The-Dream released a new album at the tail end of this summer -- but instead of continuing his opulent "Love" album series, the singer/songwriter/producer used a free" Internet album", "1977," as a way to keep himself fresh on the minds of R&B and pop fans. The-Dream tells Billboard.com. The singer was originally slated to release "The Love, IV (Diary of a Mad Man)," the follow-up to 2010's "Love King," on Sept. 20, but after the album got pushed back indefinitely due to "contract talks" with Def Jam Records, The-Dream released "1977" as a free download on Wednesday (Aug. 31) under his real name, Terius Nash. "You can't see that much of me if I don't put records out, so I just had to put it out. The business of a label is to make money - my business is to make music. I'm gonna get paid if I do it right. So I'm fine with [releasing a free album]. It's more like advertisement for me."
With anticipation still high for "The Love, IV," The-Dream wants to assure fans that the album is nearly complete, and that he's still angling for a release by the end of 2011. "I'm gonna try. Maybe I should put out another free album-I'm sure that Def Jam would assassinate me!" he laughs. "I'll probably keep writing [for 'The Love, IV']. I've gotten a couple phone calls -- they wanted to take two records from this '1977' album and maybe shoot a couple videos for them and cap them onto the album. But it's pretty much done."
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