“Light-skinned girls” remind him of “red velvet (cake),” “Dark-skinned girls” remind him of “chocolate,” while Caucasian women remind him of “vanilla icing” as a cake topping. One can basically figure out exactly what they’re in for when instead of less salacious fare to start the album, the album instead begins with “Cake,” an ode to cunnilingus wherein Songz compares women to confectionery flavors. However, with the potential for high sales figures dwindling, Trigga, Songz’s sixth album features a simplified, “turnt up” formula for Pop stardom that excels at being commonplace, but not “common,” high-class production for music covering populist topics at play for those for whom wild nights aren’t hooks in songs, but rather a way of life. As well, in an era where everyone decries a lack of album sales, he’s sold roughly 2.5 million copies of his last three releases. A consistent hitmaker, three of his now six albums have reached the top five on the Billboard R&B album charts, with his past three (2008’s Ready, 2010’s Passion, Pain and Pleasure, and 2012’s Chapter V) all reaching the top five on Billboard magazine’s overall album charts, too.

Six albums into a nearly 10-year career, Trey Songz has an established formula for Pop stardom that has allowed him to become a brand name performer in urban top-40 music.

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