We know that The Weeknd is not considered hip hop, but you can't escape Kiss Land as a great production piece. The Weeknd is known to be one of the new faces of R&B and Drake's go-to guy for an R&B feature. With no surprise, you'll also find Drizzy Drake featured on this project on "Live For." Out of the 10 tracks on Kiss Land, not counting the bonus tracks, we found 5 were sampled by other artists.
Surprisingly enough every track on this project was produced or co-produced by The Weeknd, DannyBoyStyles & DaHeala. Other producers include the superstar Harry Fraud & Silkky Johnson.
Check out our list of sampled tracks from his latest album along with the original song the music was borrowed from.
Professional
The Weeknd's "Professional" was co-produced by Harry Fraud borrowing samples from Emika's "Professional Love".
The Weeknd - "Professional"
Emika - "Professional Lovin"
Adaptation
On "Adaptation", The Weeknd appears to have sampled and slowed down "Bring On The Night" by The Police.
The Weeknd - "Adaptation"
The Police - "Bring On The Night"
Belong To The World
"Belong To The World" was sampled heavily by Portishead's "Machine Gun", with a beat that is very similar to a ... well machine gun.
The Weeknd - "Belong To The World"
Potishead - "Machine Gun"
Wanderlust
"Wanderlust" has an funky disco feel to it. Maybe it's because The Weeknd borrowed a taste from the 80's from Fox the Fox's "Precious Little Diamond".
The Weeknd - "Wanderlust"
Fox the Fox - "Precious Little Diamond"
Kiss Land
The hit which names the album "Kiss Land" borrows a mashup of samples by Producer Silky Johnson, who is also a co-producer on the track.
The Weeknd - ""Kiss Land"
Silky Johnson - "Nothin' Gonna Change"
Silky Johnson - "Desert Rose"
