As reported here, fans can expect rapper/singer/producer The Dream to release a free LP (‘Terius Nash Est. 1977’) at the end of this month to whet appetites for his forthcoming, fourth official release ‘The Love, IV: Diary of a Mad Black Man‘. With the latter being readied for a late 2011 release, the ‘Rockin That Thang’ ‘singer’ has revealed details on the direction headed for both releases.
See what he had to say after the jump:
Via HHNM:
On the free LP:
“Also, that made me want to thank my fans and release this 1977 album to them for their time and supporting my movement of music. The Sound Of ’1977′ is dopeness! It just feels gritt.
On The Love, IV: Diary of a Mad Black Man:
“What Madman means to me, is that I’m going to tell you what you don’t want to hear, but what you need to hear. Not politically correct, true, real and raw! There’s a Real World out there where people break up, fall in Love, break up again. There are real relationship problems that don’t taste like candy and more of those exist than the sweet toffee ones we think we know about.
Direction of ‘The Love, IV’:
“The album is coming along great. I want to maybe add a couple of tracks but I decided to wait while I was negotiating my new deal. But.. Definitely sticking to the formula. ‘Love King’ was rushed and the label was in transition. I was the only one that was stupid enough to put out an album while in transition. A “Rookie Mistake”. But it helped me a lot in reassuring to me that it takes a team to win. I’ve grown more and I’m producing outside of myself more and that’s really a joy.”
On features:
“While I’m humble enough to ask for features it’s really hard to get them. It’s hard today to protect what you already have so some artists I see could fit perfectly on a record and change things. There is a fear that artists who are not song-writers face. And that fear is failure. And I completely understand but I have to at least ask. The people who end up usually on records that I’ve written or performed are more likely the ones without fear..”
You can read the interview in its entirety here.