Trey seemed primed for a similar creative breakthrough with 2011's promising EP. Most commonly known for emotional and raunchy love ballads, Songz’s new album is not much of a departure from. Two years isn't long, but the world of R&B has shifted since Trey Songz's 2010 album Passion, Pain and Pleasure, thanks to Frank Ocean's wild experiments and Usher's EDM-R&B fusions. Sarah Godfrey of The Washington Post was also disappointed, writing, “he bridges the gap between sexless boy bands and unromantic raunchy singers, between young guys who sing shallow songs about strip clubs and old guys who sing heavy songs about their divorces. R&B superstar Trey Songz released his fifth studio album Tuesday, titled Chapter V. Q&A: Williams Street Records, Killer Mike Defy Music Business Model By Teaming with Adult Swim Songz might be R&B’s most single-minded star, with little of D’Angelo‘s private mysticism or R.Kelly’s flair for the soap-operatic.” Chapter V finds himself going about that business as determinedly as an infrantryman. Similarly, The Los Angeles Times notes, “‘to please your body is my mission,’ he promises over a humid slow-jam. Kelly’s both men are happy to draw blueprints, giving big voice to small, sometimes odd details.” Kelly, but he huffs and puffs convincingly, and his commitment to intimate detail mirrors Mr. Kelly’s shadow, not a surprise for a man who, on his fifth album, Chapter V, spells interlude ‘interlewd.’ Trey Songz has never been as powerful a singer as Mr. Kelly, saying, “for years Trey Songz has been squeezing into Mr. This has been clear since his debut, so by this fifth album it's less of a revelatory position, more the hammering home of an established point. However, The New York Times was not impressed by Songz’ supposed mimic of R. He likes to embody its every sensation in his music by feeling each beat he's so close to the music that it pulsates through his vocal, frenzied. USA Today agrees, writing, “Songz has a knack for revving up the libido with smooth pillow talk and sly suggestions, and he doesn’t disappoint here.” PHOTOS: BET Awards 2012: Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Chris Brown Rock the Show 1 album on the Billboard 200 as Chapter V bows atop the list with 135,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.