Trey Songz sophomore album Trey Day from last year was supposed to take his career to the next level and introduce him to the broader masses. Sadly it failed to do so, despite a number of strong tracks and hits like ‘Can´t help but wait’, ‘Wonder woman’ and ‘Missing you’, it ended up selling about 350 000 copies in the US. That’s about 50 000 less than his debut album and 1 550 000 less than Chris Brown’s sophomore album which was released at the same time.

You could have imagined that Trey would try to commercialize and change up his image after a blow like that. Instead, he went back to his roots as the mixtape king of rnb and released remixes and versions of almost every big thing coming up this year. He´s featured on more than twenty hiphop songs as well which makes him one of the most sought after singers in the rap game right now.

Trey has truly showed us that he not only has the looks and voice but also the strong will, individuality, and talent to become the next big thing in rnb. Probably it´s just a matter of one massive hit to change everything for him. It takes guts to stick to your own thing like that and hopefully Trey will get the payoff he deserves.

The song we have chosen for the countdown really shows the broad range of styles and versatility Trey has. He´s not just a “rapper ternt sanga” but more like a singer with the mind of a rapper.

Trey Songz - Crazy

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