NE-YO v THE DREAM

yeah you should like that one esp if your big hurdle is the vocals, it doesnt require much vocal dexterity

i still think the-dream's record is a classic
did tim f ever listen to it?

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

deej otm

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)

that is still my least favorite track on the record

^^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)

of course i mean his voice wrt to "i luv your girl"

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.

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

hey, the new Ne-Yo song sucks!

"Closer"?

the one that rips off "flashing lights"?

if you like ne-yo but not "closer" kill yrself

I'm the undead, champ.

The first 45 seconds = awesome.

i honestly figured he'd come out with something like that thicke single

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

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."

oh fuck yeah i am loving the dreams album right this second

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"

IWZMKN LV TO NIKKI

fast car into nikki is a hardcore muhfuckin transition nh

I have no idea why I even nhed that

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)?

naw naw naw dude not at all its all about the 80s linn drums

fast car into nikki is a hardcore muhfuckin transition nh

-- 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)

yeah yeah tru that whole fast car nikki shawty need my love stretch is the fuck

shawty need my luv dawg shawty need my luv

I take bakc all the bad thing s I said about the dream except for the ones I meant

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

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

I dunno about one of the best of the decade but def one of the best of the year for real

I see the whole ditch that nigga sounds like awesome dyke-rap thing

wait is this better than the justin album?

either one I guess

woah the bridge of ditch that sounds particularly awes

"we make lv songs" - so obv but so perfect

wait is this better than the justin album?

-- The Reverend, Sunday, August 3, 2008 12:20 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

y

justin may have better singles but it tails off at the end, which is where this has its best shit

woah the bridge of ditch that sounds particularly awes

-- The Reverend, Sunday, August 3, 2008 12:23 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lots of great bridges on this album

no, it's not better than the justin album, but it's v. awesome. The JT ballads are all fantastic, esp. "(Another Song) All Over Again"

i cant wait for shipley to show up and tell us that both these albums suck

no, it's not better than the justin album, but it's v. awesome. The JT ballads are all fantastic, esp. "(Another Song) All Over Again"

-- Tape Store, Saturday, August 2, 2008 10:34 PM (Saturday, August 2, 2008 10:34 PM) Bookmark Link

yeah I 'm inclined to agree with this. at any rate another song >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mama

xp: hahaha

I forgot al hates JT

bridges are always my fav parts of songs

^^^ not true

but a lot of the time

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, August 3, 2008 12:06 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

its called 'blending' dude