[iTunes Plus Music & Videos]: Trey Songz

domingo, 14 de abril de 2013

Trey Songz - Chapter V (Deluxe Edition) (Album) [iTunes Plus AAC M4A/M4V]

Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Hip-Hop/Rap, Rap, Dance, Contemporary R&B
Released: Aug 01, 2012

Trey Songz - Passion, Pain & Pleasure (Deluxe Version) (Album + LP) [iTunes Plus AAC M4A/M4V]

Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Contemporary R&B, Rock
Released: Sep 13, 2010

At almost 20 songs long, Passion, Pain & Pleasure is like two albums in one. The first half is a follow-up to Trey Songz’s smash 2009 album Ready, with playful bedroom songs like “Love Faces,” “Massage” and “Doorbell.” This is Trey’s comfort zone — it’s what he does best, but it’s also nice to see the singer venture into new territory on the second half of this album. “Red Lipstick” is a dense, dizzying soundscape, while the brooding “Unfortunate” is a rejoinder to Kanye West’s recent hits “Heartless” and “Love Lockdown.” The songs at the end of the album push the boundaries even further. “Blind” is a rock song along the lines of Coldplay while “You Just Need Me” is a club song comparable to Lady Gaga. While both songs are obvious cash-ins on recent trends, it’s good to see Trey pushing himself and these songs give some sense of where he could go in the future. Despite the new ideas fans of traditional smooth R&B will be satiated by a trio of songs in the album’s midsection. “Can’t Be Friends,” “Please Return My Call” and “Made to Be Together” form a superlative mini-album within the larger framework of Passion, Pain & Pleasure.

Trey Songz - Inevitable - EP [iTunes Plus AAC M4A]

iTunes EP, Trey Songz

Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Contemporary R&B
Released: Nov 25, 2011

Trey Songz - Ready (Deluxe Version) (Album) [iTunes Plus AAC M4A/M4V]

iTunes Video, Trey Songz

Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Contemporary R&B
Released: Aug 31, 2009

Trey Songz isn’t out to change the world; he just want to craft songs that are light, fun, and flirtatious. He’s a little bit R Kelly, a little bit Ne-Yo, and a little bit of whatever’s happening on the charts. None of which is a bad thing. “LOL :-)” and “I Invented Sex” are nothing but a good time — the kind of catchy, sweetened R&B/rap duet that has been around at least since Heavy D. and Aaron Hall made “Now That We Found Love.” Trey Songz is especially good when he’s moving slow. The songwriting teams behind Beyonce’s Irreplaceable” and Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” collaborate to deliver “I Need a Girl,” an acoustic-based pop song that is a new look for Trey and one of the strongest cuts on Ready. Still, the singer is better at playing sex symbol than he is the yearning boyfriend. The half-time jams “Holla If Ya Need Me,” “Neighbors Know My Name” and “Jupiter Love” are part bedroom ballads, part club songs, and Trey squeezes each of them for everything they’re worth.