![]() ![]() On his hit match-ups with Drake on “Successful” and “I Invented Sex,” Trey Songz further smudged the increasingly blurry line between bedroom-friendly R&B and club-ready hip-hop. Kelly, he came into his own in 2009 with his third, Ready, a showcase for his yearning tenor and his ability to ratchet up the heat whenever necessary. While his early albums cast the young artist as a kid brother to Usher and R. Born in Virginia in 1984, the future slow-jam master then known as Tremaine Neverson grew up on military bases before his talents landed him a record deal as he was finishing high school. ![]() That softer side is something he shares with Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, and other inspirations. Yet the biggest reason why Trey Songz has enjoyed a long reign as R&B’s preeminent seducer is that he always balances displays of brashness like that nickname-one of many memorable boasts in “Bottoms Up,” his steamy 2010 hit featuring Nicki Minaj-with more tender expressions of vulnerability. Steal Your Girl” must be confident about his charms. ![]()
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