By Spence Blazak
That’s right. Oh-oh-oh-oh it’s Mr. Stealyogirl. The man who revitalized the double entendre rap song with cuts like “Say Ah,” “Bottoms Up,” and “LOL :-)” is back…whether anyone wants him or not. Like his last few albums, Songz has used his new EP Inevitable to cause the listener to ask many philosophical questions as well as sociological revelations, primarily “What did I do to deserve this?” and “So this is why Europe hates us…,” respectively.
Songz is a different, revitalized kind of rapper compared to his previous endeavors. He has traded in his extremely modern, made-for-pop voice for a flow that just sounds like a bad Drake impression. It also appears that he has drawn a lot of influence from R & B for this album, but this merely translates into a stream of songs that all kind of sound like R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet…and not in a good way.
“Top of the World” is the only song off album worth mentioning in detail. Songz raps about how much fun it is to be rich. Its pretty standard, bad song fare until about :45 when he spits the rhyme “I’m Trey, I came to play.” Not going to lie, he lost me after that one. It didn’t even take him a minute into the album. Also, be sure to check out “Sex Ain’t Better than Love” for the humorous title alone.
Despite all the album’s shortcomings, Inevitable is not without its strong points. Sadly for Mr. Songz, the album’s chief savior is its short runtime. Yet, anyone who listens to modern rap knows that for every My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy there are a hundred Inevitables, and one must grow an appreciation for “so-bad-it-is-funny” rap to keep from losing interest in the genre completely. In this respect, it almost succeeds, but Songz doesn’t even make an attempt. The end result is an album that will soon find its way to the bargain bin at K-Mart. Not even Walmart.
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