THE-DREAM - 1977

The-Dream - 1977 (Download)

Pretty good besides the unapologetic, blatant promotion of his new artist, Casha on a couple cuts.

He sounds like he's kinda hating women on a lot of these songs... most likely written mid/post break-up with C Milli.

VIDEO: THE DREAM - TRILOGY (YAMAHA / NIKKI PT 2 / ABYSS)

The Dream - Trilogy from Motion Family on Vimeo.

Best moment of LoveKing. And a joint video for these is a great idea.

Still not shaking the disappointment of the album though.

THE DREAM - LOVE KING

Like we weren't going to post it.

The Dream - Love King

CIARA - FANTASY RIDE (ARTWORK)

Ci Ci looking pretty fantastic in some of the artwork from her album Fantasy Ride. Out May 5th.

My favourite track from her album:

Ciara - Like A Surgeon

Produced by Tricky Stewart & The Dream / Vocals Produced & Recorded by Kuk Harrell.

THE DREAM WEEK: LIONEL RITCHIE - 'I'M NOT OKAY'

One of my favourite recent Dream written joints, and a pretty great example of the type of versatility the guy has compared to something like Single Ladies or Umbrella.

And thanks to the unwavering creative vaccum that is the Internets, we can also hear how it was originally pitched, for better or worse.

Lionel Ritchie - 'I'm Not Okay' (Written by The Dream)

The Dream - 'I'm Not Okay' (Demo)

THE DREAM WEEK: VIDEO: 'ROCKIN THAT THING' REMIX

Is it just me or do these dudes, including Dream, just look bored as hell in this video?

Luda's flow is great but apart from that, I'm kinda gonna forget this ever existed.

THE DREAM WEEK: 'MY LOVE' VIDEO

Yeah we aren't fucking around on the week one of the best albums you are likely to hear ever this year drops.

Love vs Money Out Now.

THE DREAM - ROCKIN THAT THANG (VIDEO)

The-Dream week coming to Affinity Blog shortly.

HOW DID I MISS THIS?

Electrik Red - Drank In My Cup (Video)

I wasn't a huge fan of the song so I'm not surprised I let this slip by but god damn at this video!

They're so nasty, especially the toilet scene towards the end.

A couple new songs of theirs leaked today, both penned by The-Dream. Check them out HERE.

THE DREAM - DITCH THAT (INSTRUMENTAL)

Call me spoilt, call me a child of the internet, call me a douche for even caring about such things but when I can't find a recently released song or instrumental on the internets when you know it actually exists, its drives me up the fucking wall.

So Ken Hell decides that he would like to rap/sing over The Dream's bananas 07 buzz single Ditch That for a new X & Hell project we are working overtime on at the moment. And, even though there is a 12" vinyl out, even though The Dream's buzz is crazy on the net and even though Ditch That was a popular joint, the instrumental has somehow managed to not find its way online.

So we ordered the vinyl, did the Ken Hell joint, and now I am going to leak this bitch because no one else bothered.

Yeow.

The Dream - Ditch That (Instrumental)

VIDEO: THE DREAM FEAT JEEZY - I LUV YOUR GIRL (RMX)

I'm actually a little stunned I havent posted or even seen this joint until today. Glad they left Jeezy in there, hilarious verse.

Still on the Snowman, I've had The Recession on smash all day. Entertaining shit if you're in the mood for it.

KARINA PASIAN - BABY BABY

Karina Pasian - Baby, Baby (Produced By Tricky Stewart & The Dream)

Karina Pasian - They Ain't Gotta Love You

Karina Pasian's debut album First Love is in stores tomorrow (August 19th) on Def Jam. Featuring production and songwriting from Tricky Stewart, The Dream, The Clutch, LOS Da Mystro (Carlos McKinney) and others.

Her entire album is up @ http://www.myspace.com/karinapasian

Def check it out for the production and songwriting if nothing else.

PS. Welcome MEMPH!

GYM CLASS HEROES FT DREAM - COOKIE JAR (VIDEO)

I dig this joint, although the hook melody is very close to "Buy U A Drank". Easy Terius.

DEAR JAYNE FT DREAM - FALL BACK (VIDEO)

Something about The Dream's steez always makes me laugh at his video's. Its almost as if he doesn't care to be there but he'll do it anyway cause he has to. Typical songwriter/producer!

Anyway, I like this song. The girls are rocking some Married To The Mob gear too.

DREAM & TRICKY MOVE MOUNTAINS

I got the chance to listen through Usher's new album Here I Stand on my flight from Melbourne to Gold Coast last week and while I don't love the album, I think there are some incredible moments courtesy of C. Tricky Stewart, The Dream, & LOS Da Maestro.

"This Ain't Sex", "Trading Places" & "Moving Mountains" are all outstanding records, from the insanely polished production to the inventive songwriting to the uber-clean layered vocal production. These three songs appear in the aforementioned order at the front end of the CD and they trump everything else on the album which makes me start to think Here I Stand might appear to be a weaker album than it really is, simply because of how the songs have been sequenced.

Just Blaze actually spoke about cohesiveness & album sequencing in his extensive interview with hiphopgame.com a couple months back. These albums usually get a bad wrap but contain great songs ala Jay-Z's Blueprint 2.

Usher - Moving Mountains (Produced by Tricky Stewart, Written by The-Dream)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/1242480482ee636d/

Here I Stand is expected to come in @ #1 on the Billboard Albums Charts with around 450k in sales. Head over to hitsdailydouble.com for more info.