Anticipation II
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{{Infobox album
| name = Anticipation II
| type = mixtape
| artist = Trey Songz
| cover = Trey Songz AnticipationII.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2011|11|1}}
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio = Songbook Studio House, (Miami, Florida)
| genre = {{hlist|Alternative R&B}}
| length =
| label = Atlantic
| producer = Troy Taylor
| prev_title = Passion, Pain & Pleasure
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Inevitable
| next_year = 2011
}}
Anticipation II is a mixtape by American singer Trey Songz, released on November 1, 2011.{{cite web |title=Trey Songz - Anticipation 2 |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/trey-songz-anticipation-2-mixtape.25945.html |website=HotNewHipHop|date=November 2011 }}{{cite web |title=NEW MUSIC: TREY SONGZ – 'ANTICIPATION II' & '#LEMMEHOLDATBEAT2' [MIXTAPES] |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/01/new-music-trey-songz-lemmeholdatbeat2-anticipation-ii-mixtapes/ |website=Rap Up}}
On April 24, 2020, Trey Songz re-released the mixtape on streaming platforms, with the original mixtape in the series Anticipation.{{cite web |title=TREY SONGZ RELEASES 'ANTICIPATION 1 AND 2' MIXTAPES ON STREAMING SERVICES |url=https://hiphop-n-more.com/2020/04/trey-songz-releases-anticipation-1-and-2-mixtapes-on-streaming-services/ |website=HipHop-n-More |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Trey Songz Adds "Anticipation" Mixtapes To Streaming Servies |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/trey-songz-adds-anticipation-mixtapes-to-streaming-servies-news.109116.html |website=HotNewHipHop |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Trey Songz 'Anticipation' & 'Anticipation 2' Mixtapes Land on Streaming Services |url=http://onsmash.com/music/trey-songz-anticipation-1-anticipation-2-mixtapes-land-streaming-services/ |website=OnSmash |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020}}
Background and composition
Songz described the material worked for the mixtape as the most "pure" of his, at the time, recent discography. He stated: "Historically, my mixtapes have served as a creative outlet for me to serve my fans without the pressure of creating records solely for sales, this time around the music came out particularly real and good".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2012/01/03/trey-songz-announces-anticipation-2our/|title = Trey Songz Announces 'Anticipation 2our' with Big Sean}}{{Cite web|url=https://popcrush.com/trey-songz-anticipation-tour-february/|title = Trey Songz Embarking on Anticipation 2our in February| date=4 January 2012 }}
Anticipation II is filled with R&B and alternative R&B slow-jams. The lyrical content is for the vast majority about sex, with a songwriting that has been described as "very sultry" and "explicit".{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/mokelly/trey-songz-talks-anticipation|title=Trey Songz Talks Anticipation 2our and Love of Music in the Mo'Kelly Report}}
During a 2020 interview with Uproxx, when asked about what his best project to date was, the singer said it was Anticipation II, stating: {{cquote|It is one of my truest bodies of work because it was what I wanted to do. In every album, at the end, it was a process where we met with the label, and I would say it was a joint decision that these are the best songs, but those albums wouldn’t be those albums had it been up to me. They would have been different. I feel like the truest albums you’ve gotten from me are albums where there wasn’t any input from anybody else but me and Troy Taylor. That’s what happened with this album.{{cite web | url=https://uproxx.com/music/trey-songz-interview-back-home/ | title=Trey Songz is Bringing Love 'Back Home' to R&B | date=20 October 2020 }}}}
Release and promotion
The mixtape was released on November 1, 2011, along with the hip-hop mixtape #LemmeHolDatBeat2 on the same day.
In 2012, Songz performed the mixtape on stage, supporting it with The Anticipation 2our with 19 shows in North America.{{cite web|url=http://trueexclusives.com/2012/01/07/trey-songz-announces-anticipation-2our-with-big-sean/|title=Trey Songz Announces "Anticipation 2our" with Big Sean|publisher=TrueExclusives.com|date=January 7, 2012| access-date=January 8, 2012}}
In 2020 the project was finally released on all streaming platforms.{{cite web | url=https://ratedrnb.com/2020/04/trey-songzs-anticipation-i-ii-mixtapes-now-available-on-streaming-services/ | title=Trey Songz's 'Anticipation I & II' Mixtapes Now Available on Streaming Services | date=24 April 2020 }}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0003380821|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
AllMusic's writer Andy Kellman gave it four and half out of five stars saying "The R&B singer whispers the most nasty things possible, with impeccable sensual melodies over slow, dark and electronic beats. He overcomes himself on the mesmerizing "Inside Pt 2", using the sound of a woman's orgasm with the same functioning of a guitar solo".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Find a Place
| length1 = 3:56
| title2 = Still Scratchin Me Up
| length2 = 4:40
| title3 = When We Make Love
| length3 = 4:45
| title4 = Me 4 U / Infidelity Pt 2
| length4 = 4:30
| title5 = Don't Judge
| length5 = 3:26
| title6 = Inside Pt 2
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = Good Feelings
| length7 = 3:06
| title8 = Bomb (A.P.)
| length8 = 3:52
| title9 = Flights & Skype
| length9 = 3:56
| title10 = Girl at Home
| length10 = 3:31
| title11 = French Kiss
| length11 = 4:11
| title12 = Girl on Girl
| length12 = 3:49
| title13 = U Should Roll...
| length13 = 4:12
| title14 = Top of the World
| length14 = 4:51
| title15 = She Needs Me
| length15 = 3:20}}
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