Luke associate Cirkut and Justin Bieber collaborator Poo Bear appear sporadically in secondary roles.

Veteran R&B producer Rico Love shows up on 2 tracks here, while Dr. Songz has primary writing credit on every song here, and many of the recognizable names assisting him reside in this category rather than production – which is surprising due to the latter being considerably stronger. Tremaine The Album has just enough sonically adventurous standout tracks to make the argument that Songz is still providing a steady stream of quality R&B albums, but as younger artists with bigger ideas continue to assert themselves in the modern musical landscape, it remains to be seen if an effort which is seemingly on autopilot for half of its runtime will get lost in the shuffle.Īs Songz is a purely R&B artist who has had a good level of success on pop radio over the years, the album is an unsurprising blend of R&B which skews closer to the darker, moodier alt-R&B which has been popularized by the OVO label recently, piano-driven slow jams which Songz has come to be known for, and pop-influenced swings for the radio fences which still feature Songz’ R&B vocal sensibilities. On this self-titled effort, he continues to deliver sensual soul anthems largely driven by his technically impressive voice, which carries the project when it dips in lyricism and originality. R&B artist Trey Songz is now on his seventh studio album and a few years removed from his last big hit, though still maintaining an impressive level of relevance throughout his lengthy career. Guest spots are kept down to a minimum with Drake making two appearances, Fabolous coming through, along with Gucci Mane and Soulja Boy.įrom there, the baby-making commences with songs like ‘ Neighbors Know My Name, ’ ‘Ready To Make Luv, ’ ‘Jupiter Love, ’ and ‘One Love.’īut Trey Songz doesn’t fill up the whole CD with the positive aspects of relationship life, as he also describes the flipside of things with contributions like ‘Black Roses, ’ Love Lost, ’ and ‘Yo Side Of The Bed. Showing a significant amount of growth with each project, ( Gotta Make It– over 300,000 copies sold, Trey Day– over 450,000 copies sold), the young tenor-voiced crooner from Virginia throws his hat back into the ring with his third album in four years, Ready.īuilding up steam with his a free downloadable mixtapes Anticipation and Genesis, the man who can boast about being featured over 50 times on other artists’ records, saves the best for his own. Besides being the fantasy of females ages 15 and up, Tremaine “Trey Songz” Neverson also doubles as a singer-songwriter a very good one at that.

Music review trey songz tremaine