This dude. Oh, this dude. He's got some mad skillz: He penned Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)". His name is The-Dream.
If you can write a stream of songs that stick in millions of peoples' heads involuntarily, like the latter song mentioned above (which in turn created a You Tube sensation because good-hearted, but maybe talent-less, citizens of Earth believed that their lip synching and booty-shaking abilities were worthy of being video-ed and then virally distributed -- one aftermath of Web 2.0), that means you've got a sharp sense of how to craft a melody, and that also means if you're actually a paid songwriter, you probably have a couple of Maseratis in the garage. The-Dream's latest effort "Love VS Money" is a solid album of slow-groove, melodic hooks. And, if you care about the lyrics: Sex. Lots of sex, actually. Personally, I'm not one to complain about hooky melodies and baby-making music. Love makes the world go round, etc.
Surefire hit off "Love Vs Money": "Rockin That Sh**". (Couldn't have said it better myself) Check it out.
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