isn't it kind weird how "I Luv Your Girl" is a big hit now, like 9 months after the album was released....
-- chinchillas they can fit on gorillas, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:31 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
yes it is
seeing as how "closer"- basically ne-yo's "ditch that" but better AND he's more famous- flopped, idk if releasing any of the big whamping songs on here as singles would be a good idea
imo he should put out "luv songs" as a single
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
second part @ lex
the dream was robbed.
also falsetto is great so fuck you
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
xxp: yeah, but on the other hand Rihanna is more famous than Ne-Yo and "Livin' a Lie" is probably better than "Closer" so maybe that's the big whamping song to go with
― rev, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
as far as "Falsetto" goes, I find it impossible to hate on a song with a fake Ernie Isley solo
― rev, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
'closer' flopped?? it's doing really well here. don't see they're all that similar bar the ubiquitous 4/4 anyway - 'ditch that' is a huge full-on banging club track complete with blackout-style madness at the end (the first time i heard it i thought it was some awesome new bulldyke rapper, i still think if missy has any sense she'll record it for her own comeback), 'closer' is all light and yearning, and that gorgeous guitar is almost balearically blissful.
'livin a lie' = the better version of 'hate that i love you'. both make me want to do karaoke.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
ya "closer" hasn't even cracked the top 40 on the big chart or r&b over here-- it's cool thats its doing so well over there tho
i mean i'm not saying their identical matches, but to your average discerning radio listener...
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
ha "Ditch That" does kind of sound like Missy
― rev, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
it's top 5 with physical release still weeks away here, and has a real strong shot at no 1. as ever the success of any given r&b or hip-hop joint in the uk seems semi-random and completely perplexing - happily so in this case
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
the first time i heard it i thought it was some awesome new bulldyke rapper
Haha I thought the same thing too at first.
― lou, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
man "love hate" is top to bottom terrific. well done the dream.
― goole, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
o_O this was like barely 6 months after the album was released.
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah and that song was also the third single
― deej, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
so in conclusion, not weird at all
― deej, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
it's settled down to a consistent, regular listen to me, but on first blush i really thought this album was a masterpiece, like shoot out the lights + 1999. yeah yeah hyperbole much etc.
― goole, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
hay guyz i finally found a thed-ream song i like, "fast car" is pretty good
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah you should like that one esp if your big hurdle is the vocals, it doesnt require much vocal dexterity
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i still think the-dream's record is a classic did tim f ever listen to it?
― deej, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i guess my major problem w/ "i luv your girl"-- even tho i still really like it-- is how shitty and insistent the hi hats are in the verses
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
deej otm
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah the drums and the whole production on that song sound just way off to me, I was kinda surprised Tricky Stewart came up with something that weak, it sounds very amateurish.(xpost)
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
that is still my least favorite track on the record
― deej, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
^^i've been thinking about this recently
i usually still play it, but it's def the most out of place on the record esp wrt the production which is pretty fantastic elsewhere (i mean his voice doesn't even sound remotely real on that record-- it's like ladybug is singing it or something)
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
of course i mean his voice wrt to "i luv your girl"
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
worst part about that song is i kept hearing that the bridge that gets censored out on the radio version was some great bit that people loved, then i heard it and i'm like shit, that's it? it's not even some crazy over the top vocal like "Falsetto," just more weak-ass half-singing.
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
hmm i've never heard 'i luv your girl' on the radio. it is an odd choice for a single, much more skeletal and circular than a lot of the other stuff on the album. (how is 'fast car' not everywhere? the shameless princiness of it would seem to have CROSSOVER writ as large as can be). i like it tho, a lot of great moments strung out over it: the multitracked "bad... bad... bad", "just found out it's her birthday", the half-buried stay-flyisms
no idea what the problem is with the hi hat either
― goole, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
hey, the new Ne-Yo song sucks!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
"Closer"?
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
the one that rips off "flashing lights"?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
if you like ne-yo but not "closer" kill yrself
I'm the undead, champ.
The first 45 seconds = awesome.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i honestly figured he'd come out with something like that thicke single
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
closer is the best ne-yo single ever imo-- my only problem w/ it is that it kinda sounds like his vocals get lost in the chorus but i might have a shitty zshare mix + im severely nitpicking
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
holy fucks, Ne-Yo wrote "Let Me Love You.." and therefore penned both of my fav rnb tracks of this decade, the other being "Because Of You."
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
oh fuck yeah i am loving the dreams album right this second
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
mindmeld
its the only shit ive listened to this weekend
this time ive been obsessed with "nikki"/"ditch that"/"livin a lie" esp "nikki", chorus is so epic with those strings. originally it was my least fav on the album (besides "mama" but im really ambivalent to that) but the whole thing is just really tense and well structured
also i realized how close the chorus of "i luv your girl" sounds to "look at shawty looooooooo"
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 3 August 2008 04:54 (fifteen years ago) link
IWZMKN LV TO NIKKI
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 04:54 (fifteen years ago) link
fast car into nikki is a hardcore muhfuckin transition nh
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 04:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I have no idea why I even nhed that
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 04:56 (fifteen years ago) link
btw this is way closer to a contemporary hip-hop album than a contemporary r&b album right (w/ the exception of "purple kisses" and maybe "luv songs" but that still has really hard drums and bass)?
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 3 August 2008 04:57 (fifteen years ago) link
naw naw naw dude not at all its all about the 80s linn drums
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
-- The Reverend, Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:55 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link
ya this is fucking great, also at the end of "nikki" into "she needs my love" he basically mashes up his own songs (no herb-o)
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah yeah tru that whole fast car nikki shawty need my love stretch is the fuck
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:10 (fifteen years ago) link
shawty need my luv dawg shawty need my luv
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I take bakc all the bad thing s I said about the dream except for the ones I meant
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
like pillsbury cookies
from fast car onward this thing knocks the fuck out (and thats only cuz ive heard the first two so much on the radio)
def one of my favorite of the decade
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
SHAWTY GON HEAD GET UP ON THIS MIC THIS MIC
"she be on me like a kid on a bike" is kind of a wack line
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I dunno about one of the best of the decade but def one of the best of the year for real
― The Reverend, Sunday, 3 August 2008 05:19 (fifteen years ago) link