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April 15th, 2015 12:34pm

A Million Moons


The-Dream “Fruition”

I suppose the new EP by The-Dream isn’t quirky enough for some people, but I can’t say I’m bothered by that. I’m not particularly invested in him as some maverick artist and am fine with him doing pretty straightforward R&B music. The-Dream is a perfectly fine singer, but the real draw of his music is in the songwriting and production, and the way he laces strong compositions with melodic, rhythmic, and tonal elements that stand out without getting in the way of the vocal melody. You get that in each of the songs on Crown, and in the case of “Fruition,” you find it in that lead guitar loop that seems to slowly spin around at the center of the track. It’s a slight bit of tension in the middle of a song that otherwise feels extremely comfortable and sort of weightless. He’s singing about being in love with a wonderful person he had to work hard to find, so maybe that element is there to represent a lingering fear about messing it all up.

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