THE-DREAM....IS HE THAT DUDE?!?!

Man...I gotta be honest wit you, I been more inspired and intrigued by R&B music lately than I have with rap music. It is just something about it that it can either be, soothing for the soul, or an element for your energy. Shit that's out right now from Jamie Foxx's "Blame It" to anything Ne-Yo puts out...gets heavy burn on my iPod or my other mp3 player. But everywhere I go, they keep sayin' the same thing....

"THE-DREAM IS THAT N****"



That's right....Terius "The Dream" Nash, along with partner-in-crime, producer Tricky Stewart, have written for any and everybody in the R&B game, from Rihanna to Usher to even Britney Spears. LOVE/HATE, The Dream's debut album came out around a year and a half ago...the moment it came out, you got people comin' out sayin' its a classic album.



But I won't deny, despite the obvious Prince influence, the often silly lyrics in some songs...there are some SERIOUS babymakers on that album. You know how much cutty I got to "Falsetto"?????



But as much as he is the shit on his own, when he writes for others, he brings the best out of those that he writes for...take Usher for instance..."Moving Mountains" was and had to be one of my top THREE R&B songs of the year...and unfortunately, the only song I REALLY loved on the "Here I Stand" album....well other than "Trading Places".



Now...his new album...Love vs. Money...is expected to be out sometime later this month...and according to posts on Okayplayer...Rolling Stone apparently gave the album....get this.....FOUR AND A HALF STARS!!!....whhaaaaatttttt???? (Lil' Jon style)



Now, I'm not quick to jump on bandwagons in regards to believing the ****1/2 star hype...but if Dream's got joints like this on the album....im keeping my fingers crossed, that I'ma have my new sex soundtrack for the spring time....

...which reminds me, I gotta peep that new Ryan Leslie, ASAP!!!

HOLLA!!!!