Listen: The-Dream returns with new song 'ROC (Roc Your Body)'

'Diary of a Madman' will feature guest like Kanye West and R. Kelly

By Dave Lewis Thursday, Jan 5, 2012 2:38 PM

The-Dream

After a few delays, R&B crooner The-Dream is readying his next album for release sometime later this year, and he's just dropped a new track anticipating it.

In the finest Dream tradition, "ROC (Roc Your Body)" is another instantly catchy, slow-pace, dance floor jam highlighting both Dream's yearning, falsetto voice and his largely '80-inspired production style.

Here the track here:

The upcoming album, the follow-up to 2010's "Love King," will be his fourth full-length (not including the free album he released under his given name, Terius Nash) and is tentatively titled "The Love, IV: Diary of a Madman." It will reportedly include guests like R. Kelly, Lil' Wayne and Kanye West.

As a prolific writer-producer, The-Dream recently worked on tracks by Jessica Simpson and Kim Kardashian (hey, he's got bills to pay).

What do you think of "ROC"?

Dave Lewis
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Dave Lewis has been a Los Angeles-based entertainment writer and editor for nearly ten years. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, he moved to L.A. in 1996 to attend USC, before working for various periodicals and web sites including a lengthy stint at Variety.com. He joined the HitFix staff in 2011.