NE-YO v THE DREAM

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!"

Yeah you're right it's "I'm your baby". My favourite clunky LL line is:

“I’m really not sure if her breasts are fake/’cos with whipped cream on ‘em they taste just like cake.”

???

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.

oh ffs what is this Hongro "good songs do THIS" horseshit -- STOP BEING AN ALEX ON ILX

(sorry -- just got an eyeful of alex's / some dude's top-to-bottom "The-Dream sucks :p" flouncing, & I couldn't stands no more)

haha. all I meant was that Tim's description of it as having a 'classic "Shawty Is Da Shit" style chorus' seemed wholly inaccurate to me. fwiw these are probably 2 of my favorite songs w/ The-Dream on them as a performer (though not my favorite of his as a writer).

haha - it's all good.

still not sure if that TWIST @ the end of the LL track is awesome or corny or corny awesome or what

it ain't trickin' if you're GOAT

Nikki is the best thing in the world right now..."Naw, I ain't mad, HELL NAWW, I AIN'T SADD"

^^otm

those strings!

For the record I meant that "I'm Your Baa-by/Your Baa-by/Your Baa-by" reminds me (specifically) of "Shawty is da Shee-it/Shee-it/Shee-it".

Yeah there's no equivalent of the heavenly "It was Keisha..." bridge, but, well, it is supposed to be LL's song.

Yeah I love "Nikki" so much, weird to see people cool on it in this thread.

Lloyd - I Need Love / Sterling Simms - All I Need

Lloyd's version is better, but I think it's gonna be Sterling's 1st (5th actually...) single, should be a success for him finally. Great song, one of Dream's best in a while.

xp that was pretty much just j0rdan s. and he came around on that a week ago

and someone named 'lou'

yeah, "Nikki" is the sh-sh-sh-sh-sugar honey ice tea

I hear "Nikki" on the radio more than any other non-single from his album. i fucking hate it, wish they'd play "Fast Car" instead.

I hear "ditch that" all of the time

yeah "nikki" seemed kinda plodding to me for a while but it clicked for me a few weeks ago, as has basically everything on this that i thought was second tier (like "livin a lie")

'nikki' is so opulent and overwhelming though, def a highlight for me...SHE-SHE-SHE-SHE LOVES ME BACK! and the segue into 'she needs my love' is really awesome.

otm on both accounts

I love how the album does the same faux-concept album thing as FS/LS only in a more understated way.

re: "Nikki"- My rankings upthread no longer apply. It wasn't a stand-out for me at first but I like it just fine.

Dream needs to stop rockin the bug eyes. He already looks like something with six legs and wings to begin with.

Instead of studying econ, I've been listening to Nikki on repeat for a long time. CHILLS

"but it's awful cold in that house he bought you/and i've gotten over living without you/so springtime, summertime, falltime, winter/i'm here to leave you with the last thing you'll remember"

that "falltime" part is always where i start gnashing my teeth and thinking about what a hack this guy is.

i think my favorite one now is "playin in her hair"

"i feel like an outworked boxer in the very first roooouuund/tried to keep my guard up but she caught me and im goin doooowwwn"

also i realized how close the chorus of "i luv your girl" sounds to "look at shawty looooooooo"

― J0rdan S., Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:54 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

^^this is all i hear now

Year of the Gentleman flipped it right round Ne-Yo>The Dream

there is nothing special about YOTG at all.

Maybe it just got me at the right moment

anyway, Dream's second album is called Love vs. Money and is out in December.. that should be good.

Great name!

<3 vs $

In regards to his new album, The-Dream stated:
“ This album’s gonna be the same thing - a little more beefed up, I’m just gonna give you more. Every album I’m just gonna try to give you more of me, and what I think about certain things... This album is just gonna be the first album on crack, basically.[2]

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003873089

An encore to the heartbreak track "Nikki" from the first album will also appear on the set. The Dream says his third project will most likely include a song in the vein of "Nikki" as well, as he hopes to release a full album of the Nikki chronicles at some point.

this fuckin guy

favorite cuts include the '60s-inspired "You Aint Sh*t"

tfg pt. 2

and "Kelly's 12 Play," inspired by R. Kelly's debut album.

tfg pt. 3 + Public Announcement wept

Dream's new single "Lemme See The Booty":

http://www.zshare.net/audio/50631705135b33d7/

The beat is INSANE. Lil Jon killed it.