Trey also has to work a lot harder at molding and establishing his own identity and sound.Įarly on in the album Trey sounds a lot like Lloyd and then later morphs into a younger sounding R. Here Trey is in danger of merging into the shadows of such artists and not standing out from the crowd, which someone with this degree of talent definitely deserves to do. Surefire hits include "Gotta Make It", "Gotta Go," "Hatin' Love", "All the If's", "Coming For You", "Ur Behind", and "From A Woman's Hand" on all of the aforementioned tracks, Trey's vocals are enviously on point. This artist will have a hit with this album, but if he truly wants to make it, and be around for the long haul, he needs to develop a more original sound and style such as experienced on "Hatin' Love," "Coming For You" and "All The Ifs". If he can do all that, then I'll definitely look forward to the sophomore album. "Rhythm and Blues" was a phrase first introduced in 1949 by Jerry Wexler who later became a prominent figure with that giant of all record labels, Atlantic records. The term was used to describe the phenomenon of a new black popular music which had emerged in the late 1940's and mid 1950's. Then in the late 1950's when white performers such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley achieved mass appeal with the same music, white performers and disc jockeys dubbed the phenomenon, "rock and roll." Rhythm and Blues, or R&B as it is affectionately called, has been the single largest influence on popular music worldwide throughout the twentieth century. Its unmistakable influence can be found in Gospel music, Jazz, world music, rock music, and even country music. True R&B has a distinct style, which separates it from other genres of music. Traditionally it has a four beat metre and utilises a backbeat, which provides a unique accent on each bar on beats two and four, which are traditionally unaccented in other forms of music. True R&B can evoke sensual emotions from the depth of the soul and make them stir with every slight change in timbre of the singer's voice. The emotions were evident from the sheer urgency and fervour with which they were sung. However modern R&B has pimped itself out to appeal to the mass market. It has watered down the emotions and depth and emphasised the sex, to become virtually unrecognisable from its former self. If R&B were a person they'd be that sinner on the block who's lost his way and needs to get back to the church.
So in steps a New Jack, 20-year-old Trey Songz, AKA "The Prince of Virginia," set to take the game by storm. Trey Songz was born Tremaine Neverson in Petersburg, Virginia, where he grew up with no intensions of becoming an R&B singer. Trey grew up not unlike any other teenage boys going to school, listening to rap music, shooting hoops, and throwing parties. (feat.There were no voice or instrument lessons in fact perhaps the only musical influence forced upon him was the church by his devout Grandmother, who sang in the choir. Just Gotta Make It (alright) Just Gotta Make It I Just Gotta Make It (Just Gotta Make It) Threw the chi-town streets cause you feelin me up on the inspiration whenever I'm (can i get up wi'cha its that nigga named twista) Visions of your hurr blowin` in the wind from my drop top Having big dreams that we ridin` in the Bently Contenental,īut until I make happin for you baby I will not stop Get up early an go standing on the block, some how IĪt the round table and come up on a plot, some how I Just Gotta Make It (alright) Just Gotta Make It (that's right) I'm tryin' to turn it around, start this thing from the ground Then I can get us out the hood and have us livin goodīut first I gotta know that you gonna roll
(and buy everything you want, buy everything you need,
To the top of the world me and my girl weĪnd I'm gone give ya the keys and tell ya 'go shoppin' (shoppin) Just Gotta Make It (alright) I Just Gotta Make It Just to see that smile upon your face I know I Taking a bus for some miles is gon kill me I can get us out the hood and have us livin goodīut I aint leavin here if you ain't wit meĬause girl a suit wit a smile that don't fit me You see I've tried a 9 to 5, and it just don't fit me Shawty (shawty), all I got is a dollar and a dream