NE-YO v THE DREAM

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no in this case i think that people who aren't digging this song are just wrong

regardless i didnt say "fancy" was zzz just because i thought yall were overhyping the album as a whole. 'walking on the moon,' that was pretty garbage-y. this song is just kinda boring. its not that it 'sounds like older songs' that makes it bad, its that it sounds like older songs but is missing the key emotional / transcendent elements. goin thru the motions

& young dro's 'on fire' >>> this

i only brought up "on fire" cuz the beat isn't that far off from jim jonsin tbh -- not nearly as hacky tho of course

its not that it 'sounds like older songs' that makes it bad, its that it sounds like older songs but is missing the key emotional / transcendent elements. goin thru the motions

otm

you fronted on it tho -- everyone who liked l/h as much as you at least had lvm in their top 10

― J0rdan S., Friday, February 19, 2010 12:01 AM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

nah deej probably likes it the same amount as me and it wasn't even on my ilx albums poll ballot -- but then i am prolly a fronter too

i didnt even vote in ilx albums poll -- ultimate fronter

that's true

i hate all the albums i purport 2 like

numerous circles of frontin

going thru the emotions

'walking on the moon,' that was pretty garbage-y.

this is o_O to me but I recognise it's not one of the-dream's more loved tracks

hi ilx, did we know about this dream-produced thing from 06? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalistic

gonna listen now

plz report back

kinda like this; dream's been a slow burner for me so i'm happy to take some time to listen.

i remember thinking lvm was more of the same, but now they seem so different to me

i like this new song ... haven't found any of those magic terius moments yet but yeah i find this takes time. might not happen of course but i'm cool with this begin the 'walking on the moon' of the new album.

re: nivea how awesome is this?!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/72779356703bad5a/

needs a jeezy verse

mobb deep

cuz like....blaow

Does this thread ever talk about ne-yo?

I tried to but everyone was like "ehh"

this kinda became the de facto dream thread cause there were other ne-yo threads but no other dream thread at the time this was created

ha -- ne-yo has his a few threads of his own. the 'year of the gentleman' thread & his singles thread are both pretty good

yeah rev otm

rabid love for Ne-Yo's "So Sick of Love Songs"
hawthorne heights take aim at ne-yo with disgustingly opportunistic, vaguely racist email blast
NY based Norwegian Producers Stargate work w/ Ne-yo, Beyonce, Rihanna, Europoppers -c/d
NE-YO v THE DREAM
Anyone bought Ne-Yo's "The Year of the Gentleman" yet?
NE-YO's "Because Of You"
ne-yo singles poll
Chris Brown vs Ne-Yo vs Usher
TS: Kelly Clarkson "Miss Independent" vs. Ne-Yo "Miss Independent"
featuring ne-yo singles poll
Gum Commercial Face-Off: Ne-Yo vs. Chris Brown

ok no need to go mental, i was just wondering.

"so sick" is one of my favorite songs ever

"so sick" & "miss independent" are diff the pinnacle of a certain strain of 2000s r&b for me

bc of you and closer are my faves

OfficialDream Also Thanks to "TI" in advance i love you and im glad your home! the album is coming full circle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 19 minutes ago from web

OfficialDream Let's go "Radio Killa Klan" OMG Thanx Jeezy and Thanks LUDA for the 12

I'd sub "Sexy Love" for "So Sick," J0rdan, but, yeah, OTM.

i'll be yo boyfriend when dis song goes off

terius wore plus-fours to his wedding

http://i45.tinypic.com/2ailr8h.jpg

<33333

The guy on the right is cute too.

????

the dream wuz robbed

haha I think this is the first time I've seen him without his face at least partially obscured by hat or shades

wns

nice knickerbockers there btw

lookin like norman connors there
http://lh4.ggpht.com/MyJazzWorld/RuumEEqstnI/AAAAAAAAArE/NwcPf7ncx38/s288/NormanConnors_ThisIsYourLif.jpg

thing i'm tryna work out though is - terius, he's not actually wearing riding boots is he? aren't those ankle boots and... tights??

preposterous peanut head on top of that and awful-lapelled jacket one size too big for him is making me rethink this whole shit tbh.

otoh it isn't, at all. but remember this pic next time you recall saner dudes having a complicated time digesting dude beyond "ya, tune is good <3 <3" yknow?

btw lex what did u make of animalistic?

lol rtc what the hell does the pic have to do with anything, it's just funny looking

aren't those ankle boots and... tights??

silk kneesocks?

hm yeah i guess they are - wouldnt have thought those jawns would look that off-putting. wonder if they're pantherella... ella... ella...

also turns out that suit is by mcqueen. probable cause right there?

lol rtc what the hell does the pic have to do with anything, it's just funny looking

― idgi, mon (k3vin k.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 03:41 (7 hours ago)

haha well it's like usually when a random artist becomes big and all established the acclimatisations and growing pains of getting to know the dude inevitably get lost in the sands of time, or get subsumed into lovable foibles or whatever; this wedding pic just suddenly brought into sharp focus again how absurd terius was and probably still is, even though we've all got used to him now and take for granted that he's an r&b superauteur, and reminded me of what it was like first trying to digest his stuff.

i suppose a greater point is that this mildly pathetic side of him, the appreciation of which is still a crucial part of enjoying his music imo, often gets passed over entirely with the slavish "let's repoll this til terius wins" mentality you see round here. but i'm just grinding man, yall never mind me.

re: animalistic - it's weird to hear a terius album that cleaves so heavily to the jerky, flat trends of the time - production-wise there's little that's really recognisable as the-dream we know and love now, it's mostly staccato beats and handclaps and electro riffs, very little lushness or melodic opulence. it sort of reminds me that terius' first big break was "me against the music". he also contributes a couple of kinda-bad guest raps.

all in all it's still pretty good, this song stood out particularly on one listen -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9QwwCV8Oyk

this one is pretty good too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQqUkf33tn8

'georgia' is fantastic you loon!! that's what i expected you to come back and be all breathless about. yeah the rest of it wasn't very striking at the time, kinda trashy in actual fact - but also i'm guessing the kind of trashy that will be a useful point of comparison for when milian's album drops, if it ever does.