AccuRadio Song Of The Day-The-Dream

Artist:The-Dream f/Fabolous

Song:Shawty Is Da S*it!

Album:Love/Hate

Terius "The-Dream" Nash is mainly a top shelf R&B and hip hop songwriter and producer. But in 2007 he scored a top 20 pop hit with the single Shawty Is Da S*it!. It was retitled Shawty Is A Ten so radio stations and MTV would play it. In recent years he has concentrated on production. Nash was born Sept. 20, 1977 in Rockingham, NC but he grew up in Atlanta. He learned music in elementary school. He started writing songs after his mother died in 1992. After Nash wrote the song Everything for B2K's 2002 album Pandemonium, producer Laney Stewart got him a publishing deal. That's when he started calling himself The-Dream. After he co-wrote the 2003 Britney Spears hit Me Against the Music, Nash wrote and produced Nivea's 2005 album Complicated with Laney Stewart's producer brother Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. And that led to them writing and producing Rihanna's 2007 monster hit Umbrella. And then Nash got a record deal with DefJam. Nash wrote and produced the 2007 Love/Hate with Stewart and Carlos "L.O.S." McKinney. The album was certified Gold. The single Love Is Da S*it! reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the R&B Singles chart. This album is available as a digital download. Nash's 2009 album Love vs Money did reasonably well. But there were no hit singles. Meanwhile Nash wrote and produced Beyonce's 2008 monster hit Single Ladies along with Touch My Body by Mariah Carey. When Nash released the 2010 album Love King, he announced it would be his final solo album. Why do these guys say stuff like that? The album didn't do as well as the first two. It was also Nash's final production with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. Apparently after Nash recorded the 2011 album 1977, DefJam was unhappy with it and made changes to it. And that led to Nash leaving DefJam. Nash currently records for his own label with distribution by LA Reid's label Hitco. Nash still writes and produces for others. But other than Beyonce, he isn't very successful. Maybe he's not as talented without Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. Here's the video for Shawty Is A Ten by The-Dream featuring Fabolous.