Track Listing

1. Money Intro
2. Rockin' That Sh**
3. Walkin' On The Moon featuring Kanye West
4. My Love featuring Mariah Carey
5. Put It Down
6. Sweat It Out
7. Take U Home 2 My Mama
8. Love vs. Money
9. Love vs. Money: Part 2
10. Fancy
11. Right Side Of My Brain
12. Mr. Yeah
13. Kelly's 12 Play
14. Let Me See The Booty featuring Lil Jon

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3933 in Music
• Released on: 2009-03-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
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!"

Customer Reviews

2009's Best R&B Album as of Yet - 4.5 stars
The-Dream had the misfortune of releasing his lauded, though underrated 2007 debut during the busy fourth-quarter of the year, in which debut artists normally get swallowed by big-time releases from well known artists being purchased for Christmas. That is exactly what happened, as the talented singer/producer's LOVE/HATE debuted at #30. I don't remember the numbers he posted (somewhere in the 60-70K range I'd estimate), but they weren't representative of his talent, though that could be said of so many who have come and gone in/out of the industry. Despite horrible odds stacked against LOVE/HATE, it managed to go gold after a number of strong singles including "Shawty is Da Sh**" (feat. Fabolous), "Falsetto", and my personal favorite "I Luv Your Girl". What was striking to me is how people could possibly sleep on what was one of the most unique R&B releases in some time, strung together as a narrative almost, an approach the dream would use on Mary J. Bliges's Grammy winning GROWING PAINS. But theories aside, LOVE VS. MONEY is even stronger than LOVE/HATE and has the chance to make more of an impact - if people get out and buy this fantastic album. It does something I haven't seen a contemporary R&B album do for sometimes - have a consistent album that has not one miss and I mean none. This album is nearly perfect.

I tend to favor neo-soul releases as far as R&B is concerned, but a solid contemporary R&B release like this one is again another inescapable album by The-Dream. First single "Rockin' That Thang" (or "Rockin' That Sh**") is another fine first-single for The-Dream, not dissimilar from "Shawty Is Da Sh**". In my eyes, it may be even catchier than its predecessor, despite inherent similarities in both production and conception. If The-Dream does one thing on this album that was lacking on LOVE/HATE, it is he heightens his songwriting skills while his producing buddy "Tricky" tightens up at the boards.

"Walkin' On The Moon" featuring Kanye West shows this progression. Here style/tempo changes (not-so subtle) help to show The-Dream as an innovative soul in the R&B realm, something that the style needs, particularly contemporary R&B. West sounds fine here, but The-Dream holds down this neo-disco track fine, just to show you his strength. "My Love" featuring Mariah Carey is excellent too, and could prove to be a strong hit on the Pop/R&B charts. If The-Dream makes concessions to commercialism, it is with a track like "My Love", which proves to be less conceptual than some of the more experimental, less commercial tracks from LOVE vs. MONEY. Of course LOVE vs. MONEY is a very commercial album, but it also allows for The-Dream to experiment like a rock star would. Think Prince ladies and gentlemen, only with modern-day styling.

"Put It Down" and "Sweat It Out" are by far the best tracks of LOVE VS MONEY, as hard as it is to pick when every track is strong. Here, The-Dream really stretches out and over these lengthy Tricky-helmed ditties, as an R&B listener, you truly hear different sounds than have been heard/experimented previously. Honestly, The-Dream goes above and beyond what R-Kelly does, showing how relevant The-Dream has become in urban music. "Take U Home 2 My Mama" lays just as well, while the exceptional linked "Love vs. Money" and "Love vs. Money Part 2" are both equally alluring. Production is top rate and The-Dream sounds as if his vocal chops have grown, though they were already solid.

"Fancy" plays on true minimalism with a repetitive piano loop that eventually adds sounds/instruments - brilliant. "Right Side of the Brain" doesn't live up to "Fancy", but as a 4-star track, it has no shame whatsoever in my eyes and just adds more evidence towards the true magnitude that is LOVE VS. MONEY. "Mr. Yeah" and the massively creative "Kelly's 12 Play" are superb while the banging club bonus track "Let Me See The Booty" (feat. Lil Jon) just maybe TOO COOL to appear on any R. Kelly album (not knocking Kelly, but The-Dream is quickly giving him a run for his money!). What more is there to say? LOVE VS. MONEY is by far the year's best R&B album and honestly in what has began as a stale year in many respects, this is one of the very best albums of 2009. I hope to see you nominated for Grammys Dream, it's about time. 4.5 stars.

Very creative album..I'm loving The Dream (4.5 rating)
I was first introduced to The Dream when I heard his song Shawty is 10. Sometimes I liked the song and I would turn it up whenever it was played on the radio and sometimes it got on my nerves. Then I starting hearing The Dream on the remix for other artists..and his lyrics definitely stood out to me.

I bought his album Love Vs Money and instantly fell in love with. I can tell he put a strong effort into this album. The lyrics are a pleasure to listen to, love most of the beats and his album definitely stands out from what's out right now.

Here's my ratings of the songs:

Rockin That Sh** (5)...this is one of my favorite songs on this album. LOVE it!
Walking on the Moon (5) ..another one of my favorites. Love the prince feel to it and Kayne killed his verse!
My Love (5)..I have this song on repeat in my car! I Love love love this song! Mariah lyrics are on point with the concept of this song! Another one of my favorites!
Put It Down (3) ..nice beat. starts off good and then gets corny and much too playful
Sweat It Out (4 1/2)...cute song. nice beat. It has a RKelly feel to it. Love it
Take You Home 2 My Mama ..didn't like it all. corny lyrics
Love Vs Money (4) ..could have been a banger with a different beat. love the lyrics. hate the beat
Love Vs Money Part 2 (5) ..deep song. love it
Fancy (5) ...now this is what I call CREATIVE! Love this song. Smooth, flowing and relaxing beat. Love the lyrics.
Right Side of my Brain (5)..at first I didn't like it, but after I took time and listen to what he was saying I LOVED it.
Mr.Yeah (5) ..cute song. love what he's saying
RKelly's 12 Play ...hated it
Let Me See Your Booty (3) nice beat! lyrics were just okay. I've heard this song soooo many times by every male artist..NEXT!

So overall it was a nice album! 4.5 rating. It won't be coming out of my cd player for awhile.

looooooveee iiitt!!!
Amazingly talented he is.. and though he's still an underdog right now, since he hasn't been receiving as much credit as he deserves, I have faith he'll make it way past it all to the Grammy's... album's totally lovable as is his last one... be ready to dance while singing aloud...