6/7/2011, imma drop that body work / fuck my brains out double single (TERIUS NASH aka THE-DREAM, LOVE IV: anticipation and adoration)

oh lord

please let's keep beef culture out of r&b

that was the saddest thing i read all month

someone needs to tell the weeknd to kiss the ring imo

I just wish people wouldn’t say things like that, because these days, everybody is influenced by everybody (and let’s keep it real, his first album had so many attempts at the brotha trying to sound like Prince).

http://madamenoire.com/145453/really-the-dream-says-rb-dudes-have-been-trying-to-steal-his-sound/

someone needs to tell the weeknd to kiss the ring imo

Yes! Future Love IV music video, Rakim-style!

Nash didn't name names but Tesfaye got tweet-combative anyway?

Nash just said he was thinking of 4 people. So yep, getting defensive I guess.

6-12 months before they collaborate on a track?

So who are the other 3 he had in mind?

Frank Ocean was probably one. Miguel, maybe and Trey Songz, plus Weeknd.

that's just naming the only four male breakout r&b singers of the past few years

i mean maybe he did actually mean it that way but...

four probably wasn't an exact number

Yeah, depends. Hard to say if it's something he's been ruminating on mathematical-like! Or just in the frustrated general sense...

“I haven’t done a show in close to two years, and ever since then, there’s like four n****s who sound like me now. I’m just being honest. I remember before 2007, nobody knew what to do with this s**t.”

"like four"

It just sounds like kind of a failed brag to me. "I'm super influential. There are, like, four people who sound like me."

Diss silliness aside, though, this concert looks insanely fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBaqqj4Ya0

Gonna have to check this tour out, especially if he's playing "Right Side of My Brain."

0_o that girl onstage during "purple kisses" looks about 14

k somehow got weirder

I know... first time I've seen an audience volunteer look absolutely disgusted to be a part of one of those on-stage seduction routines.

fuck if he's singing "purple kisses" i'm gonna be at that show

That could be you up there, J0rdan!

i'll prob be the only person who knows all the words to that song

#lovecult

i'll prob be the only person who knows all the words to that song

― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:30 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol rme. the girl onstage knew the words!

pretty sure the audience at a Dream show is going to have a sizeable contingent of obsessive nerds

pretty sure i can sing love/hate front 2 back. just sayin

xp show i was at was legit 75% women, with a sizeable contingent of dudes just chillin in the back who maybe had been dragged their by their girl & actively trying to look disinterested

Man. Haven't spun L/H in too long. Time to bust out Purple Kisses and/or Luv Songs.

i'll prob be the only person who knows all the words to that song

― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 19:30 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

#lovecult

― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 19:32 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

understanding this made years of trawling through the-dream's twitter account & scanning terrible don draper jpg strewn messageboards for hulkshare links totally worth it, ty

if you get to interview the-dream and your THIRD QUESTION is "i want to know what you think of the the weeknd" you need to get the fuck out of the-dream's office

― pre-tennis ball head-era chris brown (J0rdan S.), Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:52 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i would take this classic post further and say that anyone who heard The-Dream's comment about other new R&B acts sounding like him and immediately thought of The-Weeknd needs to gtfo, his influence is all over actual radio acts

Tesfaye/Weekend thought it was about him

Weeknd

yes, he's one of the people that needs to gtfo

no one posted this yet?!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-dream-previews-seductive-new-album-20120314#ixzz1p89dicEk

"Foreplay": A nostalgic mid-tempo number with electric guitars and thumping percussion that begs for comparisons to The-Dream's freaky-R&B forebear, R. Kelly.

"Equestrian": Ginuwine's "Pony" gets a redux with pounding drums. "I love the way you ride/Equestrian," The-Dream croons, his falsetto blending effortlessly over the beat. He even toys with his lower register, a welcome distraction from the song's hackneyed "Giddy up" outro. During this listening session, The-Dream closed his eyes and began winding and shimmying by himself to the track.

"Loving You": In which The-Dream loves so hard, it becomes downright aggressive. Vocals, synths, guitars and yearning lyrics undulate together to the brink of insanity, and yet it never sounds cacophonous. "I can't take all the credit, the cocaine had a lot to do with it," The-Dream mused afterward, presumably joking.

"Slow It Down": "I know they ain't gonna play this on Top 40 radio," The-Dream dares on this strip club-ready song about rolling, grinding and myriad other forms of gyration.

"Divine," featuring Mary J. Blige: Booming theatrics lead off one of the album's most introspective cuts. "As the seats recline/This is divine," The-Dream murmurs, contemplating success. Blige provides only ancillary vocal coos over lush violins, creating an airy effect.

"Paid," featuring Gucci Mane: Kickstarted with a sample from the gangster flick New Jack City (Nino Brown's famous quote: "The fruit of our hard work/Am I my brother's keeper?"), "Paid" is a requisite hip-hop banger about balling with just $100 in your pocket. Gucci Mane delivers a formidable verse: "If I could/I'd give a hug to the money," he croaks. "I think I was doing that while I was doing crack," The-Dream laughed while playing the track.

"Katrina": A masculine counterpart to Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable," this chest-pounding, unfinished song encourages men to move on from bad relationships. "This is strictly for my niggas," The-Dream croons – though, to be fair, the women present found the song to be irresistible.

"Talk That Shit": Cue the subliminal shots! "Talk That Shit" is a veiled jab at new-generation R&B weirdos who have been heavily influenced by The-Dream's style. "Y'all niggas so disrespectful remixing my own shit," he blasts before jumping into a medley of his hits, from "Fancy" to "Shawty Is a 10." Although The-Dream wouldn't reveal any specific names, chatter during the session implied that "Bed" singer J. Holiday and The Weeknd were possible targets.

"Y'all": "If this ain't the realest thing I ever wrote," sings The-Dream on this markedly sensitive, vulnerable number, where he spills his guts about his oft-beleaguered reputation as an artist, father and man. The self-anointed "Superman" admits that, yes, even he has flaws – "Sometimes even my cape needs dry cleaning" – before making peace with himself, concluding, "Crucify me if you want, but I won't stop loving y'all."

thank you lou!

album sounds sufficiently hilarious!

i had almost forgotten this was happening! when is it due?

"presumably joking"

Although The-Dream wouldn't reveal any specific names, chatter during the session implied that "Bed" singer J. Holiday and The Weeknd were possible targets.

What about "Baby" singer Justin Bieber or "Just Like Me" singer Jamie Foxx?

remember when the-dream was beefing with chris brown before it was cool

When he embarrassed him at the Freaky Forebears Waterpark dunk tank.

I'm shocked the album exists in something resembling a finished state this far out from its scheduled release. Usually when I review R&B albums, I get the sense they were hastily finalized about two weeks before they hit shelves, if that.

really? i haven't gotten that impression w/ most major label albums, a lot of them seem to be sitting on the shelf for a minute and then get a few of-the-minute rappers thrown on at the last minute

is the writer sure that the lyric "sometimes even my cape needs dry cleaning" is a Superman reference?

a superman that hoe reference

wow i can deal with mary j and gucci for sure. no drake? big sean? etc? please let this be true

During this listening session, The-Dream closed his eyes and began winding and shimmying by himself to the track.

This is amazing