His proper debut, the accomplished and promising I Gotta Make It, was released by Atlantic in July 2005.
As he was working on his debut album - not to mention several collaborations with Lil' Kim, Trina, and Snoop Dogg - Trey Songz released some street-level mixtapes under his alias, the Prince of Virginia. Soon, the singer was appearing on Kevin Lyttle's debut album and Trick Daddy's Thug Matrimony as a sideman, as well as striking out on his own with 'About the Game,' a solo cut from the Coach Carter soundtrack. Taylor encouraged Trey to finish high school first, and then they could talk about a possible music career.Trey received his diploma and immediately moved to New Jersey to work with Taylor. Trey did just that, and after winning numerous talent shows in his native Petersburg, Virginia, the 15-year-old singer met Troy Taylor, who had worked behind the scenes with such artists as Patti LaBelle, SWV, and B2K. When his friends heard his perfect tenor voice, however, they pushed him to drop rap and start crooning. Blige, Toni Braxton, and Diddy, and was nominated for a handful of Grammy awards.While growing up, Tremaine Aldon Neverson loved hip-hop, but the only R&B he could get into was by R. Kelly, was sought out by A-list R&B and rap artists such as Scarface, Bun B, Mary J. He collaborated with primary inspiration R. During that time, he was one of the few R&B artists to sustain mainstream status. Within the first decade of his career, he released five albums that peaked within the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart, as well as 15 solo singles that hit the Top Ten of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. Contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Trey Songz debuted in 2005 and swiftly followed through on the creative and commercial promise of his first album, I Gotta Make It.