//Neon Rewind: Dream Featuring Loon – Crazy//

All this talk about the breakup of Danity Kane this week got me to thinking about Diddy’s first R&B/Pop female group, Dream. You ‘member, ‘member? The members Holly Blake, Diana Ortiz, Ashley Poole, and Melissa Schuman were a quartet of unnaturally cute and talented teen girls. Their first single “He Loves You Not” was a TRL staple (they opened on the TRL tour for headliners Destiny’s Child in 2001) and also topped the Billboard Hot 100. Their album It Was All A Dream even went platinum.

But just like all teen groups, members eventually got bitten by the solo bug. Melissa left the group to pursue an acting career and was soon replaced by Kasey Sheridan. With the new group set, the girls got to work on their sophomore album for Bad Boy.

Their first single “Crazy” featuring another Bad Boy casualty, rapper Loon, from their album Reality featured a video of a newly sexed up version of Dream. This version failed to connect to a new audience and alienated their still teen fanbase. Their sophomore set was shelved and the girls found themselves going the way of many other Bad Boy acts: down the pooper.

Though I was turned off by the video for “Crazy,” the song was still pretty awesome, and I was a big fan of Dream. So, imagine my delight when I found out that three of Dream’s original members (Diana, Ashley, and Melissa) formed a new group called Lady Phoenix (more on them to come) and they’re working on a new album.

Let’s remember Dream fondly while we pray for Danity Kane whose career is on Bad Boy life support.

Check under the cut for Dream’s first video, “He Loves You Not.”

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