I had a chance to meet Toronto-based producer The Sol’ Kidd when he came down to RDU for 9th Wonder’s Gladiator Beat Battle earlier this year. Even though The Sol’ Kidd didn’t win, he made it into the final rounds of the competition.
The Sol’ Kidd decided to remix several tracks off of The Weeknds’ House of Balloons and Thursday mixtapes. When he first sent it to me I thought it was a bad idea—I totally dig The Weeknd’s music so I didn’t think a do over was neccessary.
However The Sol’ Kidd does The Weeknds’ material justice and the result is pretty fresh.