Until the Dream changes his mind, Love King is the end of the line for him, as far as solo releases go. Originally slated to be a collaboration with Kanye West, if Love King really is the Dream's last album it is the culmination of a kind of "Love" trilogy, following Love/Hate and Love vs. Money. Guess we know where The Dream's thematic obsession lies, possibly along with the desire to establish himself as some kind of summit as far as his particular brand of R&B-tronica is concerned.

The only possible worry is that after writing a ton of material for Mariah Carey, Christina Milian, Brandy, and Diddy, of all people, will The Dream have enough brilliance left in his pen/keyboard to make an album that's worth living up to the excellent releases he's already put out? The only thing to do is to hope that The Dream wouldn't let himself go out (or rather, wake up) like that.