After more than a decade in the game, Trey Songz continues to sing about the thing that made him famous on “How Dat Sound” – sex.

“Stick around baby, sit that ass down / Stick around baby, stick that ass out.” It should come as no surprise to anyone that Trey Songz is STILL singing about sex.  Yes, sex has fueled the R&B artist’s fire for years and he doesn’t seem to be slowing down judging by the excerpt from “How Dat Sound.” Of course, rapping or singing about sex is more fun with some friends… supposedly. Songz enlists 2 Chainz and Yo Gotti who have never had a problem getting nasty.

Trey Songz ‘draws first blood’, singing the aforementioned excerpted chorus.  Leading up to the excerpted final lines, he spits plenty of game about how awesome this girl is, and of course his own endeavors.  2 Chainz follows with the first verse, delivering his usual brand of dumb, sometimes cringe-worthy rhymes.  Case in point:

“I take a girl out to eat, then I feed her to the mattress

Turn her over, have her eatin’ the mattress

Turn her over, have her bein’ dramatic

Havin’ sex wearin’ a black Patek.”

Lawd Jesus! Trey Songz takes the second verse, and the results are shallow.  The shallowness includes clichés such as “Beat the pussy up like I’m Mike though / Eat the pussy out like a rice bowl.” Ugh.  Expectedly, Yo Gotti doesn’t amp up the quality of the subject matter.  His ‘poetry’ is pretty one-dimensional, involving his ‘love below’.

“I want you now, not later

Baby, let’s create some haters (let’s make a mess)

I want to f**k you forever

But I ain’t signin’ no papers.”

Final Thoughts

Is “How Dat Sound” brand-new? Nope. If it hasn’t already been mentioned, Trey Songz sings about sex for the billionth time.  2 Chainz and Yo Gotti remain true to their clubby, shallow selves.  The chorus is catchy enough, and the production idiomatic of modern urban contemporary music, but this certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel.

Trey Songz • How Dat Sound (Ft. 2 Chainz & Yo Gotti) – Single • Atlantic • Release: 10.5.18

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