A$AP Rocky vindicated his $3 million record deal with Sony and went on to play Lana Del Rey's JFK in the video for 'National Anthem'.
Frank Ocean has since released Channel Orange to mass acclaim and US sales of over 332,500. Alongside Frank Ocean and A$AP Rocky, The Weeknd came to define 2011 as a year where the best music was handed out for free in online mixtapes. Whether you think Abel Tesfaye is a tragically over-sexed lothario or a pitiful example of man in thrall to his penis, there’s no denying the influence of the music on Trilogy.