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Artist Review: The Dream

Terius Youngdell Nash (born September 21, 1977), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for co-writing chart topping hits such as "Baby" for Justin Bieber, "Umbrella" for Rihanna and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" for Beyoncé, as well as for his three solo albums, Love Hate, Love vs. Money, and Love King.

Following the deal with Def Jam Records, The-Dream began working on his debut studio album Love Hate. The album was produced by The-Dream's production partner Tricky Stewart, and Carlos "LOS Da Maestro" McKinney, and featured Fabolous and Rihanna. The album was written and recorded in eight days with twelve tracks making the final cut. Some of the tracks were written in regards to The-Dream's personal life, most notably "Nikki," written about his ex-wife Nivea and how he has moved on since their divorce. 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."

Released December 11, 2007 on The-Dream's Def Jam-imprint Radio Killa Records, Love Hate moved 59,000 copies and debuted at number 30 on the Billboard 200. Love Hate also peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album received generally positive reviews from critics, as Rolling Stone called it "one of the most likable R&B records of the year" and UrbanMusicReviews.com said that the singer has "hit a home run."

On March 10, 2009 The-Dream released his second album Love vs. Money.  He re-teamed with his production partner Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, who produced most of the tracks on the album, and Los Da Maestro.  He also enlisted the help of Lil Jon for the song "Let Me See the Booty".  Love vs. Money debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 151,000 copies in its first week.  It also entered at number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number three on its Top Digital Albums chart in March 2009.  Upon its release, the album received general acclaim from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 83/100 from Metacritic.

During the making of Love King, he recorded a song with T-Pain and expressed that he would like to make a collaborative album with Kanye West in the future. In January 2010, The-Dream officially stated he was finished recording the album and he called it the best of his three albums. The first single, "Love King", was released on March 16, 2010 for digital download. The album was released on June 29, 2010.

Before the album's release, the-Dream announced that Love King will be his last solo album.

The-Dream's next album has been retitled and delayed repeatedly. It was originally titled Love Affair and scheduled for release on June 7, 2011. Subsequent delays have seen it change title to The Love, IV, Love IV: Diary of a Madman, then Love IV MMXII. On June 7, 2011 The-Dream released double promotional singles titled Body Work and Fuck My Brains Out to the internet followed by a free 10-track album on the internet entitled 1977 on August 31, 201, however, 1977 was later made available for purchase starting from December 18, 2012.

Read more Dream Bio: www.wikipedia.org/thedream

Special Guest: Andre Mieux aka A.M.X

Andre Mieux is an innovative, deeply creative young talent poised to make further strides along the career path begun when he was in elementary school. His music is R&B/Pop for the 2012 listener, peppered with hints of the past, with an eye and ear for the future.

His talent is fueled by his need to move freely through genres, taking elements from everything he sees and hears in the current trends to R&B and Contemporary Classical Music  legends of the past.

Like the iconic Marvin Gaye, Andre is tall and handsome, and sometimes he can be, like Marvin, lushly romantic. He is as intense and driven as classical genius Van Cliburn, Jr. who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 at the age of twenty-three, when he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow.

At other times, he takes a bit of R. Kelly’s approach and still further, he breathes in the dimensions of Michael Jackson—singing, dancing, producing and performing. It was Michael he wanted to be when he was six and his father’s home video footage of tiny pajama- clad Andre proves it.  The youngster was mindful of the image contemporary artists were projecting and early on compressed his hard-to-pronounce last name –MIEUX into MX, inserted the first letter of Andre and he became A.M.X.

He began writing, dancing and singing for a small group called Eagle Wings through his local church in West Covina, CA.  By age 12, A.M.X. was producing music with Ricky Lawson, Grammy winning former member of the Yellowjackets.

Like his R&B ancestors, Andre did his career building, working at every music-themed task that would bring him closer to his goal, seizing every opportunity to learn more, further his awareness, clarify and position his expertise.

He worked with Hip Hop royalty Snoop Dogg on his single “You Made Me Change My Number.”  He teamed up with Grammy Award nominated production duo Da Internz, Sean Brown, Shorty Mack and Bizzy Bone from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, as further examples of his intention to completely mix musical genres and talents. He also has worked with Showtime Television on “ Stunt Divas” and Sid Burston Productions on “Get Thee Behind Me.” He was a member of Trilogy Productions, whose team was responsible for placements on dozens of pop and R&B projects and TV series.

All of these influences filter inside Andre’s extensive and deeply personal command of multiple areas of music. His dozen-plus years of classical music training magnifies his understanding of the direction music can take him.

“I describe my music as urban electro. It’s a unique blend of R&B and Electro music.  I really like bringing together different elements to create new sounds,” explains Andre.

These days music expands into digital arenas. . A.M.X.’s recent mixtape “Broken Halo,” was downloaded over 90,000 times on Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes.

Like other great songwriters/producers/performers, A.M.X.’s songs are being eagerly sought after by other artists.  His song, “ Let Me Be the One” was recorded by the Korean boy band sensation SS501. Additionally, A.M.X. recently produced and co-wrote a song for  the son of the late Robert DeBarge, Bobby Jr. entitled “One and Only.”  As an artist, A.M.X. ranked #4 on Billboards Next Big Sound Top 25.

Next up for Andre is the single “We Can Do Whatever.” The single has elements of rap, pop and house, illuminating his ability to fuse genres. Andre says, “I definitely aspire to be a crossover artist. I don’t want my music to only be in one box. Music is so universal so I want all types of people to appreciate my work and I want it to be heard on multiple radio stations.”

Jay Z and Kanye drop the video for No Church In The Wild, a song that has been a hot topic of conversation. What are you thoughts on the video and song in general? Comments will be read and discussed on next weeks Live In The Cipher Show Wed June 6th 9 pm est.