NE-YO v THE DREAM

and on top of it, the wayne one was a long time coming from them cuz they had been writing features about him like every two months waiting for the album to drop

i mean they gave KING 1 1/2 star or something - this is very odd and kind of heartening tbh

Not as great as Love/Hate (could not have expected that), but very good.

i mean they gave KING 1 1/2 star or something - this is very odd and kind of heartening tbh

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wtfuckingf

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Wait, so did this actually stream on his MySpace? I checked last night and today--only had the singles? Was I on the right page?

think it was just a rumor

i kinda need to hear this right fucking now

i sent you an ilx email

thanx!!

her titties like woooohoooOOOO!

Mariah's voice coming in to start the 2nd verse of "My Love" juss made me really happy.

can you send me that email too?

sent

<3 u

Holy Shit but Rockin' That Shit basically kicks yer ass straight off, doesn't it.

Radio Killer is no Smash On the Radio bet I penned it imo

tho

Weirdly Mariah makes perfect sense in his production style, where excessive, overwrought singing meets excessive, overwrought baroque beats.

straight off liking this a little more than Love/Hate, but I'm worried that this is just because it is more straightforward frontloaded pop affair where LH hid some of the best hooks 3/4 into tracks (Nikki!). Put It Down is nicely demented tho.

Sori 4 the liveblogging.

you can liveblog

: )

live blog vs. money

I don't really get the "rubbish singer" stuff levelled at this guy rilly. Put It Down has a really great vocal performance (or should that be performances? this is some Tusk shit right here) where the cut up half line jumps are really addictive, great way to crack out the rhythms of his lines.

Sweat it out what do you remind me of?

haha that jermih song is big in chicago rite now

total dream knockoff but i dig it

plaxico have you ever heard dude sing live on TV or anything like that? he uses (NEEDS) a ton of subtle un-T-Pain-like AutoTune

who gives a shit

anywayz the RS review is obviously retroactive props for his first, probably-better album

The only times he busts out with the auto-tune abuse on the (first, haven't heard the new one yet or paid that close attention to the leaks) album are "Mama" and then end of "She Needs My Love". The former wins points for being the least obvious moment to do so. And, as deej says

jordan where is my email >:(

sent!

as a reply email to that funky house email lol

rev i was saying that he uses (not abuses) AutoTune in the non-showy T-Pain way, "Mama" is the exception where it's audible.

thx jordan :D

np

J)RDAN SARGETN TIS DISTRBUTNG MUSICS ALERT HTE IRAA

yeah seriously - those emails are watermarked so ill know if you guys disseminate them further and i will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law

btw i am coincidentally putting together a funky pt 2 for a dj friend of mine, i'll cc u in

thank u

I have the 2008 ILM poll to thank for introducing me to this guy, because it would've been totally under my radar otherwise. Listening to Love vs Money right now and overcome with joy.

Jordan I know you hate me but will you please send me an email too?

(Thanks!)

I just found it on google, ilxor.

^^^lol RIAA agent doesnt 'get' how to integrate into the ilxor community xp

steve i emailed u

Hey, what's going on in this thread?

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rev i was saying that he uses (not abuses) AutoTune in the non-showy T-Pain way, "Mama" is the exception where it's audible.

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My mistake. I read "subtle un-T-Pain-like AutoTune" as "unsubtle T-Pain-like AutoTune".

lol @ "rubbin on my ella"

Okay first impressions: Dream put out another great record, it's just as good as the first one I'd say... even songs that I wasn't really that excited about like "My Love" work in the context of the record, but honestly the album really gets started for me with "Put It Down". The high point is the "Love v. Money"/"Love v. Money 2"/"Fancy" (which reminds me of Ne-Yo kind of...)/"Right Side of My Brain" (they really beefed this up from the demo) suite which is just INCREDIBLE... and "Kelly's 12 Play" which is prob my fave song, it's like the "Luv Songs" of this album. He described LvM as "Love/Hate on crack" and I think that's kind of apt, there's nothing here that's that radically different from the first record (besides "Fancy"), but it takes the best parts of the first album and runs w/ them.

You guys will deconstruct the album way better than I can, but these are just my initial thoughts after 1 listen.

ok i gotta hear this. jordan can you hook a newbie up?

yeah yeah

made my day man.

how much does dream's extreme metaness have to do w/ our collective love for him