On this great Sunday, Fathers’ Day, the Deluxe Version of The-Dream’s Love King leaked a short while ago. After listening through the entire album, it’s a very solid effort, a very good album as a mater of fact. After the release of Love King, the single, we had doubts but the album turned out for the better. Our only complaint is that one of the tracks we were dying to hear from that behind-the-scenes VEVO video is not present.
Track #6, “Yamaha,” sees The-Dream revisit his undiluted Prince influences. “Fast Car”[LISTEN HERE] was his direct Prince ode on his first album and he’s back using a motor vehicle as a metaphor once again. Those synths, those trippy uptempo knocks, the 80′s influence… LOVE THIS DAMN SONG!
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[...] The C.S. Perspective also keenly pointed out that “Yamahah” is quite similar to The-Dream’s “Fast Car”, which appeared on his 2007 debut, ‘Love Hate’. [...]