To the people who say The Dream sounds bad- this is basically a reference track, its not supposed to sound polished. reference tracks only exists to show artists "how" to sing the lyrics.
It’s in the name lol good call tho, coz some people are just ignorant to how REFERENCE TRACKS/DEMOS are made. This is literally the final rough draft. No mix or mastering. It’s just amazing how talented and slept on the dream is as far as a ghostwriter.
The Dream is literally the person who has a very important part of Rihanna's career. This song is the turning point of Rihanna's career globally. Rihanna's career could be different nowadays if she didn't get this song.
@@jordanwynn3037 Yes, but I see the point the OP was making. This song was a definitive turn in Rihanna’s career. Things could have turned out less successful for her if she hadn’t have got this
He should've released the songs himself honestly cause people think he sucks and magically Rihanna and Beyonce made single ladies and umbrella good because they sang it when the dream is the one who made the hit songs not the "stars" Rihanna and Beyonce it was dream
@@seankiesling2054 I've heard all his stuff, and I like it. He just isn't a great vocalist, he's average. There's a reason he's mostly a producer and writer.
@@trevorhall5664 demos never sound good or mixed and mastered at that. Dream just hits the notes and gets the melody across for other singers. besides the song makes more sense from a females perspective
@@Hypno_BPMthe melody is the reason the song is a hit. If dream released this song it would've went number 1 Rihanna just sung dream's song. And work by Rihanna is written by a man so the male female thing doesn't matter. You just change the lyrics from he to she
this was written for Britney spears originally after she attacked a paparazzi with an umbrella because they've been harassing her back in 2007 at its peak
It's a well written song. Nice notation and melodies, catchy chorus, the synth lines give it a depth worthy of the (quite beautiful) lyrics. I usually listen to different music but I always liked this tune, and it ended up being a really good fit with Rihanna on it. She's got a sweet voice but that's also a bit sexy, just right for the emotion of it. I'd not heard this before now. Interesting hearing it in this form.
I agree this song was her biggest hit at that point as was the turning point that pushed her up to the top tier of pop stars, but with the way pop music works im sure she would’ve made another hit song if she didn’t get this. Pop artists probably have tonnes of potential hits that they just turned down due to various reasons, but I doubt she’d have been short of others
Type in "The Dream talks about Britney" The Dream is on a couch at a radio station in which he says he wrote the song and gave it to Britney but her management turned it down... its on here!
I can’t believe how many are saying if they heard this demo they would pass on it! Y’all really don’t have a good ear! If someone brought me this song TODAY I would record it that very moment. The melody, the chorus, the instrumentation is just GREAT!! Yea Rihanna’s voice took it to another level, but this song gives me an ear worm.
Fun fact, this demo was supposed to be sent to Britney Spears, but her record label passed on this because she had enough material to her Blackout album
Awesome demo. Rihanna's voice is very amazing so thanks to her this song has become #1 in 2007. Britney Spears didn't have a time to listen to this song
i can understand why Songs that ended up being hits get passed by multiple artist. You have to be creative vocally and really know your if your voice can due these songs justice
Britney didn't PASS THIS UP, she just finished recording all the songs for her album and the producers calmly said that they have more than enough demos for the album, she probably never even heard it.
Guys a demo just means the first idea of the song, song direction. It doesn’t mean that the song should sound perfect!!! Artists record the demos quickly while they are still creative before they lose that!!!!!!!! That’s why it’s called a demo!!!
You are right. There is a video here on youtube where The Dream CLEARLY states that Brittney and Mary J. turned it down... has at a radio station talking about it
i love hearing these demos. dont forget Tricky who also cowrote it too...pretty rough demo though...dream even messed up some of the lyrics which i think is cool
If it was written for Britney then she needs to start making better decisions... She turned this one down also Telephone. & I bet she turned down so many other songs that became hits. I love this version of this song!
@manuelcustodio22 - DemosRhihanna is right. There is a clip of "The Dream" talking about it here on youtube. He CLEARLY states the song was for Brittney but she turned it down... youtube it.
Umm she was a star BEFORE this. Pon the replay was very popular and SOS was an international smash hit, Unfaithful was popular too, she was performing at Noble Peace Prize, World Music Awards and every show with SOS. And a lot of artists don't actually write their songs (even if their name appears on the writing credits) Watch these demo videos and you will see that a lot of artists put their name on nearly finished songs by simply rearranging the vocals or minimal changes
Here I Go Again, Willing to Wait, Music of the Sun, Now I Know, Hypnotized, A Girl Like Me, Kisses Don't Lie, Who Ya Gonna Run To, Mad House, Rockstar 101, Fire Bomb, The Last Song, Cockiness (Love It), Watch n' Learn, Numb, Pour It Up, Loveeeeeee Song, Nobody's Business, Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary, Get It Over With, No Love Allowed, Lost in Paradise
LMAOOO she co-wrote, that means she maybe only changed few words but all she songs you mentioned were made (wrote and produced) by the producers themselves.
I’ve noticed on demos for Rihanna by other artists, that Rihanna exactly copies phrasing or ways of forming words that I think is really great. Idk it just makes it sound like she is probably so talented at music because she’s a good mimic. I think it’s interesting, not a bad thing at all.
Lol NO! She didn't write Te Amo. James Fauntleroy and the producers wrote that. She changed a line or a Word which technically makes her a writer but she really didn't write it
My problem with Rihanna is she just doesn't only not write the songs but she sings it EXACTLY the same way as the original artist. At least beyonce changes it up Rihanna changes nothing and keeps all the speech patterns, intonations the same. She's like a robot.
+Ore B She wrote a lot of songs on Rated R and Talk That Talk, also beyonce change songs and flops like pretty hurts who sia wrote and took away all the beauty of the song.
+Ore B That's what you're suppose to do, this song wasn't made for this guy to sing and then she just also sung it, it was made to be sold to someone with a name, and those people normally don't have talent, its just how it works.
It actually isn't a Rihanna demo as this song was written with Britney Spears in mind. This demo was sent to her team and they turned it down before it even got to Rihanna.
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To the people who say The Dream sounds bad- this is basically a reference track, its not supposed to sound polished. reference tracks only exists to show artists "how" to sing the lyrics.
He sounds good to me!!!
It’s in the name lol good call tho, coz some people are just ignorant to how REFERENCE TRACKS/DEMOS are made. This is literally the final rough draft. No mix or mastering. It’s just amazing how talented and slept on the dream is as far as a ghostwriter.
It’s not a reference track. He created the entire song.
they said the dream her the beat and freestyled the whole song on the spot Ella Ella Ella A and all!
Doesn’t sound bad at all. He maybe could’ve added some vocals on the hook but I think he sounds great. Incredible work, he did.
The Dream is literally the person who has a very important part of Rihanna's career. This song is the turning point of Rihanna's career globally. Rihanna's career could be different nowadays if she didn't get this song.
She had many hits!!
@@jordanwynn3037 Yes, but I see the point the OP was making. This song was a definitive turn in Rihanna’s career. Things could have turned out less successful for her if she hadn’t have got this
@@jordanwynn3037 If umbrella hadn't been such a success, the label would have left her
Fun fact: this was written for Britney Spears originally
He’s just as important to Beyoncé career ….. the dream has written all of Beyoncé signature solo records
the dream is a bomb ass writer
tell that to r.kelly hes alright R.kelly
he freestyled one of the most romantic millennial hits off a garageband loop and launched a superstar
He should've released the songs himself honestly cause people think he sucks and magically Rihanna and Beyonce made single ladies and umbrella good because they sang it when the dream is the one who made the hit songs not the "stars" Rihanna and Beyonce it was dream
@@artistaccountnah he has a meh voice, it wouldn't have been a hit
@@wiltisdabesta "meh" voice?! Have you not heard falsetto?
@@seankiesling2054 I've heard all his stuff, and I like it. He just isn't a great vocalist, he's average. There's a reason he's mostly a producer and writer.
trippin bro, sorry I gotta say it but Dream definitely not a mediocre singer at all, he's got crazy range, you can tell he was freestyling this
The instrumental parts really made the song, in my opinion. Great songwriting.
After hearing Dream sing it....it sounds just like a Dream song. I like it. Great job! It really launched Rihanna’s career to infinity.
I was thinking why did I not put it together? This is definitely a dream song!😊
It even has the “eh eh eh” that he does in songs like Falsetto.
Rihanna's accent helped this song reach #1. Her voice is so unique and addicting
I honestly like the real song more
@@trevorhall5664 demos never sound good or mixed and mastered at that. Dream just hits the notes and gets the melody across for other singers. besides the song makes more sense from a females perspective
What accent are you even talking about? When she sang in the past she barely ever had an accent dick rider
I agree
@@Hypno_BPMthe melody is the reason the song is a hit. If dream released this song it would've went number 1 Rihanna just sung dream's song. And work by Rihanna is written by a man so the male female thing doesn't matter. You just change the lyrics from he to she
This man is a pure musical genius!
People criticize songs with a simple chorus, but they don't realize how hard it is to make hit songs.
This song was create in 60 minutes by The Dream and Tricky. Sooo hard
@@sylviasanchez8176 2 hours* 😜🤣
I write songs and it is really hard for me to do simple things, I always have big stories to tell.
this was written for Britney spears originally after she attacked a paparazzi with an umbrella because they've been harassing her back in 2007 at its peak
Rick and Morty
This record changed the landscape of the music industry. Dream changed it all!!
How?
Huh
@@masumemohammadi2327its a reference track, he demonstrated to rihanna how the song should be sang
It's a well written song. Nice notation and melodies, catchy chorus, the synth lines give it a depth worthy of the (quite beautiful) lyrics. I usually listen to different music but I always liked this tune, and it ended up being a really good fit with Rihanna on it. She's got a sweet voice but that's also a bit sexy, just right for the emotion of it.
I'd not heard this before now. Interesting hearing it in this form.
Rihanna chooses her songs very well she knows what fits her and that voice
Without this song Rihanna would be another Christina Milian or Amerie or something... She was so so so lucky to have come across this!
StarpeemReturns um she had SOS as a hit before this. Even if she passed up on Umbrella, Don't stop the music would've been the contingency single.
I agree this song was her biggest hit at that point as was the turning point that pushed her up to the top tier of pop stars, but with the way pop music works im sure she would’ve made another hit song if she didn’t get this. Pop artists probably have tonnes of potential hits that they just turned down due to various reasons, but I doubt she’d have been short of others
Yeah this song took her career to next level before this it was ALL Beyonce
ExtraOrdinary MUSIC Ashanti was at the top 02-04 with Beyoncé
Yep this song put her on another level.
This demo is great, I don't understand you guys saying you'd pass on it! Great song.
The “Aye aye aye” part is such a giveaway that the dream wrote this song lol
Yup
I appreciate Rihanna's voice a lot more after listening to these demos
Keameaux M Look up his actual work, this is a rough cut of his voice.
The demos are the reason Rihanna is who she is.
Respect the songwriters, the actual artists.
yeah but her talent diminishes
Keameaux M He’s a male, so even though his voice is high some parts are better when she sings it.
Well the songwriters probably dont wanna take away their interpretation of how to sing the song so they sing it more bleak
The dream is a genius, the flow is so fire 🔥
OmG ...I’m watching a playlist with a lot of demo songs, and I discovered that my life is a lie🤦🏾♂️
Same here 😅🤣😭😭
@@talia.olivia you can pass me the playlist
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Love this demo so much!! You can hear how excited he is about it. :) I would be too...
Tal vez Rihanna no compone, pero la flexibilidad en la voz que tiene para imitar cada nota a la perfección de esa canción es increíble.
Type in "The Dream talks about Britney" The Dream is on a couch at a radio station in which he says he wrote the song and gave it to Britney but her management turned it down... its on here!
Despite it sounding a bit rough and all it’s amazing and you can hear that this is without a doubt a hit
I mean I guess lol
True hits aren't defined by production hits are defined by the vibe
@@artistaccount the production is the vibe..
Defention of a great song written by a great songwriter and got a great singer to sing it
I can’t believe how many are saying if they heard this demo they would pass on it! Y’all really don’t have a good ear! If someone brought me this song TODAY I would record it that very moment. The melody, the chorus, the instrumentation is just GREAT!! Yea Rihanna’s voice took it to another level, but this song gives me an ear worm.
Yeah it takes a producer master to pull this off!
Rihanna's voice did nothing she just sang the song exactly the same.
They don't know music.
- Thats Exactly Why iLove The-Dream... He's So Talented
Producer, Singer, Song-Writer, Rapper..
#DOPE
for those who don’t know the dream was really a radio killer and behind lots of classic songs him and Keri hilson they the true artist
That beat is legendary!
she sang it exactly like the demo, so weird O.o
basil riri had more vibrato
basil pretty much all of her songs are exactly like the demos.
Briana Patrick 🤦🏽♀️
Briana Patrick not necessarily. Artists change many things all the time- it’s up to them and the producer
rihanna cant sing
I maintain that Rihanna has an amazing ear... I would've passed on this in a hot buttered second
Yaeres thats her talent, her ear may be the best alive
😂💣🔥
Yaers anyone to pass it is a dummie cause it’s a good song anyone could see that
Fun fact, this demo was supposed to be sent to Britney Spears, but her record label passed on this because she had enough material to her Blackout album
If you couldn't see this is a hot from listening to it you're pretty dumb
So good. The synths are fan-freaking-tastic.
Awesome demo. Rihanna's voice is very amazing so thanks to her this song has become #1 in 2007. Britney Spears didn't have a time to listen to this song
Rick And Morty sent me here
What's happened?
+Bojan Drvarek SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT
How did anyone know The Dream wrote Umbrella and Single Ladies... such a random piece of information lol i love it
Me too
You're a piece of shit. I can prove it mathematically... in fact let me get my whiteboard!
I heard the dream is singing this from start to finish. Like this is him writing the whole song. Amazing
The synths in this joint!!!
This what we call a hit song....ladies and gentleman !
The dream needs to come up , i miss him :{
Seb the french fry sent me here
Me too but it's "Seb la frite" :p
I love this rendition of the song.
i can understand why Songs that ended up being hits get passed by multiple artist. You have to be creative vocally and really know your if your voice can due these songs justice
It's so weird that this was a huge hit. If I was an artist and they played this I would probably pass on it LOL
Cause you have no talent or imagination
stefnasty Yeah... you sound stupid
stefnasty You replied to my 4 month old comment but I'm harrassing you? You're psycho as well. Get help
people are so lame, don't let them get to you.
Guess thats what makes Rihanna Genuis
2:56 3:28 this part hits hella when u think abt that one person you'll always be their for
Britney didn't PASS THIS UP, she just finished recording all the songs for her album and the producers calmly said that they have more than enough demos for the album, she probably never even heard it.
👀 👀 👀
Her team rejected it because of the umbrella incident
Felipe Felipe haha omg I never even thought of that!!! Makes sense if that incident happened before all of this, it’s the same year
akamouse100 As if Rihanna is any better
@@rollingapples6579 Rihanna sings circles around Britney
He said he heard the beat and laid this whole verse in one take
I wonder if Rhianna will ever write a song of her own.
The dream can never do wrong periodt!!!!!!
Guys a demo just means the first idea of the song, song direction. It doesn’t mean that the song should sound perfect!!! Artists record the demos quickly while they are still creative before they lose that!!!!!!!! That’s why it’s called a demo!!!
Man this guy has wrote 3 of the hugest songs of Beyonce Rihanna and Justin be Bieber's career
The production quality isn't as good as Rihanna's version, but I like this mix better. It really bangs, especially the synths.
That’s because its a demo
The Dream wrote a freakin masterpiece!!!!!
I like both versions
You are right. There is a video here on youtube where The Dream CLEARLY states that Brittney and Mary J. turned it down... has at a radio station talking about it
I’m sure many people have said this here already but this demo was originally sent to Britney Spears but her record label dropped it-
I heard the dream in a Rick and morty reference..he's great!
rick n morty ....only reason i would look at any shit like this..IT BLOWS! BIGTIME
jajaja soory ther death
miester rhovanion he has good songs check out shorty is a ten one of my favorites
Same
must have been exciting coming up with this . . . .they made this one fast. . . . the inspiration is super fresh
This Man Can Write !
He can sing
the dream is so dope omg i love him
rihanna feel in love with this demo :)
i love hearing these demos. dont forget Tricky who also cowrote it too...pretty rough demo though...dream even messed up some of the lyrics which i think is cool
Crazy Thing Is That She Did Not Change A Thing And It WON! It Was The Biggest Hit On Planet At The Time.
This isn't a polished recording but I really enjoy it.
It’s a DEMO
helleuw exactly💯
Not supposed to dumb ass it's a reference track
Thats y its a demo lol
If it was written for Britney then she needs to start making better decisions... She turned this one down also Telephone. & I bet she turned down so many other songs that became hits. I love this version of this song!
after 9 years we are over, but i'll always be here for you. to infinity and beyond.
@manuelcustodio22 - DemosRhihanna is right. There is a clip of "The Dream" talking about it here on youtube. He CLEARLY states the song was for Brittney but she turned it down... youtube it.
Rihanna must’ve been able to see the potential, fair play to her. Ngl, I doubt I would’ve been able to
This is a rough draft, The Dream is one of the best voices in the business
People saying Rihanna has an ear. She doesn't pick her songs. Her management and others do.
She actually fought for this song. Now you can shut the fuck up
Actually Rihanna liked this song
Dream is great a goat and RiRi really brought this over the top
Umm she was a star BEFORE this. Pon the replay was very popular and SOS was an international smash hit, Unfaithful was popular too, she was performing at Noble Peace Prize, World Music Awards and every show with SOS. And a lot of artists don't actually write their songs (even if their name appears on the writing credits) Watch these demo videos and you will see that a lot of artists put their name on nearly finished songs by simply rearranging the vocals or minimal changes
This is why I like Taylor Swift. She might not have the best vocals in the world but she writes all of her songs and sometimes produces them as well.
@@bigw2743lol Taylor has writers too. She's no different than Rihanna. Idk there names but you can check on Google each song has multiple writers
This song changed her life
Here I Go Again, Willing to Wait, Music of the Sun, Now I Know, Hypnotized, A Girl Like Me, Kisses Don't Lie, Who Ya Gonna Run To, Mad House, Rockstar 101, Fire Bomb, The Last Song, Cockiness (Love It), Watch n' Learn, Numb, Pour It Up, Loveeeeeee Song, Nobody's Business, Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary, Get It Over With, No Love Allowed, Lost in Paradise
@MissSamira59 Well, one of the reasons she definitely got it was because of how she sang the "ella" bits..
LMAOOO she co-wrote, that means she maybe only changed few words but all she songs you mentioned were made (wrote and produced) by the producers themselves.
This man’s a great, much love ❤️🫡
O Maior Hitmaker
love this track, magic
I’ve noticed on demos for Rihanna by other artists, that Rihanna exactly copies phrasing or ways of forming words that I think is really great. Idk it just makes it sound like she is probably so talented at music because she’s a good mimic. I think it’s interesting, not a bad thing at all.
And This is Why He Is A HELL OF A WRITER !
Sang this for MJB, you can clearly hear him channeling MJB for the track, shame she didnt pick it up, it was literally tailored for her.
Rihanna made this song 10 times better. I love the Dream though
Such an underrated writer-producer,
I can imagine Britney singing this actually
Nah
How did Rihanna get it?
@@MsMockingbird06 she probably passed on it and then the dream gave it to Rihanna
especially the bridge
This song was written for Britney Spears
actually the song was originally for christina milian who turned it down before her and the-dream were dating
Yeah i can agree with that too! But this was a career maker lol
rude boy was written by ester dean
Dream a beast for this
@TheTechnique89 Nope. . The Dream produced it , Kuk Harrell wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the song. . He's the one singing
Lol NO! She didn't write Te Amo. James Fauntleroy and the producers wrote that. She changed a line or a Word which technically makes her a writer but she really didn't write it
My problem with Rihanna is she just doesn't only not write the songs but she sings it EXACTLY the same way as the original artist. At least beyonce changes it up Rihanna changes nothing and keeps all the speech patterns, intonations the same. She's like a robot.
+Ore B You can hear it in Diamonds as well. She sings with Sia's accent
+Ore B and there comes Lady Gaga who doesn't need to change anything because she writes all of her songs, lol xd
+Ore B She wrote a lot of songs on Rated R and Talk That Talk, also beyonce change songs and flops like pretty hurts who sia wrote and took away all the beauty of the song.
+Ore B WELL the-dream imitated Rihanna's singing style here. He ends ever y"er" sound with "ah" like she does with her accent.
+Ore B That's what you're suppose to do, this song wasn't made for this guy to sing and then she just also sung it, it was made to be sold to someone with a name, and those people normally don't have talent, its just how it works.
Haha it makes total sense that the dream demo for rihana. Especially the par that goes "eh..eh..eh"
It's that song that started all the "eh...eh...eh" for Rihanna so...
Thank you Dream
Right, and out of all those songs only 2 (Rude Boy, Pour It Up) are hits
She Didn't Change A Thing
That's A Good Thing
Just under This Umbrella ,Y'all and to this day ❤️ReRe -The Dream -God Bless !
You meant demo for Britney! Demo for Britney!
This song was for Britney but she was going through a lot at that time and she passed. So dream gave it to Rihanna.
This hi hat sound they got from Garageband and apparently wrote the first verse in 60 seconds.
Dream really did his thing on this
Every unmixed track sounds like this smh especially in the 2000s. People up hear calling it trash smh
Dream kilt this though! Sheesh, Dream been having the industry in a chokehold!
It actually isn't a Rihanna demo as this song was written with Britney Spears in mind. This demo was sent to her team and they turned it down before it even got to Rihanna.
Then it went to Taio Cruz next.
@Outrajess yes it was. . .it was stated. . . .they even played it on the show