For me it's "Fancy" or "Right Side" but I basically endorse Jordan's handwringing above.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 08:39 (fourteen years ago) link
'fancy'. it's v much a default answer, much like 'deeper & deeper' is always my answer to "what's your favourite madonna song", b/c it could so easily be anything else at any given time, but there it is. it's the lynchpin of the album for sure.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 08:45 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah basically agree w/ jordan as well -- thats absolutely the heart of the album
voted kelly's 12play for fun
― zzz (deej), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 08:46 (fourteen years ago) link
This video is actually what convinced me to get the album. Something about all of the fun he clearly had recording "Put It Down."
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/video-of-the-dream-in-the-studio-making-my-love-an/27317/
― nothinbutcuts, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 08:56 (fourteen years ago) link
too soon
― nadroj thing (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
but it's between "rockin that shit" and "fancy", and i'll prob vote "fancy"
― nadroj thing (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
put it down or right side of the brain is my initial thought. take you home through fancy is almost too much of a suite for me to pick one. i did finally learn the other day that fancy is mindfuckingly amazing on headphones but (and i mean this in the best way possible) it's almost too much song. i think if i were to just put on one track from this album it would be right side.
― unlucky son (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
only joints i did not consider voting 4 were 'my love', '12-play, & 'booty'. think the best song is prob 'fancy' but i voted 'mr. yeah'
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Great album all around. I voted for the title track as it's received the most plays from me.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
FANCY
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
right side of my brain sticks in my head the most, but honestly my favorite moment of the album is the segue between take you home to my mama -> love vs. money
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
don't really care for fancy, why do you guys love it so much
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
because u don't
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
joeks. i dunno i haven't even listened to this LP much but drifted along pleasantly and then the final track just stood out sounding hazier, more lucid and generally elsewhere and i always dig that
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
fancy is the final track in the uk?
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i will choose amongst "fancy"/"right side"/"mr yeah"/"kellys 12 play" and then regret my choice
― s1ocked up, they won't let me out (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:27 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― some dude's dead new wave singer sister (some dude), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i probably just listened to it in the wrong order (doin this now and then without realising i've left shuffle button on - what a disaster for artists original intentions)
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
you are a disaster. the album flows effortlessly from one song to the next and you are listening in shuffle mode.
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
imo "Take You Home" or "Sweat It Out" or "Mr. Yeah" could've been big radio hits in the vein of his first album's singles, they really fucked up by playing up the songs w/ big guest stars
― some dude's dead new wave singer sister (some dude), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:44 (fourteen years ago) link
kanye's verse seriously makes me want to strangle someone
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^aagh yes. honestly steve, how could you not even notice the abrupt endings where the songs didn't flow into each other!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah they should just make albums one complete track so this terrible catastrophe never occurs
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
^def agree about "take you home" and "mr yeah" (the latter especially) being prime singles choices, though i do love "rockin that shit" and "my love" too. "sweat it out" might be a bit dense/layered for radio, and its tempo might not be ideal for summer jam candidacy
xp cutty holy shit i forgot "walkin on the moon" is a single :( not a bad song but it's got to be the worst on the album
― nadroj thing (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
that (^) was to some dude's post
― nadroj thing (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"walking on the moon" i've decided isn't that bad but it's one of those weird songs where the verse and pre-chorus melodies are killer and then the chorus is just totally dead weight.
"sweat it out" would/could be the album's big quiet storm legacy song imo
― some dude's dead new wave singer sister (some dude), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
althought i wouldn't mind hearing 808s and heartbreak re-done with the-dream on vox
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
RADIO KILLA
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
between My Love, Mr. Yeah and Kelly's 12 Play for me. Fancy and the title track are undeniable too. i might have to give it to My Love for how surprising it is that i like it so much
― goole, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
"walking on the moon" i've decided isn't that bad but it's one of those weird songs where the verse and pre-chorus melodies are killer and then the chorus is just totally dead weigh
this is exactly right, and I couldn't understand my near-instant dislike (besides hating the spongy organ).
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
― cutty, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:53 PM (26 seconds ago)
oh man keep some dude away from sharp objects if this happens
― nadroj thing (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i prob meant to post this somewhere but the-dream agrees with what rev said somewhere else about 'take u home 2 my mama' secretly being a country song.
'walkin on the moon' is a fine track, i really like that the first third of the album consists of exquisitely executed generic radio jams w/glittering star cameos, kanye and mariah just doing what they do - lays the groundwork nicely for the album's lurch into WHOA blowing my mind territory. i even love the first half of kanye's verse - "i swear god must've made lightning strike and bottled it up, it hit the red carpet and modelled it up" is so great. pity he totally undoes it all immediately with "after i pound you" ughhhhh.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i think the one i turn to most if i just want to her one song rather than the whole album is 'mr yeah'
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
lol...i actually think the supposed (but will probably never happen) kanye/dream joint album could be dope, if kanye brings tricky/los into his production team. imo the-dream vox >>>> kanye autotune
― conansformers 2: revenge of the fallon (some dude), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i really like that the first third of the album consists of exquisitely executed generic radio jams w/glittering star cameos, kanye and mariah just doing what they do - lays the groundwork nicely for the album's lurch into WHOA blowing my mind territory.
The right side of your brain?
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i even love the first half of kanye's verse - "i swear god must've made lightning strike and bottled it up, it hit the red carpet and modelled it up" is so great. pity he totally undoes it all immediately with "after i pound you" ughhhhh.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:59 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
imo what makes the verse cross over into completely terrible is when he rhymes "blackberry" with..."mackberry"
― conansformers 2: revenge of the fallon (some dude), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
― cutty, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:26 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
pretty epic build & release on that one.
― zzz (deej), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
love the racing torrent of strings just before the drums answer where he says stuff like "they say love cant buy money / they're lying"
i'll try to get into it. i usually skip it.
― cutty, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 18:06 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's def a song that took me a few listens to appreciate. the drums at the end are fucking huge and awesome
― nadroj thing (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
"every one out there will know that you are my girl" is probably my favourite melody on the album.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^
― bitches can't stand me I got pockets on my pannies (The Reverend), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Went with the title track on instinct but it could just as well be "Put It Down" or "Fancy" or "Mr. Yeah"
― bitches can't stand me I got pockets on my pannies (The Reverend), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
vindicated
― bitches can't stand me I got pockets on my pannies (The Reverend), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
― conansformers 2: revenge of the fallon (some dude), Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:17 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
loooooooool this is so otm - this continuously puzzles me and i always think to myself "you know what im not going to even bother looking up the lyrics"
― s1ocked up, they won't let me out (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
as for "fancy", like everyone says it's such a great slow-burner of a song that it gets to the point where merely the addition of the drums ups the drama of the album immensely - also "fancy" is so integral because it really is like dream is building up this great love life of jet setting and fucking in gucci stores and then he totally tears it down with "right side of my brain" - the two songs are really important to each other. and then "mr yeah" is like "fuck it!! girls are awesome im the best at fucking!!!" and then "mr yeah" ends the album in his bedroom <3
aaaaanyway im gonna vote for "right side of my brain" for the build up in the last 40 seconds or so where the drums pick up
― s1ocked up, they won't let me out (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree that he's a retard for not releasing "sweat it out" or "put it down" but idk about "mr yeah" - it's definitely a great summer pop song but i think it might remind too many people of "touch my body" to really be a huge success
― s1ocked up, they won't let me out (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
one of my favorite parts on the whole album is right at the beginning of "right side of my brain" when his voice is suuuuper autotuned and he goes "fell in love with a real heartbreaker/ and there's nothing i can dooo, to shake her" - part gets stuck in my head all the time
― s1ocked up, they won't let me out (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
― s1ocked up, they won't let me out (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:47 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
i just listened again and this part is so incredible - it's right around 50 seconds - def the most impassioned vocal performance of dream's career, if that even means anything
― s1ocked up, they won't let me out (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
he does put some serious emotion into that song that makes it pretty next level.
― unlucky son (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
"right side" has grown on me in a big way -- never did listen to the demo of it that people on here used to talk about, is it really that different or essential to hear?
― conansformers 2: revenge of the fallon (some dude), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
and year end lists are all abt being representational
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, December 14, 2009 5:28 PM (2 hours ago)
not to pick on you here but, uh, since when are end-of-year tracks lists supposed to be representational of their albums?
― k3vin k., Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:08 AM (5 hours ago)
nah, by representational I meant that, you know with pitchfork they want a list that shows off the full extent of their aesthetic, their ecectecism and weird wildcards that show how they can look outside their standard field of focus to find things that complement or offset their musical landscape
― plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 07:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I suspect you're drawing a bit of a bow from pitchfork's historical love of remixes - but the thing with remixes is that, esp. for the period 2004-2006, when it came to dance music non-dance fans were much more likely to be into remixes of things than they were to be into original dance music tracks.
Pitchfork has never particularly celebrated R&B or hip hop non-singles in its end of year polls - non-single rap tracks that did well have almost always been radio hits at the very least.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 07:25 (fourteen years ago) link
looking for 'fancy' would be like me expecting, i dunno, 'my shadow' to be gucci's token critic pick this year
tbh "my shadow" is definitely the standout gucci track of 09 for me, and of everything he released probably has the most critical catnip
for some reason i didn't realise we were talking about the pfork list last night, so all i have to say now is "fuck it, who cares".
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 07:44 (fourteen years ago) link
non-single rap tracks that did well have almost always been radio hits at the very least.
that's not entirely true, as i alluded to before, stuff like "Georgia Bush" and random Clipse mixtape tracks weren't radio hits. but yeah generally those are the exceptions that prove the rule.
― defend the indefensible: JUSTIN BIEBER, MAN (some dude), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 08:09 (fourteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
my personal experience suggests otherwise, which surprised me -- i had assumed it would be a big deal
― unicorn strapped with a unabomb (deej), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 09:09 (fourteen years ago) link
which one did you find worked instead?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 15 December 2009 09:17 (fourteen years ago) link
haha 'wasted' obv
― unicorn strapped with a unabomb (deej), Tuesday, 15 December 2009 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
IS HE ANY GOOD FROM THE BACK?
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
iirc he put it down
― thank u 4 being a fiend (m bison), Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
He's all up on me like a monst... er, wait.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
call me ali the way i knocked your ass out
― jesus is radric (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 21:27 (fourteen years ago) link
that line takes a bit of a u_u context for me in the wake of chris brown
― hoos n nem (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 7 February 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah tru, it's just been way up in my head today
― jesus is radric (The Reverend), Sunday, 7 February 2010 21:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm increasingly coming around to the idea that the answer to this question is "kelly's 12 play"
― birther blood (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 07:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"i'm finna stunt like my daddy up in here" is a pretty hilarious and weird lyric in the context of this song
― birther blood (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 07:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i just noticed a really awesome lyric on "ditch that..." that i had never noticed
(during the bridge)
enter the phantom, proceed to creepexit the phantom, up in them sheets
― birther blood (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 08:03 (fourteen years ago) link
she spends her timeaboard yachts if not, somewhere tasting winein paris *accordion* seducing me while we dine
― teflon donk (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 10 June 2010 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
she's the dream of a billion men
― teflon donk (samosa gibreel), Thursday, 10 June 2010 04:08 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ a billion
lol
― cutty, Thursday, 10 June 2010 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Um....hey guys.
Were we aware of "Touch and Feel"? Because somehow I missed out on it until today. Apparently the UK got different iTunes bonus tracks and one of them was this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLmnNjH0s9k
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 8 August 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Boring.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 9 August 2010 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
my terius unreleased top ten:
1) i'm not ok2) like i do3) zodiac4) tears fall5) should've been you6) ever since7) hit it on the road8) tipper love9) hard to find10) something new
― hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe hit it on the road was released? if so could substitute with 'they don't know me'. some of the other mariah demos + 'bed' are also incredible but feels a bit unfair somehow to include.
― hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think "hit it on the road" was released but it's probably in my all-time terius top 10, not just unreleased
NOW LET THAT 808 BEAT UP ON YO AZZ~~
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 09:59 (thirteen years ago) link
whaaat hit it on the road suxx
― just sayin, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
nah i love the way it grinds, it's a surprisingly effective club banger
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 10:24 (thirteen years ago) link
patron....in my system
― hoes on my dick cos my groceries bagged (tpp), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 11:38 (thirteen years ago) link
My top ten Terius songs that haven't even been written yet, but I already know will be awesome:
1) Aggressively Chomping2) Motionless Contaminates3) Inside-Out Vandals4) Inquisitively Quivering5) Frozen Misfortune of Yesteryear6) Fantastic Rage7) Timid Lobsters8) Genial Exploration9) Vibrating Madness10) Orchestral Relics with Colorless Rondo
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
now expand to 64 and bracketize
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
hit it on the road was released as part of the deluxe edition of love vs. money. it's on Canadian iTunes at the very least.
― The SBurbs (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp u forgot 11) Lord Custos
― The Reverend, Thursday, 12 August 2010 06:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Cause WHEN LOVE IS THE PROBLEM, NOTHING CAN SOLLLLLLLLLLLLVE IT
― i love tampon spaceship (San Te), Friday, 21 January 2011 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoever did this is a total hero imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRbK61TjWLo
― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
who's in love with your ass like crazy?
― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Thursday, 26 May 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
haven't listened to this in a long time, should pull it out
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 May 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
i have all 3 dream albs plus my fav etc tracks in 1 playlist that i bump constantly
i thnk i voted mr yeah but it changes all the time, obv fancy is a killer
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 May 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B-EcZ59Ia8
― 2001: a based godyssey (dayo), Thursday, 13 October 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
yooooooo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27gi7YkyPkc
(((d-_-b)))
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
I know it hasn't even been three years yet, but I want a special edition of this album so fucking bad. There's gotta be at least a disc's worth of outtakes and studio odds and ends, right?
― Evan R, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
this should have been the video for "fancy"
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Friday, 23 November 2012 10:28 (eleven years ago) link
oh lol i posted that a long time ago
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Friday, 23 November 2012 10:30 (eleven years ago) link
i have an all-LOS playlist i've been meaning to burn to disc for a while, maybe i'll post the tracklist and see if anyone can point out anything i forgot
― some dude, Saturday, October 10, 2009 11:31 AM (3 years ago)
!!
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 May 2013 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
this is how I know kev is sad, he's bumping dream threads
― 乒乓, Friday, 3 May 2013 04:56 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'm just reading all of them atm
― 'scuse me while i make the sky cum (k3vin k.), Friday, 3 May 2013 04:57 (eleven years ago) link
this album was released ten years ago today
― flopson, Sunday, 10 March 2019 22:52 (five years ago) link
"The Right Side of My Brain," ILX?
― Lactose Shaolin Wanker (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 10 March 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link