NE-YO v THE DREAM

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.

The beat sounds like that Usher single that never took off and then wasn't even on his album.

This kinda sux

"lil jon kills it"

anyway i'm not surprised that the dude w/ the screename"put a ring on it" is into this song considering they are stylistic twins

i like single ladies and booty but i'm hoping the whole album isn't in this spare, chaotic direction

This kind of backing just highlights how bad his vocals are. LoveHate mostly worked because it was lush.

yeah i agree w/ you

i mean the beat is fun to listen to and is interesting and engaging from a technical standpoint, but i want stuff that sounds like "playin in her hair" and "purple kisses" and "nikki"

lol @ dream backlash

It's not so much that I'm backlashing against him, as this isn't really what I want from him or something he can pull off.

...as much as this...

um yeah it's not backlash just the song is only kind of good

well it's kind of great actually so it's more of the fact that i'm not totally enthused about this production trend

i've never had a problem w/ his vocals btw

i was just joking about the backlash

and yeah, I like his voice so I'm not bothered by the sparse production...this is like "i luv ur gurl," i'm sure the album'll have more of the layered stuff

yeah i don't disagree about the album as a whole but "booty" and "single ladies" are all over the place and discombobulating (which is cool but can get tiring) whereas "i luv your girl" is really low-key and unobtrusive like snap music

btw i want to start a petition to re-title the album this:

<3 vs $

― Darryl Strawberry (The Reverend), Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:38 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

“Kiss”

U.S. 7" single
Single by Prince and The Revolution
from the album Parade
B-side "♥ or $"

i think i like a lot of the details more than the song...the echoed "eh...eh....eh" is great. i look fwd to the rest of it growing on me.

Most of you guys are insannnnne, this track is fucking awesome! MINIMALSEXYELECTROSPRING! EH EH AHHH!!!

looking back it's kinda funny that the official dream thread started out as a ts: ne-yo v. the-dream with the-dream losing.

not that funny, when you consider that The-Dream had just been out for a few months at the time, Ne-Yo would probably still win if the poll were done again today,and there are several Ne-Yo threads but pretty much just this one for The-Dream.

i voted dream

feelin it'

it's called "cringing" apparently

how did you know what face I was going to make when I listened to that song?

how did you know what face i was going to make when i read that "zing"

yeah, not too impressed w/ that... hopefully it's not on the album.

He changed his single to "Rockin That Thing":

http://www.zshare.net/audio/516822100f886fb0/

Album pushed back to February...

he should probably lay off the whole "radio killa" thing until he's got a single that definitely isn't going to flop.

i would give everything i own to see The-Dream recreate this entire thing in live action. not sure who would play simon & theodore.