| Anticipation II | |
| Type: | mixtape |
| Artist: | Trey Songz |
| Cover: | Trey Songz AnticipationII.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2011 |
| Studio: | Songbook Studio House, (Miami, Florida) |
| Label: | Atlantic Records |
| 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.[1] [2]
On April 24, 2020, Trey Songz re-released the mixtape on streaming platforms, with the original mixtape in the series Anticipation.[3] [4] [5]
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".[6] [7]
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".[6] [8]
During a 2020 interview with Uproxx, when asked about what his best project to date was, the singer said it was Anticipation II, stating:
The mixtape was released on November 1, 2011, along with the hip-hop mixtape #LemmeHolDatBeat2 on the same day.[6]
In 2012, Songz performed the mixtape on stage, supporting it with The Anticipation 2our with 19 shows in North America.[9]
In 2020 the project was finally released on all streaming platforms.[10]
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".