The-Dream's IV Play

[Incandenza]

Sign I'm Getting Old: "Pussy" is really crude and gross in a way that wouldn't have bothered me 10 years ago.

I mean this is a line:

slob on my knob like it's corn on the cob

 

[Incandenza]

Also, Jay-Z should retire for real. "High Art" is a good song save for his guest verse. He similarly stank up JT's "Suit & Tie."

 

[Incandenza]

So many crappy guest appearances here. I like "Turnt" except for when 2 Chainz shows up.

EDIT: That "slob on my knob" line mentioned in the first post was also from a guest verse, though I've forgotten if it was Big Sean or Pusha T.

 

[Incandenza]

Oh my, "Too Early" is really, really good. More of this, please.

 

[Sesquipedaliantique]

I burst out laughing at that limerick so perhaps I still have some maturing to do.

 

[Incandenza]

Delivery is part of it. Dream sings some pretty eyebrow-raising things on "New Orleans," but it doesn't bother me.

 

[Incandenza]

Interesting that The-Dream, in sequencing this album, relied on the old front-load-the-record-with-all-the-radio-friendly-stuff deal,* since in the post-iTunes age I wonder how much of his target market cares about full-length albums.

*I say this not because I think IV Play is any more accessible than his earlier albums, but it's definitely a bit of calculation that the album's numerous guest spots are relegated to the first half of the album. (The excellent "Slow It Down" being the exception.)

 

[MFer]

That slob on my knob line was already used by Three 6 Mafia years ago, btw.

 

[Incandenza]

And with Three 6 Mafia it should have stayed.