Earlier this month, a cache of unreleased Dream songs
were released to the public along with
most of their shelved sophomore effort, "Reality". In sifting through all of this material (yes, I listened to all of it), a number of questions came up in my mind. I spoke with Debbie Hammond, CEO of Dream's former co-label,
ClockWork Entertainment, for some answers.
When I listened to "I Go" (which, in the track info, is labeled as being produced by The Neptunes), it immediately jumped out to me that it was very close to the beat from "Change Clothes" by Jay-Z, which was also produced by The Neptunes. Apparently, Dream was in the studio with Pharrell and they worked on this track, but ultimately passed on it.
Although Bow Wow was mentioned as being included in this mix of songs, after listening to them, I found that he wasn't. The single version of "In My Dreams", from Dream's first album, featured Bow Wow and it was meant to be included. But, unfortunately, it is being held back by Sony, despite the fact that it was already paid for, according to Hammond. It's being looked into and they still hope to release it.
"Keep On Dancing" features a prominent sample of Pink Floyd's "We Don't Need No Education". This song was just something that they had been playing around with and hadn't even been submitted to Bad Boy for approval. It features ad libs from Diddy that, when I first listened to them, sounded just a little generic and flat, even though I liked the track. Apparently, these were old ad libs that the producers or mixers working on the song had added onto it just to show that they could do it.
"Pappi" was a track by a rapper named Manolo that features one of the Dream girls, Diana, on the hook. The finished version of "Controlled" was labeled as "Come and Get It" when the songs were first uploaded, as I had
guessed. There are no vocals on "Boyfriend Problem Interlude".
Finally, there were four additional Dream tracks released after I made the post
announcing the release. They are "What's It Gonna Be?," "She's Looking Down," "Come to Me" and "Bye Bye" (featuring Heat). They can be purchased on Amazon.com (on the
"Feel The Heat" and
"Come to Me" albums).
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