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

it really sounds like something that would be on a theoretical second electrik red album

― 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

yeah it actually sounds a lot like "the impossible"

does him releasing an actually-good song mean some ppl here will walk back the breathless praise of 1977

it's a bit more... sexy than a lot of memoirs -- it's reminds me more of, like, "heartbreaker"-era mariah or something

/troll

wait who liked 1977?

me

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.

you were on some "it's good for what it is" shit tho right xp

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.

you were on some "it's good for what it is" shit tho right xp

― 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

another one or the one off 1977?

― 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)

if anything i think this more embarrasses ppl who were calling "love king" on par w/ his first two albums

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 9:30 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yet still better than 1977

i had to troll back

Can't find it. Has it disappeared?

should still be here? http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/new-music-the-dream-roc

PUT YOUR LIPS UP ON MY LIPS
WHEN I DIP YOU DIP WE DIP

oh yeah

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

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)

Well that just dampened my anticipation.

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.

kinda tmi at the end

nice wailing guitar solo tho

also, way to go for being rich

if anything i think this more embarrasses ppl who were calling "love king" on par w/ his first two albums

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, January 4, 2012 10:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

lol who thinks this

cant find the poll but i think a lot of ppl

i think that

always forget how many crazies like the-dream

this is kinda nice but feels pretty underproduced, like the b-side to a b-side

Electrik Red - How to Be a Lady: Volume One (2009) 18
The-Dream - Love/Hate (2007) 14
The-Dream - Love Vs. Money (2009) 14
The-Dream - Love King (2010) 6
Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009) 3
Ciara - Basic Instinct (2010) 0

"fila" through to "abyss" is an astounding run that easily counteracts whatever flaws it has

shawty is da shit through mama is an even more astounding run and plus, has no flaws

the flaws on both those albums are outside those runs (well "mama" is entirely a flaw but whatever)

i'd take "yamaha" alone over anything on L/H

i was just trolling deej, you guys

have listened to this three times and besides a nice minute-ish intro it kinda drags and sinks beneath the waves

i'd take "yamaha" alone over anything on L/H

― 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

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.

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

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

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

it's the first single from The Love IV

so happy "the love intravenous" is back on the table as an album title

it's the first single from The Love IV

huh, okay. there was the kells song also kicking around, maybe that'll be a lil more exciting

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, 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

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

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.

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

i agree that this isn't up there with the grandiose arrangements of love king but that's exactly why i like it!

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

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.

I don't think this sounds 'tossed off' at all, and i think your feeling about the guitar part at the end is the same feeling i had about all Terius, which is that after a certain point there's definitely a sense of diminishing returns -- UNLESS the songwriting is there. Which, in this case, I really think it is. I don't think this is particularly 'tossed off' at all, except in the way that often his melodies do seem to come from some kind of improvisational compositional style. but for this most part, this seems like one of his more well-crafted moments

alright i'm fully behind this now, the hook is just so lush and massive