Abel met an upcoming producer from Toronto, by the name of Jeremy Rose (aka Zodiac) at a mutal friends house party, after hearing Abel freestyle over one of his beats (What You Need) Jeremy asked Abel if he wanted to work on some dark rnb songs. Jeremy had already done the instrumentals & production for the songs years before and all that was missing was the vocals, for example, the instrumental for What You Need was one of the first songs Rose had produced back in 2007 & the first song Abel had put vocals on. The duo recorded 4 songs together, What You Need which sampled Aaliyah’s Rock The Boat , Loft Music which sampled Beach House’s Gila, The Party which also sampled Beach House’s Master of None and a screwed version of The Morning. All of which were demos and early versions. They had also been working on a rap album but it would be scrapped later on. The duo starting gaining recognition online & were featured that same month in The Fader, mixpakrecords, Robin-waters & The NYTimes, being described as a breath of fresh air, going on to craft some of their own beautifully dressed R&B hits, capturing smooth vocal riffs alongside glitched and dragged beats even getting a shout out from beatmaker extraordinaire Flying Lotus . A Mixtape was supposed to be released during Christmas but was never finished due to a falling out between the two which led to their split but with Jeremy Rose agreeing that Abel can keep the songs they had already recorded.It’s not clear why the two parted ways but it’s rumored that shortly after the fallof 2010 due to “creative differences” Rose ended the relationship. Tesfaye & the rest of the SSL crew began to seek out new producers to work with. Upcoming Canadian producer, Carlo “Illangelo” Montagnese was brought in for multiple studio sessions. An agreement was reached between Rose & Tesfaye, which allowed Tesfaye to keep the stems (demos) off all their previous work.
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