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After proving himself throughout 2007-2008 as a masterful hit songwriter for an A-list of stars including Rihanna ("Umbrella"), Mariah Carey ("Touch My Body"), J. Holiday ("The Bed," "Suffocate"), and Beyoncé ("Single Ladies") - to name a few! -The-Dream announces the completion of his second album, LOVE vs. MONEY, arriving in the physical and digital marketplace on March 10th. "Rockin' That Thang," the first single from LOVE vs. MONEY, rises to #4-bullet this week on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Total Mediabase Urban and Rhythmic audience for "Rockin' That Thang" jumps to over 50 million this week, with over 6,700 spins. A special Rap Remix was released two weeks ago, featuring the `Def Jam All-Stars' lineup of Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Rick Ross and Ludacris. The video for "Rockin' That Thang" was recently shot with Norwegian director Ray Kay, whose credits include The-Dream's debut smash of last year, "Shawty Is A 10" featuring Fabolous. "My Love" featuring Mariah Carey, the second single from LOVE vs. MONEY, is set to impact at Rhythm and Urban radio formats on March 2nd. Although officially unreleased as yet, the track is already taking off at Top 40. The video for "My Love" was shot in Los Angeles two weeks ago, directed by Nick Cannon. LOVE vs. MONEY is follows-up The-Dream's RIAA gold Radio Killa/Def Jam debut album Love Hate (released December 2007). The album's back-to-back hits dominated 2008, including "Shawty Is A 10" featuring Fabolous (Top 10 R&B); "Falsetto" (#3 R&B); and "I Luv Your Girl" (#1 Rhythmic, #3 R&B). The-Dream finished out the year by winning Best New Artist honors at the annual BET Awards - in addition to his Grammy Award nomination for Song Of The Year for "Umbrella" (as songwriter), and American Music Award nomination for Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Executive produced by Island Def Jam chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid and co-produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart with Carlos "LOS" McKinney, LOVE vs. MONEY is a futuristic mix of radio bangin' hooks that define this era as much as The-Dream's hero Sam Cooke defined the '60s and Prince defined the '80s. "The LOVE vs. MONEY songs are rife with layered vocals, sensual yet comical lyrics and wall-shaking bass," wrote Billboard last month. "`Sweat It Out' concerns a night of lovemaking, while `Let Me See the Booty' boasts strip club-ready lyrics while Lil' Jon provides his trademark yelling in the background." In addition to Lil' Jon, the only other guests on the album are Kanye West ("Walkin' On The Moon") and Mariah Carey ("My Love"). The final track listing for LOVE vs. MONEY is as follows: 1. Rockin' That Thang * 2. Walkin' On The Moon" featuring Kanye West * 3. My Love featuring Mariah Carey * 4. Put It Down * 5. Sweat It Out * 6. Take U Home 2 My Mama * 7. Love Vs. Money * 8. Love Vs. Money: Part 2 * 9. Fancy * 10. Right Side Of My Brain * 11. Mr. Yeah * 12. Kelly's 12 Play * 13. Let Me See The Booty featuring Lil Jon * 14. Touch & Feel * 15. Nothing But Love. The-Dream exploded in 2007 as the go-to songwriter behind two of the year's biggest hits, Rihanna's worldwide #1 smash "Umbrella" and J. Holiday's breakout debut "Bed," as well as J's follow-up "Suffocate." The-Dream's streak continued in 2008 with Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body," and several other high-profile tracks: "You" from Chris Brown's album Exclusive; "Skies of L.A.," the climactic closing track of Celine Dion's Taking Chances; "Just Fine," the first single from Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains; and "Moving Mountains" from Usher's Where I Stand. While The-Dream (Terius Youngdell Nash) seemed like the overnight success story of 2007, he's been at it for the better part of a decade. After meeting and partnering with fellow-Atlantian Tricky Stewart, the two soon achieved notoriety as writer/producers on B2K's Pandemonium! album, and "Me Against The Music," the timely 2003 duet by Britney Spears and Madonna. Four years later, The-Dream and Tricky were "suddenly one of the most in-demand songwriting teams in urban music," according to USA Today. In March 2008, The-Dream commenced the first major cross-country North American tour of his career, when he joined Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z for their "Heart Of The City" tour. The 22-city U.S. and Canadian tour climaxed in May with three homecoming concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City. LOVE vs. MONEY begins the next chapter of The-Dream's odyssey, as he stands ready to surpass the accomplishments of his 2007 debut. "It took me awhile to know that the new album is better than the first one," he says. "But it is. So now we know what you're capable of, we know how many songs you've written for everybody, and you know we're gonna do it again!"
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Everyone's giving this five stars???
The-Dream's career has hardly slowed down, because he and his partner Tricky Stewart have continued to pen a few songs on just about everyone's albums over the past couple of years. But when I heard HIS album Love/Hate, I found it to be yet another example of an artist giving all his good material away and leaving himself with the scraps. Still, I decided to listen to Love vs Money.
The album's title might trick some people into thinking a Dream album actually has substance this time around, but it doesn't seem to be the case. The only song that really stands out is the Mariah Carey duet, "My Love", and by the way, I wonder why Mariah is hitting her famous high notes on HERE but not on her own album (but DREAM shouldn't be doing that; see "Put It Down"). And "Fancy" is tolerable, but most of the rest of the album talks about...yep, you guessed it: sex, sex, and more sex. And the problem lies in the sleazy way he talks about it, as evidenced by "Sweat It Out" and the bonus track "Let Me See the Booty" (with Lil Jon). But what takes the cake is "Mr. Yeah", which is corny enough but then it ends with Dream asking, "Can we F now?"
There's also "Kelly's 12 Play", where Dream brags about how good it is when he and his girl do it to that classic album (that's not a good thing, when you think about it). Songs that aren't about sex don't always work either, as part one of the title track is really annoying because there's too much going on in the background. Dream's singing IS a little better; if only I could say the same for his material (and that "EY!" chant all over the background is beyond irritating). Love vs Money is better than his first album, but that really isn't saying much.
Anthony Rupert Classic
The-Dream's sophomore album Love Vs Money is nothing short of phenomenal. Although there's still a month and a half left for 2009 with major releases from Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Usher, and Jamie Foxx still yet to drop, it seems as if The-Dream has created an album so magical that it would take a monumental effort to top it. The album came out in early spring this year (in this digital age that's an eternity) but I still play it like it's brand new. The songs never get old and that's a testament to outstanding production and terrific song-writing. The two high profile guests Kanye West and Mariah Carey both come off as an afterthought because The-Dream completely steals the show. The album spawned several singles Rocking That Thing, Walking On The Moon, and Fancy but every single song is noteworthy. If you are late on this album, here's your late pass. This is the best R&B album I've heard this year (better than dare I say it...MAXWELL...Ryan Leslie, LeToya, Laura Izibor, Amerie, Keri Hilson, Mariah, etc.) so if you somehow missed out on this album the whole year you should take the time to get acquainted with it. It will be time well spent.
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No one should give this 4 or less stars 0_o
You see..this album....is hot. He follows the king of R&B "r kelly." his album is just hot..his vocals are flawless ;] the people who gave bad reviews are just jack @sses. and u can tell them that i said it. cuz it's true Very Good Album
This is a very good album. If your up on The Dream's music, but haven'y gotten this album yet your behind. A couple of the songs sound simular, but over all I REALLY like this CD. It gets crazy airtime in my house and vehicle. If you liked the first one this one is better. gift cd
This item was given as a gift to a friend, who specifically requested it, and expressed great satisfaction on receiving it. Pricing, delivery and product integrity were all satisfactory. My rating it a 4 out of a possible 5 reflects only the fact that I lack first hand experience with the purchased item, and can only reflect the limited information conveyed to me by its recipient. |
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