@Lisa: Um.....can you read? My FIRST comment clearly states that I am happy for Trey's success. I said, very insistingly, that platinum status is NOT the only sign of success. I even listed some of his accomplishments in this past year! So, NO, I would NOT say that if he does go platinum it's not good enough! That's silly!

If you were 'mostly' speaking about Usher when you said 'go go' music, you didn't carify that! You insinuated that CB 'sold out' and that is the key to his success! That's BULLSHIT! CB didn't have to do pop in order to have success. CB's first album was 100% r&b and it sold 2.1 million albums in the US and 3 million world wide! His first album was his biggest selling album to date! He had more hits off of 'Exclusive', but it didn't sell better than his first.

If you think that "Yeah 3x" 'sucks', then that is your 'opinion' as well as any other CB fan who doesn't like it! I don't 'love' it myself, but I as a fan I am aware of the fact that he has been doing pop for YEARS, so that doesn't make him a 'sell out'! He didn't 'have' to do pop to sell, because he had success before. If you were a true fan of his before you would know that he has stated in many interviews that he loves all different types of music and wants to reflect that in his music and doesn't want to be labeled as just an r&b artist!

Besides, he just had a No. 1 song off of a mixtape (that just went platinum) and was completely r&b, so clearly even now he doesn't 'have' to do pop to have success! He transitions from r&b to pop and has success with both!

Furthermore, did you forget that he released TWO FREE mixtapes full of hip hop/r&b tracks! Don't tell me you didn't like anything from those two mixtapes! He gave his urban fans plenty of music for free that catered strictly to an urban audience. Now that he releases one new pop song (even though he has released pop before) people want to say he sold out?? That doesn't make any sense!

Beyonce does r&b and pop, is she a sell out??
Rihanna does r&b and pop is she a sell out??
Ne Yo does r&b and pop,is he a sell out??

If you are a fan of an artist, you will respect what they do, even if you don't love it, but to say they 'sold out' because you don't like something really means you were never a fan at all! You don't stop liking and artist just because you don't like a few songs they do.