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

ALso k3vin is my dream weathervane, so.

― Tim F, Thursday, 23 May 2013 14:25 (4 hours ago) Bookmark

poor tim, shorts and flip-flops in the pouring rain, staring uncomprehendingly at the stopped clock in his hands

but dreamy

rtc cryptodisses cut the deepest :(

tim i hope you like this because i want to like this and i haven't totally given up on it yet, despite my outward fatalism - ay me, they little know under what torments inwardly i groan

Four songs into this and I'm not sure I have the will to carry on. I'm prepared to forgive or overlook a lot of his skeeziness and laziness when it's surrounded by swirling clouds of multicoloured synths and amazing pop rushes but a lot of this is just dirge.

*plumps cushion on royal throne of contraristan*

It took me a moment to get that last cryptodiss, I was wondering what rtc knew of my wardrobe

Complete waste of Beyonce as well by the way.

Liveblogging reax: first two tunes and I'm like "this is kinda fun, imma enjoy this if I pretend that it's a ray j album or something", then my attention wandered and suddenly "equestrian" been and gone, "pussy" actively annoying BUT the arrangement is pretty awes. TBC...

"Turnt" is fun. I'm glad that I've taken a break from dream for a while, it makes it less distressing that this album ain't serving bangers with creamy nash.

i find myself becoming increasingly well-disposed towards big sean of late

maybe it's just the adlibs, idk. "mmm!"

dunno why everyone's so down on 'equestrian', hits the spot 4 me

big sean's verse was pretty ok!

It was the best part of the song I think.

oh god!

haha i thought the same thing tbh

woah der

Keep in mind that's mostly because of the (lack of) quality of the-dream's bits.

winnie the pooh singing asshole slow jams FTW

deluxe edition out there in hq now

he should have gotten Young Dro to feature on "Equestrian"

otm

also that should have been the only guest rap

tity boi's is fine too, nothing spectacular or necessary but then when has a rap on a terius joint ever been

"where have you been" floats about nicely, the piano's reminiscent of "hate u" (i think?) and another nash-penned song i can't mentally place atm

actually i would go so far as to say all of the raps are in their proper places, we're given a 2013 jay-z verse, a 2013 pusha verse, on a 2013 the-dream album; who has the right to complain really?

Ehhhhhh. I like this but I don't love it yet. It's a bit too mannish, like he's trying to impress me now instead of just going for the panties. Not sure if any of these songs hold up to anything on Love King tbh. But I'll keep listening.

It's hilarious to me that LK is thought of by so many as Dream's solo high water mark

i don't think it is, really, people are just saying it's a step down from the last one

Basically all the people I know IRL into the-dream think Love King is his best album or only album (as of a month ago) worth bothering with.

yeah it's weird because all of his hits were with his early work, but i've noticed the same thing

pitchfork effect, i guess; they didn't even review love vs. money

really hard out here to not use the phrase 'sheeple' sometimes

yeah that's a good point

Not comparing this to LK as Terius' greatest moment here, simply comparing this to it as the last proper The-Dream album. I'd probably take Used To Be over most of the songs here too though.

LVM is where it's at folks

LK = fidelity/tech proficient but humorless

I love LK just as much as the first two (not saying it is better though). Calling it humourless feels wrong - 4 Play sounds kinda humourless to me but Love King was really fun!

we're all forgetting about 1977

well i had until that post, thanks a lot

haha

I'd take 1977 over this, I think.

1977 is teh worst

otm

Only if you have no soul. This is the worst:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LebahZpxtT4&hd=1

I find myself agreeing with the Pitchfork review - except for the part about Big Sean ruining Pussy - he's literally the best part of it, corn and all. Also, he's definitely overrating Michael but I don't blame him. I'd probably reach for something to overrate too.

no talk of the deluxe edition trax?

"divine" is actually alright
"y'all" is terrible and goes on for about a decade
"tron" remains worthless
"psycho" has really nice production, that pulsing bass and twinkling sound, could have been a super-cool film soundtrack thing except he really didn't bother to write a song

it's depressing having to come back to this though, better than i expected it may be but this is just not a good album by anyone's standards let alone terius's

"Y'All" is definitely a gold star candidate for worst The-Dream song ever

Yeah, "Y'All" is 1977-caliber bad.

I wonder if the response to this album would have been different if 1977 hadn't soured so many on The-Dream. I still think this album is solid, with a genuinely awesome stretch from "Turnt"-"Michael." It's a damn good album if you approach it with open ears, but a near-failure if you hold it to LK or LvM (which isn't really fair, imo, since he's going for something very different here).

i can assure you my ears are fully open evan