wow dude
― deej, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
the-dream: alex :: nickelback: the rest of the world
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
you just took your SATs did you
― deej, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
lazy zing thread, lol you young
THE DREAM v ALEX v NICKLEBACK v THE REST OF THE WORLD
― jhøshea, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I can win this one.
― Alex in Baltimore, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Friday, 14 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
damn is this lopsided
― The Reverend, Friday, 14 March 2008 02:59 (sixteen years ago) link
The-Dream's recorded a better album than any of Ne-Yo's ("Livin' a Lie" is one of my singles of the year), but damn if I don't prefer the way Ne-Yo's lyrics slither around those Stargate beats on his singles. "So Sick," "Sexy Love," and "Because of You" is a helluva run, and I'm not even counting "Fade Away" on the new Mary J.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 14 March 2008 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
damn if I don't prefer the way Ne-Yo's lyrics slither around those Stargate beats on his singles
Agreed. I didn't know that Ne-yo wrote "Fade Away" but that would make sense. His tracks on Janet's new album are 3 of the best (haven't heard the bonus track) whereas The-Dream's is one of the two I don't like (isn't "Greatest X" the one with the guitar line lifted straight from the Beverly Hills 90210 theme?).
That said, I bought Because of You based on my love for the title track, but so far I don't hear anything that's even remotely as good. And I love "Livin' a Lie", "Ditch That...", "Touch My Body", and "Umbrella" enough to vote for The-Dream.
― lou, Friday, 14 March 2008 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link
That said, I bought Because of You based on my love for the title track, but so far I don't hear anything that's even remotely as good.
Yup.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 14 March 2008 13:12 (sixteen years ago) link
My mistake--"Never Letchu Go" is the one with the 90210 guitars.
― lou, Friday, 14 March 2008 13:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I will say this in The-Dream's favor: he has the better go-to producer of the two. Tricky Stewart is way more versatile and consistent than Stargate.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 14 March 2008 13:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I won't disagree, but I can listen to variations on those clickety-clack rhythm track and "Human Nature" harmonies all day.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 14 March 2008 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link
*rhythm tracks
seriously tho the-dream's album does so much more than ne-yo's, even if ne-yo has a more confident+consistent handle on songwriting ... when the-dream is on he's on and he definitely makes better use of his overdubs, style + asides + yeah his production is way more on point
― deej, Friday, 14 March 2008 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
ILM has voted: The-Dream must produce a Ne-Yo album.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 14 March 2008 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
STYLE v ASIDES v YEAH
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 14 March 2008 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Saturday, 15 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder how many ne-yo voters have heard dream's album
― deej, Saturday, 15 March 2008 01:44 (sixteen years ago) link
In My Own Words>>>>>>>>LoveHate>>>>>>>>Because of You
― The Reverend, Saturday, 15 March 2008 02:04 (sixteen years ago) link
The Dream
― I know, right?, Saturday, 15 March 2008 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
beelovesubabe (2 days ago) Show Hide 0 Poor comment Good comment Marked as spam Reply | Spam SHE NEEDS Mii lOVE! SHE SED iM LikE DA AiR ND WiTHOUT ME SHE'D DiE! lOL MY SONG!!
― deej, Saturday, 22 March 2008 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link
love/hate is so brilliant. one of those albums where after every time you listen to it you think a different song is the best. i think it's pushed over the top by having lots of really good ideas (the "can i get a 'A'!" chant at the end of "playin in her hair" and not too many Good Ideas (the soulja boy chants in "luv songs"). it's a pretty quirky album but annoyingly so, and i'm kind of surprised at that coming from the-dream.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:05 (sixteen years ago) link
should be a closed parenthesis after "playin in her hair"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
i just think it sounds good.
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
please tell me that "I Luve Your Girl" isn't one of the reasons people rave about his album. wtf is wrong w/ that dude, shit is horrible.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
love/hate is so brilliant. one of those albums where after every time you listen to it you think a different song is the best.
It really is the gift that keeps on giving.
― lou, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:11 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
this is the only song i dont really like on the album
― deej, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i luge your girl
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i guess the sentiment is pretty shitty but i think the chorus is pretty irresistible for singing along to. look at shorty rooooooolll, look at shorty goooooooooo etc.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
also "radio killa/trick beat the track up like gorillas" is a pretty catchy thing to toss off in the intro
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
not like it makes the song any better just that it gets stuck in my head all the time
i hate that part
― deej, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
that song is pretty wack and forgettable, definitely compared to the rest of the album
― deej, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:18 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i mean there are 6-7 better imo i do like it though
i wish he would've made 'fast car' the 3rd single
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i could give a fuck if the sentiment is shitty, it just sounds awful. i don't even know how this guy was able to sell songs as a writer if he did scratch vocals on the demos.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
nah I luv ur girl is one of the best songs on the album. " FUUUUUUUUCK THAT NIGAAAAAAAAAAA".
the g-unit remix "I fucked your girl" is pretty good as well.
worst song the album is "mama" , even though it's not bad.. and I find myself skipping "ditch that" a lot even though I like it because it messes up the flow btwn "purple kisses" and "luv songs"
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
it's not really exemplary of the sound of the album though, so if you don't like it you should still check out the album
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
if you don't likle "i luv your girl" I have to steal one of deej's lines and ask "do you even party?"
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
'mama' is great
― deej, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
he was on 106&Park yesterday and he said his new album is already finished and it should be coming out this year.
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:33 (sixteen years ago) link
There seem to be a lot of moments throughout the album where he needs to finish off a verse or something but doesn't know what to say, so he repeats a phrase over again or just makes noise (see "Luv Songs": "It's nine in the morning/I'm horny, you're horny/Ooh-ooh, Ooh-ooh"). I found this kind of goofy at first but it's become endearing over time.
It took me a while to come around to "Fast Car" for some reason. Now it's one of my favorites.
― lou, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
i always forget how awesome "purple kisses" is
the spoken word bridge in "ditch that" sounds like some chromeo shit. that whole song is awesome. "closer" sounds a lot like it though im not sure which is better
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 1 May 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I've really been feeling "I Luv Your Girl" and "Nikki" lately...when this thread got bumped I revisited this album heavily and have been thankful for it
― PoMXII, Thursday, 1 May 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I love it when put dem pretty lips on meEEEEEEEEE PURPLE KISSES PURRRPLE KISSES
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 1 May 2008 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
is this album becoming an ILX cannon classic now? Because that would be pretty funny.
it already is
― deej, Thursday, 1 May 2008 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
would have pushed thru even earlier if Tim F. had heard it
so as not to make the whole "4" thread about dreamer, he realllllly brought it on beyonce's new album; he's got as many great songs on "4" as he did on his last solo album
― youmadin therapy (k3vin k.), Thursday, 21 July 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
so he's releasing a free album on the 31st
― (oboe interlude) (The Brainwasher), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah he's going on another emo twitter rant about it - i'd c&p it but i'm on my phone
― Notinnymane (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
can't wait for neyo's new free album!
― 我爱你 G. Weingarten (dayo), Tuesday, 2 August 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.hiphoprnbworld.net/?p=8089
first single from 1977 is "Love Slave"
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 3 August 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://radiokillarecords.com/1977-TeriusNash.zip
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 1 September 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
O_O
― the special technique of liveblogging (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 1 September 2011 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
i miss 2009 :(
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
used to care so much about this thread
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 May 2013 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
i know!
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
i actually think i remember where i was for a lot of m early posts itt
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/04/30/kelly-rowland-the-dream/2123927/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 May 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Not quite the same as 09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FHdo7kxhW8
this song is like a year old but I just realized that it was co-written by both Ne-Yo and The-Dream and it seems like it needs to be posted here, as this thread's anticlimactic finale.
― some dude, Thursday, 7 November 2013 23:24 (ten years ago) link
lmao
― dyl, Friday, 8 November 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link
;_;
― old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist (The Reverend), Friday, 8 November 2013 07:15 (ten years ago) link
― lex pretend, Friday, 8 November 2013 09:54 (ten years ago) link
"Love Vs. Money""Love Vs. Money: Part 2"I'm hoping these flow into one another, the segue being announced by a sudden irruption/eruption of melodramatic strings.
― Tim F, Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:26 AM (5 years ago)
o_0
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
this thread <33
god, remember the first time you heard love vs money? we're at about the 5 year anniversary of when the songs were leaking/the album leaked. i remember going on a bus trip to NOLA (from new england) hours after the album leaked, and listening to the album at least 50 times that week
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
i believe j0rdan sent it to me over aim lol
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 18 February 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
is anyone discussing 'Black' anywhere?
― Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
One of the other terius threads
― 龜, Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
6/7/2011, imma drop that body work / fuck my brains out double single (TERIUS NASH aka THE-DREAM, LOVE IV: anticipation and adoration)read through to the bottom for some sad updates.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
ah i see. thank u.
― Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
well then.
― Sufjenga Cat Giffin (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
This istough, but I think the right answer is T-Pain.
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
vs. future vs. chris brown vs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBE0sQC5L8
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:59 (six years ago) link
this poll is about hats right?
dare anyone to listen to love/hate after a 5 year hiatus and not be moved
― k3vin k., Monday, 18 July 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
such a great album
― Dan S, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 01:13 (one year ago) link
Love vs Money also
― Dan S, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
https://t.co/YgdLWxqHpZ— THE-DREAM (@TheKingDream) September 20, 2023
this is good! very memoirs-y
― k3vin k., Monday, 25 September 2023 22:53 (eight months ago) link