NE-YO v THE DREAM

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

or 'mixing'

also, i still dont get wtf ppl hate about 'mama'

its not really hatable just zzzzzzzzzz

okay guys I have a question.

"the american dream. mmhmm. and you know what I mean.."

what does he mean?

-- The Brainwasher, Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:19 PM (3 months ago)

I don't really hate JT, Justified and later N Sync are still my shit, I just thought that last album was mostly lousy.

btw dudes did you hear that The-Dream wrote stuff for Ne-Yo's album, should be interesting to see how their styles work together.

its called 'blending' dude

-- deej, Sunday, August 3, 2008 4:56 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Link

thank you DJ Dee 2005

I danced to "Fast Car" this weekend.

also, i still dont get wtf ppl hate about 'mama'

-- deej, Sunday, August 3, 2008 4:57 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Link

i think it's okay but by the time it comes on im ready to move on to something else or replay other songs on the album. if it was like the 6th track or w/e i'd let it play through tho

-- J0rdan S., Thursday, May 1, 2008 3:37 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Link

no problem New Jack Sargent

xxp

i remember brainwasher saying that dream said he already recorded his next album and was readying it for release this december, but i gotta imagine they're gonna try and push another single off this album. livin a lie? fast car?

"would have pushed thru even earlier if Tim F. had heard it"

"did tim f ever listen to it?"

Ha ha deej did i not tell you this has become like my favourite album of the year? Me so predictable.

Anyway I wanted to bump this to talk about LL Cool J's "Baby" which is more like a The-Dream song than an LL song. "You're my baby/my baby/my baby" - classic "Shawty Is Da Shit" style chorus. For once LL Cool J sounds a bit flummoxed by the concept of a sugary love song.

ain't it "I'm your baby"? anyway at least "Shawty" had an actual chorus with several lines, instead of just one line over and over and a "yeahhhhhh" at the end. I kinda like that goofy-ass song, though, great drums and LL saying ridiculous embarrassing shit like "peace signs on the eyes like John Travolta" and ending a verse by shouting "SHE MAKES ME TINGLE!"