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Trey Songz got a nice style and can really sing but he’s nowhere near R. Kelly’s level.

I agree with you Arrielle2007. Trey Songz status is nowhere near R. Kelly’s status. I think this is just a publicity stunt, his album is out now and he is just trying to get more record sales. He has not written countless hits for other artist like R. Kelly has. He has not been in the game for 15 years like R. Kelly has. Trey Songz just need to stop hatin and get his own style. He heard a nerve to say that when R. Kelly first dropped he looked and sound like Aaron Hall but when Trey Song dropped he looked and sound like R. Kelly (sounds like the pot calling the kettle black)

Pass what Torch?

Is R-Kelly preventing Tray from eating, NO. This fool Tray better start putting out a string of hit songs and records like R-kelly did for the past 15 years instead of being a dyck rider.

this type of stuff makes me sick. Don’t EVER compare anyone in RnB today to R. Kelly. Trey doesn’t have a single hit to his name and he’s never even gone gold. Boy I tell u if stupid idiotic stuff like this is put in magazines music will die quicker than I thought. All he does is copy R. kelly. had he never made that diss to get attention there would be no attention to this fake wannabe.

smh…

Damn such harsh words for Trey> I wudnt say dat he is a biter… ive neva really compared da two… hopefully doesnt piss on a lil girl lol

Damn such harsh words for Trey… I wudnt say dat he is a biter… ive neva really compared da two… hopefully doesnt piss on a lil girl lol

LOL at TRey Songz!! WTF is this n!gga smokin? And why is Giant even buying into this fake a$$ beef. Songz can’t even hold one of Kells nuts. The only other RnB artist that can even compete with Kells is Usher.

R Kelly an Trey Songz there is no comparison. What so ever! R Kelly will always be my Niggas, it is what is. FACT still remains R Kelly is a award winning artist an producer.The Haters need to stop.Step up to the plate an work even harder to make you own money, fame.Trey Songz is talented but not like R Kelly.Now if you want to compare Trey to someone now my opinionis, Chris Brown, Omarion,Marcus Houston,now there you go little boy singers.Now you can compare.Peace Out!

Personally I feel that Trey is very talented and is on the come up as his own artist. People need to do their research and realize Trey has been writing hits for people for years too. Not as long as Kelly but hey, you gotta start out somewhere. Trey is a very skilled writer that doesn’t get much recognition for his work, but I must say, he is the closest in the genre to be able to hold the torch.

LIKE FAREAL… TREY SONGZ HE GOES HARD… THAS NO LIE… HIS SONGS ARE HOT… HE’S FINE… HIS STYLE, HIS WHOLE LOOK IS HOT… BUT…WE ALL KNOW R.KELLY IS THE KING OF THIS SHYT! AND NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE… IF HE MAKES A HIT NIGGAS IS GONE LISTEN…TREY SONGZ CAN’T SAY THE SAME… NOT YET… GIVE EM LIKE 5 YEARS THOUGH… HE MIGHT MASTER THIS SHYT… BUT HE GONE HAVE TO GRIND HARD TO EVEN STAND ON THE SAME LEVEL AS R.KELLY… CAUSE AS LONG AS I’VE BEEN ALIVE R.KELLY HAS BEEN THE SHYT!!!!! WHETHER HE PISSED ON THAT GIRL OR NOT…LOL

okay,..I think I have spotted some haters!!Its not right to compare My hubby (Trey Songz)to R.kelly because he’s got more time in the game but dont never sleep Trey Songz go HARD!(Niggas be sleep),Honestly R.kelly is a wonderful artist but live in reality people he gettin older so at some point he will have to pass the Tourch and yes weather he wants to or not TREY GONE GET IT. So stop hatin and get READY people A new champ is here…and so long as they dont take this sh!t to fare I see them two workin on a song togther in the future so be listen out for it kuz ya’ll know its gone be HOT!!!

I GIVE TREY SONGS PROPS ON HIS TALENT HE DOES HAVE THAT MUCH ALONG WIT THE FREAK SIDE BUT, WHEN IT C**S 2 R-KELLS BABY BOY U BETTA STAY ON THE PORCH..CAUSE HE IS WERE THE BIG NI$$A’S PLAY & U WAY OUT OF YA LEAGUE WHEN IT C**S 2 KELLS BABY BOY..AARIELLE,TOMECAETC,SENOR ALL SAID IT THE BEST & THE REST OF THIS WALL WHEN R-KELLS C** HE C**S HIT AFTER HIT AFTER HIT.U HAVENT EVEN NIPPED THAT N THE BUD BABY R-KELLS WILL STRETCH U OUT ON A STRETCHER…AARON HALL HAD HIS OWN SWAG & HAVE U HEARD OF HIM WHEN HE WAS WIT GUY PIECE OF MY LUV THEY WERE USING AUTO TUNES BACK THEN BRAH..WHEN R-KELL CAME OUT WIT HIS HONEY LUV,12 PLAY,HE DIDNT USE AUTO TUNES SON HE WENT TRIPLE,DOUBLE PLATINUM N NO TIME STEP YA GAME UP BABY & BATTLE SUM 1 LIKE MARCUS HOUSTON,PLEASURE P,OR SPARKLES BUT,NEVA THE MAN CAUSE U WILL NOT WIN THIS 1..WE LIKE U BUT DONT MAKE PPL LOOK @ U AS C**KY,ARROGANT & FULL OF YOURSELF…R-KELLS DIDNT DO THAT 2 SELL NO RECORDS BABY HE DID AUTO TUNES 15YRS LATER..KELLS CAN TAKE A BREAK & C** BACK 20 YRS LATER & STILL TAP DAT AZZ..HE IS A POET SONG WRITTER NOT A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK…LOL! ! STAY N YOUR LEAGUE TREY I APPLAUD U 4 WANTING KELLS 2 PAST THE TORCH ON BUT WHEN GREATNESS RETIRE THEN MAYB U CAN GET IT BUT, WE STILL HAVE GREATNESS WALKIN FROM RON ISLEY,EDDIE LEVERT,AARON HALL,CHARLIE WILSON THOSE R GREATS STILL DOIN THEIR THING U HAVENT DONE A SONG WITH NEITHER OF THEM KELLS HAVE GO BACK N 2 THE LAB & WORK SUM MORE…WE LIKE YOUR MUZIK & SUM LUV YOUR MUZIK BUT, WE WILL LUV KELLS 2 DIZ MAN DIES & SUM & @ 40 HE STILL LOOKIN GUD….BUT GUD LUCK ON TRYING 2 MAKE THIZ FLY WIT THE PPL WHO LISTEN 2 R-KELLS & U!!!!!

Shame on Shamika Sanders for writing this article. She has a black name. Is she out of touch with R&B music or something? I agree with everyone else. Trey is not even in the same league. Nuff said

KELLS SHOULDNT EVEN RESPOND PLAY ALL OF TREY SONGS & 1 OF R-KELLS 12 PLAYS MATTER OF FACT C WHO THE PPL CHOOSE HIS AZZ IS WHIPPED N THE 1ST ROUND….R-KELLS DONT EVEN HAVE 2 DIGNAFY THIZ WIT A RESPONSE…LIL MAN TRYING 2 BEOME THE NEXT BIG MAN….LOL…

I Gotta Crack Killz… Because if this nigga Gay-sonz think he f**king with Kelly Thats must be some of the Chi-City Crack he smoking …i tell you niggaz come across the right song writers and they have they ass gased to think some wild s**t some body need to kick his ass … i guess he really couldnt help but wait huh…. how the H*ll you think you messing with Kelly when you trying to be him …. you new ablum ready sound like some tracks Kelly gave you … then you say Kelly trying to be Dream but Dream say his self he wanna be like Kelly … did he listen to Dream Ablum He got a song Doing it to Kelly’s 12play wtf… i could see if you had nice ablums under your belt but ready is the best cd you ever put out and you 3albums in … dude you are gonna be nothing but another Nate Dogg so stick to doing Hooks for Rappers And Stay Off Kelly Dick…

kellz is a damn legend with multiple platinum albums!!! trey does’nt even have 1 classic to his name, so im sorry but kellz is the no brainer on this one! i dont event know anybody with a trey songs album!!! everybodys got a kellz album or bootleg or something, if not multiple albums lol.

Can I PLEASE sum this up: R-Kelly wrote a song for MICHAEL JACKSON and that mug went multi-platinum…Gay Songz can’t even write a silver album of his own! Smh! And I HOPE I don’t see anyone else talkin’ about “hatin’” on Gay Songz, because he is nothin to hate on…you gotta get past Ne-yo before you can even dream of competing against R-Kelly! And even NE-YO can touch R-Kelly! So get real!

INSTEAD OF BEEFING WITH R KELLY TREY NEED TO GET R KELLY TO WRITE HIM A SONG DUDE IS GOOD BUT HE NEEDS BETTER WRITERS ON HIS TEAM GO GET DREAM NE-YO MISS KERI BABY OR JUST DO A SONG WITH LIL WAYNE HES HELPING WACK ARTIST THESE DAYS LOOK AT DRAKE

I think its time for R. Kelly to rest……….he had some hits I admit that but to go back through the whole story he first jacked his style from Aaron Hall from GUY….now Trey Songz has come along and he can sang! Not Sing but SANG! and is doing what Kellz once did so its time to pass the torch!

Some people must didnt hear the interview about why Songz dissed kelz the way he did. He just said he wanted the “Ol R. Kelly Back” and not the autotune R Kelly (He did come out with a mixtape with a tonnnn of Autotune. Trey Songz got a ways to go to take the torch from R Kelly but his last 3 albums have been Solid, u people better go cop Ready…Itz Fiyah. I think R Kelly is definitely back with that new single Number One with Keri Hilson. That song is hotttttt. Having both of these guys in the game helps R & B a lot tho. Peace

Trey Songs is a cool artist, but whenever R.Kelly does decide to pass the torch, I don’t think it would be to him. Then again you never know.

TREY HAS SOME BALLS…GIVE HIM THAT…BUT R KELLY..TOO MANY BABIES WERE MADE TO HIS MUSIC….TREY NEED TO TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM THE REAL R&B KING….TREY IS NOT READY FOR THE TORCH YET…R KELLY STILL HAS SOME HITS IN HIM…TREY ..I GIVE HIM PROPS….I KNOW THAT HE’S GOING TO BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME-NO DOUBT…BUT YOU HAVE TO RESPECT R-KELLY’S S**T….ORIGINAL DUDE R KELLY IS…

I would say it def is time for kellz to pass the torch, no doubt that he is the king but his reign is over, he has HAD countless hits but I personally heard any gotta have songs from R. Kelly in a minute, but all the while Trey has been coming up and has put out countless hot songz for the free in the past year and has hits on his new cd.

There is no need to have the torch passed b/c Trey Songz is the SHYT by default R kelly lost all Credibility after we found out all his bump and grind songs were really about 14 YEAR OLD GIRLS!!! f**kin PEDOPHILE

R. Kelly can sing about having sex with a potato and people will buy it and say he’s the best!! Okay I admit R. Kelly can produce good songs great singer, but umm he needs to hang that s**t up.I like the OLD R. Kelly (12 Play, R. Kelly, R) If I hear another stupid song about: Sex in the Kitchen, Sex that we’re having, Sex on a bus, Sex in your eye, come out of his mouth I will scream ( not in a good way ) LOL!! He sounds ridiculous.
Tre Songz?? I love his music its nice. ( Gotta Go is my favorite) LOL smiley face I havent heard it yet.

LOL whothe F%&K wrote this article??

R. Kelly can sing about having sex with a potato and people will buy it and say he’s the best!! Okay I admit R. Kelly can produce good songs great singer, but umm he needs to hang that s**t up. I like the OLD R. Kelly (12 Play, R. Kelly, R) If I hear another stupid song about: Sex in the Kitchen, Sex that we’re having, Sex on a bus, Sex in your eye, come out of his mouth I will scream ( not in a good way ) LOL!! He sounds ridiculous.
Tre Songz?? I love his music its nice. ( Gotta Go is my favorite) LOL smiley face I havent heard it yet. But who in the hell compared these 2 anyway??

d*mn…i gotta rep for trey on this…cuz he is from my hometown (petersburg va!! lol). but i have always loved r kelly. he still is doin his thang. no one can compare…not even trey. but i dont get why people are even tryin to compare him to r kelly, just because he said he wants the old r kelly back. its not like trey said he thinks he is better than r kelly. i have heard alot of trey’s more underground stuff, even more underground than his mixtapes and he is hot…he has like this more street r&b style, which i love. sometimes his remake of songs are better than the original. dont base your opinion of trey on the singles he comes out with. he is alot more than that. but why does a torch have to be passed in the first place? how about everyone just make great music and stop tryna bring each other down…always room for good music

trey is wet behind the ears flyin off at the mouf… he may be ‘OK’ but to come at a vet in the game who accomplished more is just assannine..thas like lebron coming at kobe ..i mean lebron knows he’s good but he’d never disrespect kobe game because he aint accomplished shyt…no rings….get some more hits under ya belt trey then talk shiiit youngin….oh yeah who the fukk wrote this article talkin about kells started out with braids? wtf??? kells started out late 80′s not a braid in sight..

They both started out with braids then cut their hair? That’s untrue. R. Kelly started out bald when he hit the scene as a solo artist. He was bald when 12-play came out. He didn’t grow his hair back until around 1999-2000. This shows how these writers just make up stuff to make a story.

REPRESENT IN THE CHI TREY SONGZ IS NOT EVEN KELS MINI ME!!! OMG I LOVE YOU KELS AND IF ALL YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THERE IS NOOOOOOOOOO TREYZ CD YOU CAN PUT IN A BE LIKE THAT NIGGA IS THE SHYT!!!!! BUT IF YALL HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT KIND OF MUSIC KELS DELIVERS GO PUT IN TP2.COM AND GET A REALITY CHECK!!! LOVE YOU KELLY!!!!

how can one person bring bak a whole genre of music?…unless ur sayin hes the prototype of r&b (which he is not but he is a good artist) and he gets a whole bunch of followers in r&b…but wat do i think? i think r&b is pretty much doomed just like the rap game is

There is no COMPETITION between Trey Songz and the GREAT R.Kelly, are you kidding me? who be writing this dumb articles……….he/she needs to be fired

Trey songz is not even on Kellz Level.. If he`s gonna pass the torch to anyone.. It should be Ne-Yo.. remember it was Ne-Yo that Kellz kicked off the tour.. Bcuz Ne-Yo Performed right b4 R Kelly.. & he Had the woman in the audience Screaming & hollering b4 Kellz even hit the stage.. Kellz did not like this.. Now Who else has ever been on tour with Kelly & had the ladies panties wet b4 kellz even got on stage…… Nobody but Ne-Yo!Kellz did not like this at all.. So he did not want too much comp on his tour!

Pass what torch? Whether you like him or not R Kelly is going to be considered one of the greatest R&B singers of all time. What has Trey Songz done? I can’t tell you the name of any of his songs. When his career is over he will be forgotten. I am not ripping him. He is doing what he does. He just isn’t in R Kelly’s league.

R Kelly is a chicken hawk. So let’s hope that Trey Songz doesn’t follow in his footsteps. Talent don’t mean shat when you have sex with children.

Whoever wrote this article is a dumb@ss.. R-Kelly has been on the scene way longer than 15 years… R-Kelly started out with the bald head 1st and what the f@ck has Trey Songs done in the music game? What has he sold? When have you heard people saying oh $hit let me get that new Trey Songs.. lmao

I been a fan of Kells since 91 and aint stopped regardless of the personal issues. Aint no way Songz is on the same level, though I like Songz as an artist BECAUSE he said himself all he listened to was R.kELLY coming up and was the main source of inspiration. Judging by his style anyway. Kells wrote “Grub On” on Songz last album. It was tight and I still play it. I could do w/o the diss to Kells, but on the other hand, I probably understand the reason why he did what he did, tell me if you agree. He did it as a weird compliment. To get Kells to come back out for Songz to be inspired. I dont even think he really wanted to do it. He couldve chose anybody else in R&B. So I didnt take it as a diss but inspiration and to get Kells back out. tO BE CHALLENGED. Who else but go for the King himself right. But if you a R.Kelly fan, he aint neva left. He got more songs nobody has even ever heard and I got damn near 200 songs so he untouchable in my opinion. I cant wait to Kells album in October and wouldnt mind hearing Songz album either. South side all day, CHI-TOWN!

I mean r they serious?? R.Kelly is in a class to his self, there will never be another so why compare, just let trey songz stay in his own catigory or make his own but dnt try and put him up there with kellz..trey songz got a long way to go b4 he get to R.Kelly’s level

Kellz is the shyt. Through everything his songs be so fire and explain and you feel. But Trey’s dis-track was better. Kellz kept repeating himself too much. But Robert is the man!!!

trey go 2 hard . r kelly been here 4 a long time. but trey i5 betta r kelly trying to be thug out of no where 5onz been on that 5hit and that 5low jam . r need 2 5tay with the 5low but kelly i5 the king of R&b . me my5elf f**k with 5ongz allday

How is this even a debate. Just cause trey jacked kellz for his style put a little spin on it, he deserves to be his competition. That is some certified bull-o-nie i cant even believe folks is hyped up off trey like that.

First and foremost,do you know how long KELS has been in the game????? He has a following fan base do to the fact majority of us have grown with his music,lived lives and produced kids off 90% of his stuff. When you pose a question like this,think about it long and hard. I don’t take anything away from Trey being a good singer and performer,HOWEVER………..HE IS NO R. KELLY. he has allowed us to grow with him musically,and Trey ,although off to a good start,has a ways to go to even step into the ranks with R. Kelly. Maybe if you pose this question to a younger crowd you may get a different response,but I’m sure the grown people who have read this feel the same way.

There’s no way that Songz is ready to fill those shoes. Let’s be real Kellz is a producing power house! Songz is good at what he do and eventually with time and maybe help from Kellz he’ll wear his own crown but for now I’m happy just looking at his beautiful body and appreciating what he do!

Trey songz trying to diss rkelly,this is a pointless beef!

how are you gonna compare trey songz to kels.that’s like comparing souja boy to tupac.i like trey’z music and all but he’s nowhere near kels status.you must take notice that kels is a producer,songwriter as well a singer that’s sold platimum albums consistantly .until trey does that,he’ll definitely get my vote.

I don’t even know why RKELLz is addressing Trey..It’s a publicity stunt to try to get attn to an artist’s upcoming album..That works for rappers,not R&B singers..On CATALOG alone Kellz destroys Trey..Kellz ‘LIGHT IT UP TOUR’ is an example of how this dude has so many songs that it’s impossible to sing them all in one concert!The ONLY artists who can come close to Kellz catalog is Usher, Prince, & Maxwell….

nobody can be stealing R. kelly’s style. R. Kelly stole his style from Aaron hall, who got it from Charlie Wilson. You dont see charlie dissing people or pointing fingures though, because he is a class act, and he knows how to keep himself current by making good music. Why hate on somebody that was playing your songs when they were in elementary school, Kells?

I think there is no competition as well R Kelly shouldn’t even beef with these new and so called improved singers who want to take his place Trey enjoy your success and stay in your place you know you were R Kellys fan long before you even got into the business so don’t beef nor hate just enjoy it.

PASS THE TORCH? Are you serious? Is this even a serious article? Im not hating on Trey Songz……but come on guy….you are comparing him to R.Kelly? There is no way in hell these two compare to each other. Trey better pray that he can taste the music career of Kelly, not his lifestyle apparently!!!

No need to pass the torch! I’d say there is a enough room for them both. There is no comparison…two seperate artist/talents. However, Kelly is King of R&B as far as I am concerned. He has certainly paid his dues and I am sure that Trey Songz respects that. We (blacks) need to stop “pitting” people against one another–not a good look! I likem both..do your thang fellas :).

for the idiot who posted this blog. R. Kelly started out bald when he first appeared on the scene with public announcement with their debut album Born into the 90′s. His style was similar to that of Aaron Hall’s from guy. Secondly there is no comparison to R. Kelly who is the closest thing to Marvin Gaye our generation has and will see. (Except for the legal matters of course. No disrespect to Trey Songz who is an upcoming star but he lacks the vocal, writing, or producing ability of R. Kelly and probably wont ever top it in his career. the Kid just started he only has like two albums to his name. Where is the comparison? He is not even on the level of Joe, Tyrese, Ginuwine, Avant, or Usher and they aint got nothin on Kells. And Im fans of all of those guys. He has the nerve to beef with the King of R&B- that dude needs to check Kelly’s track record before he steps up to the plate. I wish Trey Songz all the best in his career, but Seriously people come on. This is not even a debate. Let that boy breathe.

Trey Songz is hott “RIGHT NOW” but will he bwe 15 years from now??? I like both of these artist and think that there is no SIGNIFICANT comparison between the two. With that being said, there will be no “passing of the torch”. Love em or hate em….R. Kelly is a Musical Genius. Hands down brother earns the crown as King of R&B. Trey Songz should respect that and keep perfecting his talent. If he is blessed he will make it to R. Kelly’s status.

R. Kelly will be holding the torch for awhile longer. I honestly think in like 5 to 10 years Trey could get that torch. Only if he stays hungry enough and keeps pushing and making hella hits after hits. I don’t think Trey was saying he deserves the torch now but just that he was coming after it. Everyone’s jumping to conclusions and Trey did recognize Kells as a legend. Trey does have the look but has a long way to go for the complete package. I will continue to be a fan of both no doubt!!!!!!

plus Trey songz sounds like crap live. He sounds like someone is punching in the stomach everytime he sings a note. He has the nerve to talk about auto tunes his whole studio recording is computer and digital edited. That dude is Doo Doo. Respect your elders. R. Kelly can buy his career

Trey Songz has put out 3 albums and I’ve still never heard of him. Nuff said.

R Kelly is in a league of his own. He is a musical genius and is hands down the King of R&B. Trey Songz need to put in more work and even then will never be on Kells level.