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's a post-odd future world, let's get real

that song is everywhere and i've always strongly suspected t-pain's success was what gave terius the confidence to embark on a solo career, so yeah definitely (xpost)

alright i didn't know if "booty work" was getting play elsewhere -- i've only seen "best love song" on the charts, which i've never heard

"body work" is kinda cool, tho not much of a song -- FMBO is pretty great i think

yeah Terius sent some song to T-Pain on ustream last night, I think it was "body work" - maybe he's on the remix

yeah it's not charting real high nationally yet but i'm already sick of it -- which is weird because i love the omarion song it's a shameless rehash of

okay, so i've spent nearly three hours with these on endless repeat, and i'm feeling p much at home. neither's great, but both solid, FMBO a bit better than that. and now that i've innoculated myself w lol desensitization germs, gross lyrics aren't really a problem. still a bit disappointed. neither track touches love king's highs.

and yeah, wtf is up with that "meh meh meh yeah" break between songs? is he anticipating his critics?

My Records are intended for Sensual,sexual and intelligent people. Lovers and Lost Lovers a like.I Don't Want any New Fans! Cheers LOVECULT

I like both, but my first impression is mostly how heavy they are sonically compared to most of his work. Really thick and bass-dominant.

Really perplexed by the "meh, meh, meh, yeah" part.

Some of the production details on "Fuck My Brains Out" are amazing. That quick, cascading bass synth during the second verse!

wtf MEH MEH MEH MEH?

fuck my brains out is much improved from the demo.

wow that is a shit website

lol

i know you a cheater
but boy before you leave
fuck my brains out

god this guy.

fuck my brains out is much improved from the demo.

lol

i entertain this fantasy that artists who seem gifted in one area will possess overarching aesthetic ~visions~ that work in and connect with other contexts, that talented musicians will be able, for instance, to recognize and even produce good graphic design and prose. i suppose that this is a elitist fantasy, in that it snootily elevates what i take to be a "refined artistic sensibility" (harumph) over sheer will and/or the accidental gifts of providence.

then along comes this web site to settle my hash

u ever seen a dream video?

ha

well i'll be involuntarily singing "fuck my brains out" in inappropriate situations for the foreseeable future then

re: twitter - i saw optimum retweet him on monday, followed from there. for what it's worth.

i love 'body work'

Idg what contenderizer's issue w "fmbo" is - this is like textbook dreamisms

Fwiw I think body work is boring and if anyone else released it we'd be all "this sucks"

Fmbo is p dope though, although obv the-dream is an all time rmde when it comes to a personality

Body work just seems so stingey with the songwriting (although the-dream has been hit or miss w that for a minute) but typically he would make up for that w melodic generosity. "body work" has one barely-there melodic hook

I Don't Want any New Fans! Cheers LOVECULT

his last few single choices explained

Ha. It kind of explains the entire arc of his career

i'm kidding it's a total cliche sour grapes thing to say once your career has clearly peaked

fmbo is kind of an unfortunately shitty gimmick chorus but overall i'm cool with both of these - better than the majority of love king in my esteemed opinion

this whole "i don't know if i'm gonna be with u" transition is just killing me, welcome back dreamer

I've felt a little less engaged with each album, but I'm really felling this new suite instantly.

Huh idk why it's not hitting me at all like that

Body-Work sounds better with each listen for me but it's definitely just the prelude groove to "FMBO" for me

For me, I mean

i know what you mean abt body work being sparse melodically (for the-dream) but i kind of love how it grinds away

FMBO is great. Totally reprehensible, but just so damn great.

'She know I'm a Virgo and I'm impossible to please."

I don't think fmbo is reprehensible on it's own, it just makes the dream come off poorly as a human being. Song itself doesn't strike me as partic objectionable nb I may not have given the lyrics a complete close reading

His king-dick fantasies are a hell of a lot more imaginative and memorable than most

I mean, his sex is so good that his ex- who is leaving him for cheating is demanding a last round of amazing sex, etc. etc. etc.

For whatever reason, Make-Up Bag was light enough that it felt like a humourous toss-off and I didn't find it as skeezy as some dudes did, but this is just undeniably shitty behaviour. But it's a killer song, so, you know.

I don't think anyone has brought up the coda yet, but it's gorgeous. "I'll always miss THAT KISS / A lover's delight" all multitracked harmonies. It's really gentle and pretty.

oh noes, no strings sex! odious! reprehensible! literally have no idea what u prudes are moaning about

in particular the notion that this song makes him come off poorer "as a human being" than the trite plodding idiocy of 'make up bag' or god idk a hundred other little things over the years is just laughable

lol

Lol

I think it's fair to say this has a pretty high narcissism factor relative to his other stuff. But yah idg what is objectionable about it

maybe there should be a "but i denied her/mind-blowing sex/i denied her/out of respect" coda

rtc otm -- not even nearly as odious as "I luv your girl"

let's check the odi-ometer

I think theres def an increased level of egotism relative to "i luv your girl" but maybe it's that the music is a lot less coy

oh jeez. i have no issues with no string sex. seriously.

what's gross about FMBO is how after a highly public break up he's written a song about how no matter how much of a jerk is, his ex-girlfriend is in thrall to his awesome magical penis. i mean, it's a good song, but it's still all sorts of gross.

and yes, he's done angry/bitter/vaguely misogynist breakup songs before i.e. nikki, abyss, whatever, but in all those cases there was the vague rationalization of he's angry and was cheated on and there's a source of the gross bitterness.

but if you don't find something kind of distasteful about a guy bragging about how desperate his ex-wife was for his dick even after he cheated on her immediately after they had a kid, etc. etc. then i can't explain it.

but it's not an objectionable song. so i don't know why i'm arguing this.