September has a nice mix of R&B and Soul artists releasing music. The headliner is Trey Songz, whose fourth album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure, drops just a little over a year after his breakthrough release, Ready, came out. Also coming with new albums are Barbados native Shontelle, whose No Gravity was pushed back from August, and sophisticated singers Will Downing and Elisabeth Withers. But the release that were most looking forward to is Wake Up!, an album of collaborations between crooner John Legend and hip-hop band The Roots. For the full details on Sept. 2010′s noteworthy new music, just look below.
TREY SONGZ – Passion, Pain & Pleasure
Trey’s latest release is due in stores Sept. 14 via Atlantic Records.
Tracklisting:
- Here We Go (interlude)
- Love Faces
- Massage
- Alone
- Bottoms Up
- Pain (interlude)
- Can’t Be Friends
- Please Return My Call
- Made to Be Together
- Pleasure (interlude)
- Red Lipstick
- The Usual (feat. Drake)
- Doorbell
- Passion (interlude)
- Unfortunate
- Blind
- You Just Need Me
SHONTELLE – No Gravity
Pushed back from August, No Gravity might finally be in stores on Sept. 21 via the Motown label.
Tracklisting:
- Perfect Nightmare
- Impossible
- No Gravity
- Take Ova
- Say Hello to Goodbye
- DJ Made Me Do It
- Love Shop
- Helpless
- Kiss You Up
- T-Shirt (Radio Killa remix)
WILL DOWNING – Lust, Love & Lies (An Audio Novel)
He’s known more an a Jazz vocalist, but Will’s first full-fledged R&B release, which is a concept album, comes out Sept. 14 via Peak Records.
Tracklisting:
- Glad I Met You Tonight
- Feelin’ Alright
- Lust at First Sight (conversation)
- Get to Know You
- Tell Me
- Consensual
- Safe in His Arms
- Put Yo Momma on the Phone (conversation)
- Fly Higher
- Saturday
- Guess Who’s Back (conversation)
- Shades
- Extra! Extra! (conversation)
- Libido Interuptus (conversation)
- Do You Know
- You Do U (conversation)
- At This Moment
- I Got You Back (conversation)
- Coulda Been/Should Been
- Deja Vu/Glad I Met You Tonight (conversation)
ELIZABETH WITHERS – No Regrets
Elisabeth’s follow-up to her solid 2007 album It Can Happen to Anyoneis due out Sept. 14 (that sure is a popular date for new albums, ain’t it?) via E1 Music.
Tracklisting:
- Rock and the Raincloud
- I Remember
- Bittersweet (feat. Gordon Chambers)
- I Believe
- Take Me Back
- No Regrets
- Why
- Dream
- Superman
- Because I Love You
- Everything is Gonna Be Alright
JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS – Wake Up!
Wake Up! is a collection of mostly little-known old school Soul songs remade by one of the best singers in R&B today along with one of the best hip-hop acts of all time. It’s due out Sept. 21 via Columbia Records.
Tracklisting:
- Hard Times
- Compared to What
- Wake Up Everybody (feat. Melanie Fiona & Common)
- Our Generation (the Hope of the World)
- Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude)
- Little Ghetto Boy
- Hang on in There
- Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be)
- Wholly Holy
- I Can’t Write Left-Handed
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
- Shine
MARQUES HOUSTON – Mattress Music
The ex-kiddie group member formerly known as “Batman” releases his latest solo project Sept. 14 via Music Works Entertainment.
Tracklisting:
- Mattress Music
- Pullin’ on Her Hair (feat. Rick Ross)
- Kickin’ & Screamin’
- Mess
- Noize
- Swag Sex (feat. Soulja Boy)
- He Ain’t Me
- High Notes
- Ghetto Angel
- Explosion
- Waterfall
DONELL JONES – Lyrics
After a brief hiatus from releasing new material, love master Donell returns with Lyrics on Sept. 28 via the indie 100% Woman label.
Tracklisting:
- The World Is Yours
- Your Place
- Love Like This
- Imagine That
- Back Door
- Blackmail
- All About The Sex
- What’s Next
- You Can Burn
- The Finer Things In Life
- Just A Little
- Oh How I Wonder
