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Love Vs Money (Parental Advisory),The-Dream

- Love Vs Money (Parental Advisory)
- - 2,610,549 plays
  - 614 favs
  - 1,389 shares
The-Dream
Released 2009

Rockin' That Sh**
03:42
388,763 plays

Money Intro
00:09
29,644 plays

Walkin' On The Moon
04:15
289,218 plays

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- 1
- Money Intro
- 00:09
- 29,644 plays

- 2
- Rockin' That Sh**
- 03:42
- 388,763 plays

- 3
- Walkin' On The Moon
- 04:15
- 289,218 plays

- 4
- My Love
- 03:24
- 232,633 plays

- 5
- Put It Down
- 05:02
- 215,601 plays

- 6
- Sweat It Out
- 04:24
- 176,633 plays

- 7
- Take U Home 2 My Mama
- 03:39
- 121,732 plays

- 8
- Love Vs. Money
- 04:12
- 189,118 plays

- 9
- Love Vs. Money: Part 2
- 04:12
- 140,462 plays

- 10
- Fancy
- 06:30
- 164,115 plays

- 11
- Right Side Of My Brain
- 04:26
- 167,975 plays

- 12
- Mr. Yeah
- 04:53
- 194,861 plays

- 13
- Kelly's 12 Play
- 04:18
- 127,963 plays

- 14
- Let Me See The Booty
- 03:35
- 171,884 plays

album review

Between the December 2007 release of Love/Hate and March 2009 release of Love vs Money, the-Dream's dominance as a songwriter, producer, and solo artist had not faded. When the latter album was released, Mr. Nash's output was all over the radio, just as it was when the former came out. Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" had been to the top of the Hot 100 amidst a string of smaller successes that included Jamie Foxx's "Just Like Me," merely a Top Ten R&B hit, and Usher's "Trading Places," which was too thematically and structurally off-center to be massive. The number one R&B single at the time, Foxx's "Blame It," was neither written nor produced by Nash, but it quoted him. "Rockin' That Sh**," this album's lead single, had just become his fourth consecutive solo Top Ten R&B single, and a duet with Mariah Carey, "My Love," was well on its way to becoming number five. He was in his own orbit.

Love vs Money, like Love/Hate, was made with producers Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Carlos "L.O.S. da Mystro" McKinney, and it continues Nash's never-ending song cycle about his life as a chest-puffing softy who will get "all up on you like a white tee on a thug" and "circle the stars and bring you one back." Sonically, there are only slight variations on what he and his collaborators had been serving up for over a couple years, with swishing and panning percussion accents, droning and buzzing synths, syrupy vocal interjections, and unexpected hook deployment from every angle. The song most directly connected to Love/Hate is "Sweat It Out," essentially a slow jam version of "Playin' in Her Hair," sung just as sweetly: "She just got her hair did but you know I can't stop this/I told you once we finish that I would get your shit fixed." The album is heavier on ballads and, with "Fancy" and "Right Side of My Brain," it stretches out, shifting from a melancholy six-minute beat tease (where an awed Dream loses all control to a mate with expensive taste) to an emotionally bruised stomp (a regretful kiss-off). Ultimately, Love vs Money is Love/Hate's equal, stuffed with hooks, ceaselessly absorptive productions, and clever and often funny wordplay -- "Now if they ask you can I sing like Usher, say no/But I can make you sing like Mariah, ooooooooh" being the most amusing of them all, though "I'm all up on you like a monster truck" runs a close second for switching up the R. Kelly woman-as-vehicle metaphor. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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- - Love/Hate
  - Released 2007

- - Lovehate (Parental Advisory)
  - Released 2007

- - Lovehate (Edited)
  - Released 2007

- - Love Vs Money (Edited)
  - Released 2009

listener reviews

- - WOW
  - - By dajanair
    - 5/16/2009 15:06:06
  - I THINK LOVE VS. MONEY IS THA SH!T.I WAS AMAZED WHEN I HEARD THE ALBUM.I WASNT THAT SHOCKED BECAUSE THATS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GET HIS ALBUMS...SKILL,PASSION AND TALENT.
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- - :)
  - - By DeW mAn JDM3
    - 5/6/2009 20:51:19
  - let me see your booty = sexytime
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- - BEST NEW MUSIC
  - - By VHM HILL
    - 4/18/2009 04:49:29
  - THIS ALBUM HAS WONDERFUL NEW MUSIC IT HAS A NICE BEAT
    BUY THIS ALBUM OR RENT IT IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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- - GET THIS NOW!!!!!
  - - By Yellow Rebel
    - 4/10/2009 16:00:32
  - If you don't have this album and The-Dream's first album, you are missing out on some of the best music out there today!!! BUY IT NOW!!! Don't D/L this, it's worth every penny of the purchase!!!
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- - Love VS Money is a Necessity
  - - By KhujoXX
    - 4/9/2009 22:11:57
  - This album is easily a must have. Something that you and your significant other can love... and maybe make love to! Its so good that I had to go out and get The-Dream's first album LoveHate. You need these albums!
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- - The-Dream is a musical artist
  - - By southernhype
    - 4/7/2009 06:00:45
  - These are my favorites----
    Rockin' that thang of course its great!
    Walking On The Moon..New Space Age Shit!!
    My Love..So Special For you and your girl really is...
    Put It Down...Just Awsome
    Fancy....just right i was lost at first but now that is my shit i don't care what anybody says---great fuckin ass job man...
    Right Side Of My Brain ...the artistic side of your brain and he really used his greatly..
    Mr. Yeah.....there like someones missing just meditate on the last 30 sec. of that song and just listen and think....
    Finally I saved Love vs. Money Part I & ll
    was the best thing on there to me....it rides and makes me feel hurt but the feeling of sayin "bye, bye be gone" the shit is my shit for real this is my # one song right here beat great lyrics....HELL YES...LOVE THE FUCKIN CD!!<<<<<GUCCI
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- - Love it!
  - - By Vangelis13
    - 3/30/2009 12:11:54
  - Listen to this album with caution it may burn your ears because it's so HOT! I loved every song on it except one. Love Vs. Money is a 2 part masterpiece from The-Dream! he's a genius!
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- - hot album
  - - By OnlyShaBreeZy
    - 3/27/2009 02:19:53
  - its a hot album but i got like three favs on there . good job ,... good job
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- - Nice album
  - - By CrudeBlack star
    - 3/16/2009 03:11:25
  - I love this Cd. I love Sweat it out, put it down, and I can't stop listening to Fancy b/c even when I was rockin Polo's I was Fancy!
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- - I Like...
  - - By MsVirgo97
    - 3/14/2009 04:20:33
  - I just popped open his disc. And so far, I like it. He has a lot of
    great songs. My fav: My Love, Sweat It Out {LOL}, Mr.Yeah, Kelly's 12
    Play, & Let Me See The Booty.
    
    The Dream is definitely a talented writer. ;)
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