- UAbheli 'weveki' uTesfaye udibana noKendrick Lamar apha. Isibini se-rap kunye ne-croon malunga nokukhuliswa kwabo kwizitrato ezinqabileyo zaseToronto naseCompton. Iindlela zokuhamba eziqale ikhondo labo kukuxhasa okuzinzileyo kokugaya kwabo ngeentsuku zabo zokuqala.
- UTesfaye noLamar bahlangana okokuqala ngexesha lokurekhodwa kukaDrake Ziphathe kakuhle Ngo-2011. Omabini la magcisa abenegalelo kweli cwecwe, ('Crew Love' kunye 'Buried Alive Interlude,' ngokwahlukeneyo), phambi kokuba baphumelele kwezorhwebo ngemisebenzi yabo.
- UTesfaye uxelele iBeats 1's Zane Lowe indlela uLamar ahambahamba ngayo ebhala isingqisho ngexesha losuku estudiyo.
Wayehambahamba. Wayeza kudlala irekhodi ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Ndamdlala iingoma, i Starboy Umxholo kunjalo, awathi wawufaka kwindinyana yakhe. Wayemane ehamba nje. Sasinokutya. Ubhala ivesi yakhe entlokweni yakhe. Wayeye angene kwifowuni yakhe, ayijonge ezimbalwa emva koko ayibuyise kwaye aqale ahambe. Uye wathi ngelinye ixesha wangena kwi studio ndavala umnyango ndabe ndimva ekhwaza ivesi yakhe entloko. Wayezinikele ngokwenene, ungatsho ukuba wazifaka kuko konke. '
'Kwakungeyiyo ivesi nje kaKendrick Lamar,' wongeze watsho. 'Yayiyinto ekhethekileyo kuba, kwakhona, andikuthandi ukuyithetha le nto ngalo lonke ixesha, kodwa sazana okwethutyana kwaye iyaphambana indlela esiqale ngayo ukudibanisa kule rekhodi.' - Umculi-umbhali wengoma waseMichigan uDaniel Wilson ubhale le ngoma kwaye waphinda wayi-post-hook. Imele ityala lakhe lokuqala kwi-albhamu enkulu yokurekhoda.
