but i'm glad he went back to that really glistening, golden sound of "rockin that shit" & "fila" but went in a different direction w/ it
it really sounds like something that would be on a theoretical second electrik red album
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
another one or the one off 1977?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:15 PM (6 minutes ago)
it's very 2009-period, it reminds me of a lot memoirs actually
― k3vin k., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it actually sounds a lot like "the impossible"
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
does him releasing an actually-good song mean some ppl here will walk back the breathless praise of 1977
― Regional Thug (D-40), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
it's a bit more... sexy than a lot of memoirs -- it's reminds me more of, like, "heartbreaker"-era mariah or something
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:25 (twelve years ago) link
/troll
― Regional Thug (D-40), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
wait who liked 1977?
― k3vin k., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
me
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
this song kind of makes it even more obvious how lackluster 1977 was tbh
I wonder if he produced this himself, since I felt that his production and the lack of a Los/Tricky influence is what hurt 1977 and, to a lesser extent, LoveKing.
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
you were on some "it's good for what it is" shit tho right xp
― k3vin k., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
though to be totally fair I listened to 1977 like twice so maybe I didn't really give it a shot. His music is usually very immediate to me.
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:28 (twelve years ago) link
― k3vin k., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:28 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
more or less, yes, esp cuz i pegged it as a one-off detour
if anything i think this more embarrasses ppl who were calling "love king" on par w/ his first two albums
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:15 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
oh i had seen that he put out a video as 'the-dream f/ big sean' and didn't realize it was from the 'terius nash' album (or that the video is older than i thought)
― we bought a zoo in a hopeless place (some dude), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 9:30 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yet still better than 1977
― Regional Thug (D-40), Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
i had to troll back
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 January 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
Can't find it. Has it disappeared?
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 5 January 2012 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
should still be here? http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/new-music-the-dream-roc
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 January 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
PUT YOUR LIPS UP ON MY LIPSWHEN I DIP YOU DIP WE DIP
― The Reverend, Thursday, 5 January 2012 08:33 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah
― tpp, Thursday, 5 January 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think this embarrasses anyone, jesus you people and your taste chess
lol @ the artwork
http://radiokillarecords.com/roc_files/The-Dream_ROC.jpg
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, 5 January 2012 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
i like this and it's better than anything on 1977 (obv) but it's blowing me away exactly as much as "love king" did when it dropped (ie it's not, though it's nice enough and i'll happily listen to it a ton)
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, 5 January 2012 09:52 (twelve years ago) link
Well that just dampened my anticipation.
― Tim F, Thursday, 5 January 2012 10:05 (twelve years ago) link
the second half of this is pretty nice, kinda in the vain of whatever the segue in FMBO/bodywork was called was. the song is kinda autopilot though.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 5 January 2012 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
kinda tmi at the end
nice wailing guitar solo tho
also, way to go for being rich
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 5 January 2012 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
lol who thinks this
― tracy mcgr8080 (dayo), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
cant find the poll but i think a lot of ppl
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:18 (twelve years ago) link
i think that
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
always forget how many crazies like the-dream
this is kinda nice but feels pretty underproduced, like the b-side to a b-side
― tracy mcgr8080 (dayo), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
Electrik Red - How to Be a Lady: Volume One (2009) 18The-Dream - Love/Hate (2007) 14The-Dream - Love Vs. Money (2009) 14The-Dream - Love King (2010) 6Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009) 3Ciara - Basic Instinct (2010) 0
― Number None, Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
"fila" through to "abyss" is an astounding run that easily counteracts whatever flaws it has
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
shawty is da shit through mama is an even more astounding run and plus, has no flaws
― tracy mcgr8080 (dayo), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
the flaws on both those albums are outside those runs (well "mama" is entirely a flaw but whatever)
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
i'd take "yamaha" alone over anything on L/H
i was just trolling deej, you guys
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
have listened to this three times and besides a nice minute-ish intro it kinda drags and sinks beneath the waves
― tracy mcgr8080 (dayo), Thursday, 5 January 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Thursday, January 5, 2012 7:26 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is why you are insane
― Regional Thug (D-40), Thursday, 5 January 2012 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
As Terius songs go this sounds so formulaic and tossed out in five minutes it feels like I've written it in some kind of lazy parody.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 5 January 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this is a bit slight no doubt, but i really appreciate the overall vibe/style and it's not like a lead single or something so i'm cool with it
― k3vin k., Thursday, 5 January 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
Can't disagree that this sounds tossed-off, but isn't that part of his charm a lot of the time? Even his best, most-realized tracks have a just-fucking-around quality to them. My favs are the ones where he sounds like he's just having too much fun to edit himself
― Evan R, Thursday, 5 January 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
it's not like a lead single or something so i'm cool with it
does anyone know specifically what it is?, i didn't get it from radiokilla & can't quite summon the effort to get involved in the shoe of the month thing. i guess he's working on the next dream record but most of what he does seems to just come out of some kind of last-minute-homework session, so it's interesting to know if it's a song on the record or what
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 5 January 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
it's the first single from The Love IV
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 5 January 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
so happy "the love intravenous" is back on the table as an album title
― we bought a zoo in a hopeless place (some dude), Thursday, 5 January 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
huh, okay. there was the kells song also kicking around, maybe that'll be a lil more exciting
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Thursday, 5 January 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
― Evan R, Thursday, January 5, 2012 12:58 PM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
exactly. i feel like there are two completely opposite types of dream fans or something
― Regional Thug (D-40), Friday, 6 January 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
this song rules, the only weakness is maybe the vocal performance on the voice comes off a bit thin? but definitely a welcome return of grandiose arrangements & fun silly ideas. to me this songwriting is on the level of the upbeat jams of LvM
― flopson, Friday, 6 January 2012 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
you call this a grandiose arrangement? really? "sex intelligent" and "she needs my love" and the "love vs money"s are grandiose arrangements, not this.
i love the squelchy bass on this but that's about it for ideas really.
terius' casual, tossed-off side works best when he's writing for other artists ("touch my body" and "so good" spring to mind) but for himself he excels when he's really making an effort to push things out there.
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, 6 January 2012 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
to me this songwriting is on the level of the upbeat jams of LvM
c'mon, something like "mr yeah" was full of hooks and one-liners and quotable wit, this doesn't have a single lyric that doesn't sound like a first-take placeholder
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Friday, 6 January 2012 09:11 (twelve years ago) link
i agree that this isn't up there with the grandiose arrangements of love king but that's exactly why i like it!
― tpp, Friday, 6 January 2012 09:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but this just feels so perfuctory, like he can't be bothered to stretch himself, it's about as Terius-by-numbers as you can get. Even the guitar freakout at the end feels like it's there because Terius couldn't think of anything else to do. I don't want to listen to sex jams where it feels like the singer is looking at the clock.
― Matt DC, Friday, 6 January 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link