Love Hate
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| Studio album by The-Dream | |||||||||||
| Released | December 11, 2007 (U.S.) | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop, R&B | ||||||||||
| Length | 53:09 | ||||||||||
| Label | Def Jam, Radio Killa | ||||||||||
| Producer | Los da Mystro, Tricky Stewart | ||||||||||
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Love Hate (or Love Me All Summer, Hate Me All Winter) is the debut album by singer and songwriter, The-Dream,[1][2] released on December 11, 2007 via Def Jam Recordings.[1][3]
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[edit] Background
The album was written and recorded in nine days with twelve tracks making the final cut.[2] The-Dream explained the title, Love Hate, as "short for love me all summer, hate me all winter, because they love you when you hot and when you're cold they don't... I'm hot right now and they love me, but I was cold and they wasn't fuckin' with me".[2] He described the album as "very 80's, very Prince, sensual, sexy stuff".[2]
[edit] Guests
The featured guests was originally limited to Fabolous, Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Andre 3000, whom The-Dream identified indirectly[1][4] but the list was cut down to just Fabolous and Rihanna.
[edit] Production
The album is produced by The-Dream's collaborator Tricky Stewart, who produced Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Mary J. Blige's "Just Fine", among others and Los da Mystro who collaborated with The-Dream on J. Holiday's "Bed" which he produced and The-Dream wrote.
[edit] Singles
"Shawty Is a 10" (explicit version titled "Shawty Is da Shit!") was released as the first single off the album with the second and third singles already announced. "Falsetto", which is produced by Tricky Stewart was released as the second single while "I Luv Your Girl" will be the third single.[3]. And "Livin' a Lie" featuring Rihanna will be the fourth and last single of the album.
[edit] Reception and sales
In the album's first week of release, it moved 59,000 copies making its debut at number thirty on the Billboard 200.[5] It has sold almost 400,000 copies, and received generally positive reviews from critics. Rolling Stone called it "one of the most likable R&B records of the year". UrbanMusicReviews.com said that the singer has "hit a home run".[6]
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Featured guest(s) | Time |
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| 1 | "Shawty Is da Shit" | Los da Mystro | Fabolous | 4:23 |
| 2 | "I Luv Your Girl" | Tricky Stewart | 4:28 | |
| 3 | "Fast Car" | Los da Mystro | 4:50 | |
| 4 | "Nikki" | Tricky Stewart | 4:06 | |
| 5 | "She Needs My Love" | Tricky Stewart | 4:30 | |
| 6 | "Falsetto" | Tricky Stewart | 4:31 | |
| 7 | "Playin' in Her Hair" | Los da Mystro | 3:15 | |
| 8 | "Purple Kisses" | Los da Mystro | 5:14 | |
| 9 | "Ditch That..." | Tricky Stewart | 5:00 | |
| 10 | "Luv Songs" | Los da Mystro | 4:42 | |
| 11 | "Livin' a Lie" | Tricky Stewart | Rihanna | 4:16 |
| 12 | "Mama" | Tricky Stewart | 4:02 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Mariel Concepcion (September 28, 2007). 'Umbrella' Writer The-Dream Preps Solo Debut. Billboard. Accessed September 28, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Janeé Bolden (August 7, 2007). SOHH Soulful Exclusive: Def Jam's New Signee, The Dream, on Track to Become the Next Ne-Yo. SOHH. Accessed September 28, 2007.
- ^ a b Janeé Bolden (September 28, 2007). SOHH Soulful: Singer/Songwriter The-Dream Vows to Never Work with Chris Brown Again. SOHH. Accessed September 28, 2007.
- ^ What Dreams are Made of.... The Pop Culture Junkie (September 3, 2007). Accessed October 3, 2007.
- ^ Katie Hasty (December 19, 2007). Groban Remains No. 1, Becomes '07's Best-Seller. Billboard. Accessed December 19, 2007.
- ^ UrbanMusicReviews.com (December 11, 2007). The-Dream - LoveHate. .
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