NE-YO v THE DREAM

'love vs money' pts 1 and 2 = beyond awesomeness

WOTM also has my favorite Kanye rap in some time (and that synth found all over New Order records circa 1989)

My initial impression is that the record isn't quite as lush or hooky as the first. I REALLY like "Walkin' on the Moon", "Fancy", and especially "Kelly's 12 Play", which somehow lived up the title and then some.

Oh, and "Mr. Yeah" has the most brilliant bit on the album with the whole "lovin' on my ella/ touchin' on my ella/ chillin' with my ella" riff.

haha all this tardy ilm love for the-dream is funny for some reason

i guess i have to check this

damn this is realllly good

haha all this tardy ilm love for the-dream is funny for some reason

i guess i have to check this

― 51 SBs on my dresser, yessir (deej), Friday, March 6, 2009 1:34 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

get off brainwasher's dick homie

My initial impression is that the record isn't quite as lush or hooky as the first.

i agree with this - i think it's missing something like "purple kisses" or "luv songs" (that said the ballads on this are awesome) (maybe sensual is the word, in terms of production), and i'm not sold on the tranciness of the "love vs. money" pairing, but the sonics in general are just sooo massive. tricky and LOS took it next universe w/ the beats

let it be known though that i wasn't enamored w/ love/hate until feb or march of last year (then it became one of my fav records of the decade) so i know this is going grow on me

here is r&b

http://www.cs.albany.edu/~mosh/IITB2/pic/iitb05.jpg

here is tricky

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4049/1159877945536jb3.jpg

let it be known though that i wasn't enamored w/ love/hate until feb or march of last year (then it became one of my fav records of the decade) so i know this is going grow on me

― wow heaven is cool (J0rdan S.), Friday, March 6, 2009 4:02 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you werent enamored of it until two months after it came out!??! sleeping!!

the fuck outta here

there is seriously so much going on in this album...am going to need some time for it to sink in. holy shit, the orchestral climax to 'love vs money pt 2' though.

for those who didn't keep up w/ the leaks compare this demo of "right side of my brain"

http://www.zshare.net/audio/56637281807e9b14/

with the one on the album for a good perspective on how ridiculous these arrangements are

so...what is up with that intro

lol srsly

(even) better than love/hate!

― lex pretend, Friday, March 6, 2009 7:01 PM (Yesterday)

Getting it. I think this is MORE detailed, MORE lush.

Also more contrast, like the most swirling immersive arrangements can pull away to arid drums.

the intro is so weird

other than that it's really really good from beginning to end. i have only listened to it once and haven't read any of the discussion on here since I dl'ed it, but it's such a complete album. it's like AOR&B. very dope.

intro on mine is just nine seconds of hiss.

the intro is so weird

― autogoblin (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Friday, March 6, 2009 7:52 PM (48 minutes ago)

question is, wtf is it? at first, i took it as a projector revving up -- meant to signify the album's "cinematic" sound. could it be the sound of a money printer in action?

it's a cash register?

It sounds SO FAMILIAR

lol are we talking about the same nine second throwaway intro here? what's the big deal?

yeah more posts about the nine second intro please

i was just thinking about starting an album's poll for this but then i realized that no one would realize that it was a joke

"put it down" is iiiiiiiiiiiit

was he any good from the back?
you say he put it down he put it down he put it down

Can't stop listening to Sweat It Out

"call me ali the way i knocked your ass out" takes on a chilling context post-chris brown

rap verse in "put it down" is pretty great

I love "Put It Down" for those flanged LOS drums that I may never tire of, but I feel like he's getting a little too confident in his vocals there maybe, whereas the rest of the album his voice isn't bothering me as much

i'm glad "Booty" is demoted to bonus track (has any 'lead single' ever been dropped as quickly? shit was out 2 weeks before they switched to "Rockin'), starting to think i shouldn't have even put it on iTunes.

yeah i like it but they should've just left it off, it you have it on itunes and let the album play through it kind of ruins the flow as opposed to it ending w/ "kellys 12 play"

and like anyone who likes that song already has it

I dudes sound corny talking about it IMO

Surprised how much I like the beefed up version of "Right Side of my Brain" since I was such a big fan fan of the demo. It definitely works... those drums are just huge. Not sure I like it more than the orig (I really dig the sparse feel), but it's nice to have the two different versions.

This album is good on first listen, but I can tell it's gonna take a bit. Made me go back and listen to Love/Hate for comparison and DAMN, shit is so good. There's just no way this could top that.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2lovbo.gif

awesome

the melody right before Kanye's verse is so so great

A-T-L-A-N-T-A-G-A THAT WHERE I STAY
I GET MY MOTHERFUCKIN FREAK ON UH-LIKE EVERY DAY

I don't think this record is mixed as well as LoveHate. A lot of the harmonic elements that were very clearly defined on the first album linger in the background here.

THANK U 4 THE BIRTHDAY CAKE
LOOK AT U LOOKIN LIKE A MILKSHAKE

ur next username should be The-Reverend

in case anyone was wondering

2. "Rockin' That Shit" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 3:42
3. "Walking on the Moon" (Featuring Kanye West, produced by LOS Da Mystro) 4:15
4. "My Love" (Featuring Mariah Carey, produced by LOS Da Mystro) 3:25
5. "Put It Down" (Produced by LOS Da Mystro) 5:02
6. "Sweat It Out" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 4:24
7. "Take U Home 2 My Mama" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 3:39
8. "Love vs. Money" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 4:12
9. "Love vs. Money Part 2" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 4:12
10. "Fancy" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 6:30
11. "Right Side of My Brain" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 4:26
12. "Mr. Yeah" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 4:53
13. "Kelly's 12 Play" (Produced by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart) 4:18
14. "Let Me See the Booty (Bonus Track)" (Featuring Lil Jon, produced by Lil Jon)

my god today I think I pissed alot of friends IRL by not shutting up about this album

it doesn't help that I only discovered Love/Hate about a month ago and I still haven't really stopped listening to it...
with this my The-Dream obsession is really becoming unhealthy (BUT OMG THIS ALBUM!!!!)

putitdownputidownputitdownputidownputitdownputidown

Is this really true that this is not getting released in the UK? So hopeless it makes me want to cry :(

tpp ill send u a copy

not really