Who Knew We Would Be Where We Are, Here Today. Who Knew Your Heart Had A Cost, I Would Pay...

Ready is still on constant rotation for me. I haven't been this hooked to a R&B CD since Confessions...

The most recent R&B CD I remember that captured my attention anywhere close to Ready was Ryan Leslie's self-titled debut earlier this year.

What Ready has that RL didn't was growth (obv cause it was his first). This is Trey's 3rd LP and the maturity shown on the album impressive I must say.

I remember listening to Trey Day a couple years ago and labeled it as another average R&B album. As much as I like Trey, it was the same as any other R&B record dropping these days and I thought it was Trey's peak.

While listening to Ready, I found out I was wrong. This album brings strong song writing and strong melodies. The only track that didn't click with me was LOL :-). I'm not big on Soulja Boy or Gucci Mane at all. The chorus sounds very simple and SB-like. The only verse I take in is Trey's; other then this track I love the entire disk.

The CD is grouped into themed sections. The first few songs are sexual, followed by love songs/ballads, then the fun songs and at the end are heartbreak songs...

Ready is filled with tracks you can vibe to, smooth slow jams and love ballads, surprisingly. The ballad, One Love was one of the tracks that immediately took me in. I wasn't expecting the level of maturity that the song resonated. I couldn't stop replaying it because it had so much truth.

Jupiter Love is a very sensual song; it is a definite mood-setter with choruses like, 'don't you be afraid to, let me elevate you'.

Together with One Love; Black Roses and Love Lost complete my top 3. To me, they're the most honest songs. Grown-man music. The writing style he shows is very developed and mature...

Black Roses has a an infectious ska-sounding melody and definitely one of the albums gems. Trey talks about painfully ending a relationship that has run it's course. Love Lost talks about disconnecting with someone you love. These two songs show that pain and heartbreak spawn the best music.

I thought the Anticipation mixtape was as good as it gets, but Trey truly saved the best for the album. The only song from the mixtape on Ready is Yo Side of The Bed which talks about no longer having the person in your life who you love.

Trey Songz shows immense growth with this effort. The songs that he conjures up are refreshing to me because I haven't really connected with any R&B album of late. They're always flawed of have no replay value. It's been weeks and I'm still hooked on this CD.

I'm out like any R&B song stuck in my head, not from this album...