Trey Songz took part in a detailed discussion for the latest issue of Billboard magazine. During the interview the singer revealed why most of his newer material is based on sex rather than the artistic depth of his 1st 2 albums. Songz’s new album, ‘Passion, Pain & Pleasure’, hits stores on September 14th. Check out what he had to say below:
“The public likes generic more than they like to admit, so that’s what I gave them — I gave them sexual singles and they ate it up,” Songz says about the string of blatantly sexed-up hits from ‘Ready‘. “I gave them two whole albums before this one — on one I talked about a mother’s love for her son and a father not being there, and on the other I made a song about safe sex. They were well accepted but not as much as the records on ‘Ready.’ The singles were purposely very sexual to capture people’s attention.”
Songz didn’t find it compromising to peddle sex to become a bigger star. In fact, he feels “Ready” wasn’t any more sexual than his previous albums.
“People say this album was highly sexual, but the first two albums were just as sexual,” he says. “If you listen to the ‘Ready’ album, there’s ‘Love Lost’, ‘Black Roses’, ‘Yo Side of the Bed’ — all songs that had nothing to do with sex, but were overlooked because they weren’t the first few singles.”
“I knew ‘I Invented Sex’ was career-defining. After that leaked, the rough mix started playing on radio,” Songz says. “I prepared for ‘Say Aah’ to be a big record — I knew it would be huge. So when it came to shooting the video for ‘I Invented Sex’ I split the budget for ‘Say Aah.’ I think those steps were imperative to the success of this album.” {Source}
So in other words Songz decided to do anything it took to get a hit? While it is understandable that he wanted to take his music in a different direction and enjoy higher levels of success with ‘Ready’, he has to yet to explain why he has chosen to do the same with ‘Passion, Pain & Pleasure’. It seems that Songz either enjoys objectifying the bodies of women in his songs or he is afraid to return to the meager position in the industry that he once occupied as an artist of actual integrity.
This is exactly why Songz might never achieve the level of respect that R. Kelly and others have accomplished in the past. Instead of seeking balance in his music and trying to inspire his listeners to do something other than ‘say ahh’, he has gotten comfortable with his new routine. Diversity is what separates gold-certified artists from those that achieve multi-platinum status. Remember that.
Take it away Prince.
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i love the prince animation ! loool Trey songz needs to relax himself! He needs to tone it all done, before he becomes another random artist!
please do not give us another Ready 2.0, he is so gonna flop’on this one. I dare you to prove me wrong
TRENT…. hahaha… you never fail to drive your point home and I love it… you are absolutely right….. Ready was a great album however… its time to progress..
Hypersexualized, insincere lyrics will not give him longevity, especially in the urban R&B genre. Artists singing like that are dime a dozen. I would say that to Trey and Chris. Prince and R. Kelly were both artists that talked about s**..there was still artistry behind the music. Also both of their most memorable songs have aspects of humanity included in them too.
I don’t have anything against Trey, but a few moderately received hits on the R&B charts does not a superstar make. He is going to have to think up a heavier hitting approach if he seeks Usher level recognition. His presence is underwhelming outside of the urban community, as well as internationally. But it sounds like he’s ready and willing to put in the work, so best of luck to him.
His new song called Can’t Be Friends actually isn’t about s** and is a return to his first album. If you actually listened to the music instead of being a hurt, defensive f***** then you would know that. He made perfect sense because nobody wants integrity music, they want s** and s*** that they can bop to so he gave yall that and became a success. Why so mad? Same thing Lady Gaga & Katy Perry are doing. TGJ is very ignorant.
So what? I agree with Trey. It really isn’t that much of a change from his first two albums. The songs are more commercial, but the sexual content has always been there. Furthermore, like he said in interview, there were plenty of songs on “Ready” that didn’t have a sexual undercurrent. Similarly, his new single “Can’t Be Friends” isn’t oversexed either. I think people drive this ‘issue’ over board. My only thing is that I wished he wouldn’t have addressed it at all because it really is a non-issue. He crafted one of the best R&B albums of 2009 and that can never be taken away from him.
Only time will tell what will happen with treys part 2 s** album.
@Baron…Trey will NOT get Usher recognition unless he is willing to learn some dance moves too. Usher and Chris Brown have a history of being more musically successful than Trey Songz because they can sing and dance (and are attractive). He has to have all those elements. If he is attractive and is only going to sing and stand there, then he needs to become a STELLAR singer, almost Luther Vandross-like. Singers with extraordinary careers are either multi-talented (songwriter/singer/dancer/producer) or can do one thing HELLA GREAT (singers like Whitney, Mariah, Luther).
F*** trey and his GROUPIES. he cant sing if his life depended on it. people only talk about his looks versus his lack of talent. hes a b**** and wouldnt talk s*** to a man face if they called him gay, i dont care where hes from.
Why cant he just NOT look gay for once?
Prince and R.Kelly wrote and produced all of their material. trey dont even deserve to be in a sentence with Chris Brown. Until trey get a platinum plaque, he need to STFU AND HIS GROUPIES.
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As arrogant as he may sound, he has a point. Every single person on this post knows good and well that before Ready was released, you wrote him off like he was being too soft. Now that he switched it up and he got some hits now you wanna say “well he’ll never be like usher or prince” What more do you want? Trey is being more talked about than Usher right now and Chris aint had a actual hit in like 3 years so yea he actually IS more relevant than them. This album has been on the top half of the charts for like 10 months and even though its only selling because its just about s**, its still selling. Grafitti did 105,000 in the first week. Ready did 140,000…has reached 700,000 and still counting. I think yall are just bitter that usher lost his touch and nobody wants chris but his bipolar ass stans. Hell, R.Kelly’s last album flopped dont act like it didnt.
I really don’t have a problem with Trey’s album ‘Ready’. Like he said there were some sexual songs but not all of them. People just overreact when it comes to Songz. I still don’t get why people are so furious about him & call him a copycat. He sings about s**, while others rap about it so what?
See this is great for the bloggers to confront this phony, Trey will fall off this album cause he is trying to remake Ready! S**, S**, S** will not help him if people paid for it, or if they pay! Bootleg it for sure.
He has no elements nor any inspirational songs, he thought ” Yo side of the bed” was going to be like ” I believe that I can fly” Who was he lying too?
He cannot sing and the Jerry Fallon show showed it once again with his off beat body moving like a Rockstar from kiss of Def Metal! I mean get real here. Trey will flop hard meaning that he will sell only 350,000 copies or less this time around due to a lack of respect and his diss.
Panic mode has set in and he is rushing this album down the ladies throat listening to the goat herder cry once more! Baa
All Ready Taken was stolen from R Kelly who made the track first to only pull out of the production cause it lack ish more like R Kellyish sound! So Palow Da Don retreated and sold the song to Trey which will cause a lawsuit of royalties.
I’m glad the people outweigh’s Trey’s fans on this site and at least speaks from the heart with truth.
Trey is done and his next album will fade away like his career a memory in the wind
he’s a great artist. He’s not all s**. If that’s all people see then they haven’t listened to his albums. He’s had non-s** videos from “Ready” such as “One Love” “Say Ahh” and “Yo Side of the Bed” . People just see what they want to see.
O, the called that girl a b**** on twitter. He’s sunk, too bad really that his arrogance is a hindrance to people buying his cds. I’m not a fan and all I will remember about him is that priceless Prince side eye. O well.
Lonny your a d***** bag
Say Ahh was meant to say pouring c** down your throat while you blow me! Say Ahh
It was not speaking on drinks buddy!
Trey is on his way out quickly
See this blog site knows that he will fall so hard; His songs are not worthy of any awards, he’s a joke
Kevin Liles will resign after the release of this next albums flop; Kevin stop chnaging diapers you’ve already done that. Baa Baa Baa
OMG you were wrong for that Prince pic and comment! (LOL) The pic of Trey is the best I have seen him look. It is unfortunate that all I can equate with him these days are strikely “s** songs” similar to Robin Thicke. They both have previously given fans more indepth songs but with this new fake @ss media controlling everything from the news room to your local radio staion, I guess this is all we can expect from otherwise competent artists. Oh well!
I love Trey ….always did but i think his Ready album will be his only best album of his career only if he does something dramatic
He has talent, I have seen him live and he was wicked but Chris B and Usher are all around entertainers and work a larger crowd than he can..
I just want Chris to get back to the top now cus its time now….
Tashan,
No need to worry Pleasure Pain album will flop hard due to his same chemistry of sexing little 13 to 16 ears! He has no variety and loves to jack swagger from R Kelly’s style.
Chris Brown is acting now and R. Kelly will cameo in Transformers 3 plus the soundtrack
Trey has made the critics upset with him due to the lack of repsect.
@JD,
Because the fixed media is currently promoting him does not mean he is all that meaningful or successful. It just means he is the “flavor or the moment” and if you haven’t heard, things change from moment to moment! I believe it was PAIT above who said, both Chris and Usher have more of an overall appeal because of their multi-talents. Trey is simply average. Average looking, average sounding and now reduced to only making average (basic) s** songs. I have nothing against Trey but someone from the UK/Africa/Asia/South America can come on over and steal the spotlight from him quickly! I have never been a big R.Kelly fan but even I can acknowledge that he has had a significant 20 yr. impact on the music industry. Unless Trey changes things, I doubt if I will be able to say the samee about him!
Oh and let me add, you cannot compare Chris Brown’s CD debute to anyone elses because no one else had their CD blocked like Chris’. Remember he had one fight with Satan and they would not promote his CD. It’s ashame he couldn’t be more “Eminem-like” so he could have beaten Satan down many times as Eminem did his wife and still have his music support worldwide!
he needs hit us with some uptempo tracks… “Already Taken” was one of my favorite tracks from him… if he comes all love making tracks… i’m gonna pass on this album.
FortuneCookie
All Ready Taken was R Kelly’s track first; Get it right ok!
I’m glad somebody is putting his phony self out to the pastor and it’s about time the diss blow up in his face.
Trey want’s to be R Kelly and can’t even fill the shoes nor wash his b*** cheeks! ops Trey might love to do that one.
AGREE WITH TRENT 100%!!!! And that GIF had me rolling just know. With no exaggeration.
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B.E.T. will only see that they hurt themselves by promoting a phony and somebody who disses legends! B.E.T. Helped doing so by condoning this venonous work of evil. Trey knows he’s over
Should they show his career go down the tube on #D, Thief Trey!
Gotta Love Trent lol
Trent spoke the truth, Trey is phony, keep it coming Trent on the Trey bashing cause I just love it so much,
that prince gif never gets old, lmaoooo
i liked trey songz music a little when he first came out but i only knew of it bc my cuz loves him…but anyways i dont really like him anymore it just seems like all he sings about is s**, u get tired of it after a while
LOL @ THE PRINCE GIF. ANYWAY TREY’S MUSIC IS ONLY SO SO TO ME, NOTHING SPECTACULAR.
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@Alexander
The same company (VIACOM) that owns MTV, VH1, Nickoldean (sp?) own BET. They have no clue how to market artists or the network. If you notice, MTV, VH1 & BET are all run in the same vain a few handpicked videos coupled with a llitany of cheap cuturally specific reality programs.
He does only sing about s**, and ONLY THAT. That is what he embraced. Yes the public eats that up but the best gimmick of all is TALENT. Singers have made sexual songs but had othe songs to balance it out that were releases as singles. A sensual song does have to be explicit like Trey;s material. He seems very cocky as well. He act like “ready: is the equivalent to “Thriller” of “The Bodyguard” Soundtrack. Be humbe Trey before the fans and public turn on you. And in all honesty his vocal are limited. Sorry all you Trey followers. He was okay early on but I see a taste of sucess has went to his head. I’d hate to see his attitude if he ever actually gets a #1 hit of goes platinum.
Trey’s music sucks! He’s right that he knew that making stupid a** songs about f**king would sell and you know what… that’s a damn shame that he did that! He’s only in it for the money. If he was a true music artist, he would have stuck with his discrete songs about s** and talked about relationships and personal life experiences. He’s not a creative, unique, and rare music artist. That’s why his songs weren’t selling well and that’s why he had to s** them. Artists like Justin Timberlake don’t even have to mention s** in his songs and those singles and the album sell millions. I actually think he can sing… well I never really seen his live performances but his voice sounds good on the tracks but they may be due to editing in the studio, so I’ll check out the online performances. But his a** is done with. “Ready” only went GOLD and it’s over with because he’s coming out with a new one soon. This newest one be a flop! He doesn’t have longevity.
Im ready to see what the 1st week sales for his next album will be. If it does well, alot of people INCLUDING TRENT will be pretty quiet.
I agree, I feel like his voice is more suited for SUBSTANCE/R&B Ballads. ButIAt the same time I feel its ok to do what sells records so PPL can hear his real side. The good thing I can say about his music is that all his songs are Atleast DECENT & thats more than I can say for many other artist. On another note, Id never buy it. I think he would sell more if he went the MAXWELL Route & put a leash on this Trendy over-sexed disposable generic rubbish. Ill give him the BOD cause he does have BALANCE, 🙂
Trey, please put a leash on this Trendy Over-sexed Disposable GENERIC RADIO Rubbish.
because <<<<<< SUBSTANCE
You have a GREAT voice… USE IT!!
To be fair, the public DOES NOT only accept s** music. His non-sexual music is just so bland that it doesn’t stand out. Melanie Fiona and Jazmine Sullivan are proof people will buy R&B without being about s**.
He needs better writers and producers and to broaden his sound a bit.
Sooner or later his time will be up and people won’t be interested in his music no more. This is why I never got into his music because he talks about f****** all the time and not having any balance or more direction in his music. Trey is not a great artist how people make him seem out to be, He can’t sing, he doesn’t have stage presence, and he lacks with being versitle musically. TYRESE, GINUWINE, JOE, TANK, R.KELLY, AND LUTHER VANDROSS all combined murders this dude.Not to mention MAXWELL shits on him. Trey will continue to stick in one box and he will go from there. People are tired of listening to this garbage he’s putting out. He’s trying too hard to be R.Kelly which will never happen. Even though I resent the child pidophile I give credit where it’s due. His lyrics are wayyy to vuglar and down right foul Trey might as well become an adult p*** star.
Oh well, at least he’s honest and upfront. At least he’s not mocking our intelligence by giving us some b******* excuse about suffering for his art something like that. Although personally speaking, I’d rather suffer for my art then sell my integrity for record sales, but that’s just me. I’m not passing judgment on the artists who sell out, I blame the record execs that leave them no choice.
And LMAO @ Tiff. 😀
* OR something like that, when we know that he isn’t.
Substance I say not due to the lack of variety in his lyrics, you here popping bottles in the club or booty! Come on R Kelly has been consistent with his music for over 20 years and counting.
Trey has been a puppy in this game and continues to mock the style of a legend and sing about s** where there is no meaning like love!
R Kelly sings about spiritual love and god along with forgiveness in his lyrics ok! What have some of you critics been listening too? look this cat has made the same videos like Say Ahh and Neighbors know my name or s** room! He has made other artist lose credibility by working with him namely Keri Hilson who went from Number One to Invented & Ludcris going from Stripper to S** Room and Luda sounds the exact same as Trey.
Point made I hope!
But the next album of Passion Pleasure Pain will sell less and flop! Not making any excuses for R Kelly’s Untitled but most of those songs were leaked and he had changed the title to untitled cause of the internet,
But R Kelly has out-dueled Trey in sales overseas and that was ” Trent’s” point of crossing over and Trey Said he will not consider it. Look at the London interview.
Trey Songz needs to reinvent himself and find his own style of sound and lyrics and stop Troy Taylor from plagiarizing R Kelly’s music and lyrics once and for all. Fans will soon leave his flock and find other means of music than cope with a cocky walking skinny dude bimbo! Any young man who prides himself as Gods gift to women must have sugar in his tank. Hadeem was the dude he kissed in that internet video that was dispersed all over the net. Hmm.
Well I’m a true fan of R Kelly and others and by no means have they ever dissed somebody with a track calling them out nor going public with the media taking shots at other artist.
Trey crossed the line and thought his album would explode by doing the Rap diss thing while Kelly was down and out after his legal battles which he was found innocent of any crime. You just do not knock anybody down while they’re getting up from the deck.
Music has changed and these younger players has no respect and hip hop is teaching violence and rapes of all sorts. Come on here look how Lil Wayne & Drake brought out underage girls on-stage during Michael Jackson’s tribute on B.E.T.. tasteless and shameful.
Trey has captivated the young teens and it more of a mockery as a 25 year old would think he can sell a million or more by doing the Justin Beiber thing. Goat Songz Baa can’t even touch Usher in music or dance also Chris Brown.
But for you bloggers who pulls for Trey needs some reminder what real music use to be and how people got there, just listen to your Mom and /dads old jams and hear those beautiful lyrics and harmony. Sample over reverbs and edits will not save Trey, vocally R Kelly can’t be matched and he has replaced the Luther Vandross’es and Mj’s he has the grace of what once is and always will be! Classic music.
Goat Songz has song and made his last and first gold album because the next will be toilet of my terrible breakfast I ate in the morning.
Nice job Trent
I think he admitted to selling out and slammed the public all in one fowl swoop. Hilarious. And Trent…did you really respect him either way whether he admitted why or not? Most every artist that is big sold their soul to gratuitous s** and explicit lyrics to get the attention of the masses. If I dropped a certain name or two the whole thread would erupt in a civil war, but there’s very clear examples, R Kelly included “the level of respect R Kelly achieved” (the same man who pisses on 14 year old girls for kicks and giggles. Let’s be serious.
tl;dr.
He knows that he isn’t that talented to begin with but he is attractive and it far out-weights his talents however little they may be.
Good looks / s** music / a reality show, will only carry you so far though.
; hmph I loved Ready… so yeahh.
lets just be honest if chris brown didn’t f*** up trey would still be a background n****,and to all the people who are trying to compare trey to chris please just stop,until trey gets a platinum album shut the f*** up,this is what i find hilarious chris brown got a huge amount of backlash,stores didn’t stock his CD’s,Award shows blocked him from coming and finally when he performs at the BETawards he outshined trey and honestly nobody cared about trey while chris was there,it just proves my point,people rather have chris the trey,hate or love my comment its just the truth,also to the people who say trey did just as good as a job as chris did at the BET awards must be blind and deaf,trey sounded like a goat being killed,even Prince knew Trey sucked while chris shut down the stage,in the end trey will not be a platinum artist,he’s time is running out,
does this dude ever CLOSE HIS MOUTH?????????????
LMAO at the truth
Well I actually have his 1st album and ready…and neither are both about s**….and both had some good non s** songs but with that said…..the non sexual songs although good wasn’t as strong as some of the sexual songs……and his first song off ready wasn’t sexual…. but with that ssaid I agree he is not just a s** singer but he may just need to work harder to promote ..produce…and perform the non sexual songs
@TRU VOICE
Trey actually compared his “Ready” album to MJ’s “Off the Wall”
MOTHERFUCKIN ARROGANT ASS BOOTY SNATCHER LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
@ALEXANDER
R.Kelly hasn’t replaced Luther or MJ at s***. SORRY. You make some good points but than you start licking R. Kelly’s asshole like a thirsty stan which demolishes your entire argument.
read the whole article before makin statements he clearly states it wont be the same as ready in the article it say creativity over sells..he wants it to be different go look at the playlist u can tell
I think Trey Songz is selling himself short if he thinks “s** music” is the only way he can acheive success. If that is the direction he is taking with this next album, it will get tired very quickly. I’m already over it. Maybe the tween girls will eat that s*** up, but grown ass people are over it. Truth be told, the song and video for “Yo Side Of The Bed” impressed me much more than his moves in “I Invented S**” or “Neighbors Know My Name.” So he has proved to me that he can reach a deeper emotional level. His s** music doesn’t even make me want to fu*k… I already have R.Kelly for that. Thanks anyway Trey.
ELLA you can suck my c*** and hold you head all the way down till you choke for several hours and allow me to f*** your head till your brain explodes ok.
Trey songz has nothing more to sing about or any stories to tell about in hius music other than stealing somebody elses style.
Strope it
ELLA Strope it means STRAIGHT DOWN YOUR THROAT
@ALEXANDER
ELLA you can suck my c*** and hold you head all the way down till you choke for several hours and allow me to f*** your head till your brain explodes ok.
Strope it
ELLA Strope it means STRAIGHT DOWN YOUR THROAT
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WOW, Such class & dignity. Those comments ring of a disgusting pervert who clearly needs their head checked. I hope it made you feel better. Now go back to letting R. Kelly p*** all over your booty hole. Smooches
Ok, you went with what sells, that is fine, but if you wish to stand out and be bold and different, or just more classier like that of Raheim, Jaheim, or Anthony Hamilton, you could have done some substance music. Or you could have just released the non-s** songs before the rest. But on the real tip, “Yo Side of the Bed” underperformed as well.
Great another rubbish album from trey when i heard already taken i thought he’d changed his style but i guess not wont be getting that then.
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