Trilogy is a gift and a curse . Obviously more of a gift , but a lot of fans will never fully accept Abel ' s newer work simply because it ' s not Trilogy . If he put an unreleased song from the Trilogy era on Starboy without telling anyone when it was made , people would listen to it and still say well , it ' s good I guess , but it ' s not Trilogy . Nothing will ever be Trilogy . It can ' t be touched . I don ' t understand this . I mean , obviously music is subjective and some people ' s personal preference on his newer music is that it simply isn ' t as good as his old stuff , which is fine , but I ' ve never put Trilogy on such a high pedestal . I think a lot of his other songs , including the more pop oriented BBTM era tracks are just as good , if not better than a number of Trilogy tracks . But hey , that ' s just my opinion . Trilogy is great , but to me , those 3 mixtapes really just felt like a starting point . Like he wasn ' t off the ground yet . I don ' t know how people can say that was his peak . Give the guy a chance . Let him explore new sounds . Don ' t be so close minded . He doesn ' t want to make moody music and stay in the shadows forever .