Love You to Death
Following the release of his new of his Love You To Death EP last week, The-Dream invited The Associated Press to his home to discuss his recent workings. With his management in finally set in place for listeners to receive consistent material, the veteran R&B musician is readying his Love Affair album, which is set to drop sometime next year (has been done since August).
In the midst of discussing his forthcoming content listeners can look forward to, he also touched on why his collaboration with Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam” should’ve been nominated for song of the year at next year’s GRAMMYs. We’re assuming this was one award that was personal.
Take a look below at his thoughts on the recent snub, and how JAY Z should also meet with President Trump – as well as why he thinks the old Yeezy will be back after New Years.
On “Ultralight Beam” recent Grammys Snub for The Life of Pablo.
It embodies where we are in the world right now, the feeling. A song isn’t just about hearing; you have to feel something when you walk away. Usually in those Grammy categories, the song with more feeling actually wins. … When I listen to this record, whether I’m in it or not, I would still feel something listening to it. I would know what that is. There’s a world trying to figure out religion; that’s why there are so many atheists because religion is forever moving the goal post. It’s like I’m trying to keep my faith. Everybody is trying to find that place. … Ultimately, the song affects so many people once you get it into your ear.On Kanye West’s talked-about fourth quarter.
Everybody should. Jay Z should go next. Everybody should so you can come back and report to us and let us know what’s going on. We need briefings, too. Eventually, ‘Ye is going to tell — whatever that is. And we know ‘Ye is blacker than black. You cannot not go and see him. You can’t. It’s the same thing when the police shootings happened. I asked Jay to meet with every police chief that he could, because that’s the only way. Being a leader means you still have to shake that person’s hand. No, I haven’t. I want to send a shout-out to ‘Ye.
I know he went off on Jay about not reaching out to him. I reached out to ‘Ye two times and still haven’t heard back from him. I just want to let ‘Ye know that, and I’m not mad at him. I’m not going to go crazy about it at my show. I love ‘Ye to death, but he still hasn’t hit me back. I’m sure his mind is busy. It’s a lot of people that care for ‘Ye, including Jay and he knows that. This isn’t a good time of year for anyone who has lost someone. I lost my mom on the 23rd of December in 1992. Her birthday is on December 1st.
That’s why people commit suicide around Thanksgiving and Christmas, because that’s the time when families come together. … I’m not a psychologist, but I’ve dealt with it long enough to know that he cannot be thinking about that. He has to be thinking about his mom at this particular point. Once he gets into the new year, he’ll be all right.
The-Dream – Love You To Death [EP]
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