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Trey Songz

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RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

2009

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Trey Songz likes sex. But he loves sex farce. On his third album, this smoothie from Virginia — one of R&B's nimblest vocalists — takes cues from R. Kelly, slyly mocking the self-parodying excesses of boudoir R&B while supplying the utilitarian goods: the sumptuous vocal harmonies and sultry beats upon which long nights beneath ceiling mirrors depend. Songz enrages his neighbors with loud "bangin'"; boasts, "I invented sex"; and explores the erotics of emoticons in what may be the year's best-titled song, "LOL :-)." The "Purple Rain"-like power ballad "Yo Side of the Bed" shows that Songz can be awfully good when he plays it straight. But he's great when he delivers the LOLZ.



JODY ROSEN

(Posted: Aug 31, 2009)

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