The Return of the Radio Killlllaaa!!!
Just when you thought all those “ella”‘s and “ey”‘s would finally be put to rest, R&B’s go-to hitmaker 
The-Dream is all set to bombard us with another couple season’s worth of those brilliantly dumb ad-libs as he puts the final touches on his December-set sophomore collection, Love vs. Money. In preparing us for that new release, Dream has embedded himself in two current female-led smash hits, offering them an alternate perspective in that charmingly quirky lil’ chipmunk stutter he calls a singing voice.
First up, “T-Shirt”, that very Rihanna-esque number that Rihanna had no part in (though singer Shontelle does share the “Umbrella” pop-bot’s Barbadian roots). Unfortunately avoiding the would-be entertaining scenario of Dream following Shontelle’s lead and wrapping his lonely self in a pair of his absent lover’s crusty panties instead of going out with the fellas, he goes the predictable (and far less gag-inducing) route, tying into her “pity party of one” lament by sharing long-distance blue-balled woes (“Girl I miss ya/ Can’t wait to kiss ya…/ I’m ‘gon work you out as soon as I get home”) while whimpering over the picture texts she sent of her adorning his tee.
For “Bust Your Windows”, Jazmine Sullivan’s dark and lovely strings-laced ode in which she tries to alleviate her anger over a cheating beau by smashing his precious car to bits (basically the BET version of “Before He Cheats”), Mr. “Radio Killa” does opt on injecting some of the humor he evaded on the “T-Shirt” redux. Here, he’s left sore not because she dipped out on him, but because of what she did to his ride, squeaking “Now it’s in the shop for the next two weeks/ By then you won’t even remember why you’re mad at me”. But the LOL-ness doesn’t end there; after calling her out for not being sure in her infidelity claims (he rewrites the script with her never physically catching him in the act, but instead falling for her jealous pals’ non-fictitious recanting), he proceeds in making her feel even more impish by pointing out that she foolishly shattered the passenger side window rather than the driver’s and now must bear the wintry elements everytime she hops inside: “Now you lookin’ silly in the car.” HA!!!
With that classic second entry, perhaps Dream shouldn’t even bother releasing a new album, and instead spend the rest of his career focused on making other folks’ jams 10X more hilarious.
DL: “T-Shirt (Remix)” (YFH)
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