. The Echoes of Silence release that’s a part of the three record trinity that includes Balloons and Thursday has not been posted to his site yet.