![]() ![]() The album explores all the familiar themes of sensuality and pleasure, but Trey does it with sly charisma, self-awareness and wit, starting with the amusing ode to oral sex that is “Cake” (“They say you can’t have cake and eat it too / But ain’t that what you’re supposed to do?”) and the Nicki Minaj featured “Touchin’, Lovin’” (“I’m touching you tonight / I’m loving you tonight / Wait, no, I’m fucking you tonight”) to the bracingly minimalist “All We Do” (“All we do is fuck, drink, and sleep”). Though he may be dedicated to convention, Trey Songz has a personal flourish on full display on Trigga that was previously less noticeable. The album is not likely to impress or inspire a savvy listener who has been attuned to this style for years, but it is consistently good enough to regard it as one of the stand-out R&B albums this year and easily the greatest showcase of the artist’s talent to date. Kelly’s uniquely balanced blend of both trashy and charming sexual innuendo - and combines them into a derivative, but no less satisfying sound. ![]() For Trigga, he takes from the two most emulated voices in contemporary R&B - the lush arrangements central to the-Dream’s aesthetic and R. Trey may not be the most original voice in contemporary R&B, but he has undisputed talent. Trigga is successful not because it takes a fresh approach or carries an important message, but rather because it so effortlessly epitomizes the modern R&B genre as it currently exists, without any pretense or delusion of importance. Trey Songz, having just released Trigga, his sixth LP, is decidedly not a new voice, and though he apparently has no interest in rattling the cage of classic R&B, he’s still capable of making a strong album. ![]() Future’s bold, operatic Honest has become the touchstone for the genre in 2014, but it’s only the latest in a series of inventive releases from the last few years kicked off by new voices like the Weeknd and Frank Ocean moving the conventional sound into a new direction. The modern era of R&B just keeps getting better. ![]()
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