★★★★★
Atlantic Records heartthrob Trey Songz continues to climb the R&B hierarchy with the release his fifth studio album, Chapter V, featuring singles "Heart Attack," "2 Reasons," "Dive In," and "Simply Amazing." Guest features include Big Sean, J. Cole, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, T.I., Wiz Khalifa and Young Jeezy. .....
- www.djbooth.net
2012-10-15
★★★★★
likes sex. He likes to embody its every sensation in his music by feeling each beat; he's so close to the music that it pulsates through his vocal, frenzied. This has been clear since his debut, so by this fifth album it's less of a revelatory position, more the hammering home of an established point. But Trey's references to sex are rather more engaging than your average...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
Trey Songz became a bonafide star last year. He released no less than six singles that turned his third album, Ready, into his commercial breakthrough and, due to their sexual nature, solidified his position as the pre-eminent sex symbol of his generation. But it was clear by the end of that run of singles that Songz was at a crossroads: either continue in the lane that he had created for himself as a young horndog or try something else...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
Trey Songz became a bonafide star last year. He released no less than six singles that turned his third album, Ready, into his commercial breakthrough and, due to their sexual nature, solidified his position as the pre-eminent sex symbol of his generation. But it was clear by the end of that run of singles that Songz was at a crossroads: either continue in the lane that he had created for himself as a young horndog or try something else...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-12-13
★★★★★
"I'm'a get you naked, baby / My love will drive you crazy." As this lyric from Doorbell illustrates, Trey Songz hasn't strayed far from his US breakthrough album, 2009's Ready, in terms of inspiration for this follow-up. Passion, Pain & Pleasure is very much a record for the bedroom, from the bedroom...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
Musically modeling himself after R. Kelly's macho, overtly sexual swagger, Trey Songz has morphed into the next frontier for hands-on, graphic R&B. Gone away are the tender lyrics of sweet adorned love under the romantic moonlight. It's all about those inner erotic urges of the moment. Three albums into his craft, on Ready Songz comfortably defines himself with the "hook-up" bedroom mantra of Gen Z...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
This industry newcomer is without question one of the hottest new prospects the game has. Hailing from Petersburg, Virginia the supple voiced 20 year old youngster is probably best described as an RnB baby with an adult urgency. His debut project has it all from aggressively soulful joints ie. 'Cheat On You' to slow and sincerely meaningful tracks like 'All The If's'...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-23
★★★★★
On Trey Songzâ??s new album, â??Passion, Pain & Pleasure,â? thereâ??s a song called â??Massageâ? that could score a backrub from a sex-crazed android. Over a spooky, austere drum patter and silvery piano, Songz works his creepy harmonies into an inhuman sheen as he promises to dig your knots out. Of course, the massage is just a prelude to what heâ??s really after, but the gesture embodies what Songz does best â?"- make seduction feel honed and calculated, but not necessarily less enticing...
- latimesblogs.latimes.com
2010-10-25
★★★★★
No text for this review; see http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2010-08-25
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