Artist of the Week: The-Dream

The-Dream will soon shed the notion that he is only 'the guy behind Rihanna's phenomenal hit', 'Umbrella'. The North California native that emerged as a songwriter and producer has one more reason for people to like him, the talent behind mic. The-Dream aka Terius Nash pulls his solo effort with not only half but full force, sending him a success through debut single 'Shawty Is a Ten'. Call it the kind of success through previous credits, but the single proves to be worth listening when it steadily climbed up the Billboard 100 chart from #33 in the sixth week of its release straight to #24 in the following week. The next thing he would like to tell the world is 'Love Hate', his first album that is due December 11, 2007. "It's short for love me all summer, hate me all winter, because they love you when you hot and when you're cold they don't," The-Dream explained. "I'm hot right now and they love me, but I was cold and they wasn't @#*$in' with me."