Trey Songz - I Gotta Make It
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Music CD Cover Artist: Trey Songz Edition: Music CD Format: Enhanced CD Release Date: 2005-07-26 Music Label: Atlantic / Wea Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for I Gotta Make It Album
Free Music Review: Great Voice, Decent Debut with a few Flaws, 3.5 stars out of 5
Hit: 4 Stars
Trey Songz is actually a refreshment to the R&B industry. While his debut is contemporary, he has enough soulfulness that you can feel the emotion that he puts into his songs, something that doesn't always happen in R&B anymore. And Trey Songz has a wonderful voice for a 20 year old that is rather refined.
Being so young and releasing his debut album, Trey Songz doesn't seem to try so hard as his contemporaries Mario, Omarion, and even Bow Wow. Those three all tried to act too grown up on their respective albums by cursing and growing at times too sexual (via Omarion's explicit "Take It Off"). Trey curses very little and makes himself seem more refined save for a few mishaps ("Ur Behind" is the clear misshap). Also, the LP is strengthened by the fact that there are few collaborations. This album showcases Trey which is excellent.
The major flaws are length. At 60 minutes, the album would've been better had it been cut to 40-45 minutes. It would be different if all the songs were hits at 60 minutes in length, but that isn't the case. Songz has some filler material that detracts from the best moments of I GOTTA MAKE IT. Futhermore, Trey Songz sounds best when he is singing refined ballads as opposed to some of his club-savvy tracks on this album. Here is a rundown of the tracks:
1. A Message from Aretha- No Score
2. Gotta Make It- Nice use of sampling, nice production. Songz shows his voice off at its best with nice background harmonies supporting him. The chorus is nice and catchy and Twista adds a very nice collaboration to the mix. 5/5
3. Cheat On You- once again nice sampling, nice drum programming. Songz once again shows off his polished vocals. 4.5/5
4. Gotta Go- another nice arrangement and production. You really hear an R. Kelly influence in both Trey's vocals and the arrangment itself. Maybe too much of an influence, but not bad. Songz adds a nice falsetto to his voice. 4.5/5
5. Ooo- The first major disappointment on the album. Here, Songz tries to pull off a club tune and it just isn't as effective as his balladry. His voice still is strong, but this is inconsistent to the earlier tracks and is obviously filler material. 2.5/5
6. All The Ifs- a big improvement over "Ooo". Nice production with guitars/strings. This song is a bit too lengthy though. 3.5/5.
7. Ur Behind- unique production saves this filler song. This is very corny and is clearly nothing more than filler as I said previously. As a vocal performance, this is uncredible material. 3/5.
8. From A Woman's Hand- Nice soulful arrangement and production, once again an improvement from the last track. This is Trey Songz in his "element". 4/5
9. Kinda Lovin'- definitely not as bad as "Ur Behind" or "Ooo" because it is more refined. However, it fills like filler material. 3/5
10. Comin' For You- nice production with a hip-hop beat and a soulful arrangment. 4/5
11. Just Wanna Cut (Prelude)- No Score
12. Just Wanna Cut- while this track isn't my favorite on I GOTTA MAKE IT, it is the best club track on the album. It features nice production and a nice strong voice by Trey Songz. The beat is nice and one that anyone would find easy to dance to. This would make a good choice for a third single (he's already released his second). 4/5
13. In The Middle- Merely Average. 3/5
14. Make Love Tonight- This track isn't bad, but it sounds too much like R. Kelly in too many ways. If you didn't know this was a Trey Songz album, you might guess it was R. Kelly singing to his own song. Because Trey Songz is just releasing his debut, he needs to make sure he distincts himself away from the great, already established R. Kelly. 2.5/5
15. Hatin' Love- More Filler. 3/5
16. Gotta Go (Reprise)- No Score
17. Gotta Make It [reprise]- a waste of time; this is just a very uninspired reprise that could've been left off of the album. Even with the addtion of Aretha, it is uninspired and unnecessary. 2/5
Overall, despite some minor flaws and filler material, Trey Songz is a cut above some of the other R&B debuts of 2005 and is worth buying or atleast listening to it. 3.5/5. Good Debut.