There’s authentic conflict and melancholy in his voice as he wrestles with a burgeoning desire to settle down on slow jam Playboy. Over the gentle keys of the babymaker “The Sheets…Still,” he sings, “This ain’t no threesome-baby-you-can-get-your-girl f**k song, oh no / Girl, this that yeah-you-know-you’re-mine-all-the-time-making-love song.” Here, even when Trey is raunchy, he’s careful to distinguish between real romance and meaningless nookie. When things are on the rocks, Trey isn’t above serenading his way back into his lady’s life. He fights to keep a relationship intact on the closing ballad “Break From Love,” while the aforementioned “Picture Perfect” finds Mr. Steal Your Girl in an unexpected position - Instagram stalking his ex. “Goddamn, I gotta see your ass online / Girl, again and again / With that other guy, goddamn,” he sings. Old habits die hard though, and the Trigga of days past pops up on Tremaine.
The acoustic guitar-powered “She Lovin It” is a bit blunt, if not pushy (and problematic): “She said that she don’t wanna be f**ked / I said, ‘Why the hell are you sleeping naked?’” Meanwhile, “Animal” is a thematic derivative of R. Kelly’s already-ridiculous 2007 track “The Zoo” Trey actually sings these lyrics: I go ape up on the donkey / I be throwin’ this banana all around / Put my face up in the monkey / No umbrella but the rain is pourin’ down.” Later, on “Games We Play,” Trey is back to using his smartphone not so smartly, stuck in a sorry cycle of breakups to make ups.
He redeems himself with “Nobody Else But You,” staring in the mirror wondering why he takes his relationship for granted.
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