Ready is an R&B album that contains influences of hip-hop and pop, with a bit of soul, as much of the get the job done has been in contrast to classic R. Kelly. Tyler Lewis of PopMatters mentioned that Songz continued his custom of inconsistent albums, commenting that the album is best is when it departs from the R. Kelly template. Rolling Stone gave the album 3½ out of five stars and wrote that Songz "can take cues from R. Kelly, slyly mocking the self-parodying excesses of boudoir R&B while providing the utilitarian goods: the luxurious vocal harmonies and sultry beats on which lengthy evenings beneath ceiling mirrors depend". While considering relocating to Next, Naughton was provided a possibility to operate on new technological innovation and as a result the Stealth Project was started. February 16, 2010, and it received usually optimistic evaluations, while reaching at variety forty three on the US Billboard Hot 100, and amount 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, supplying Songz his third consecutive leading five one and fifth leading 10 single from Ready. The music arrived at at quantity 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and it grew to become Songz's to start with variety just one strike on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The tune peaked at 59 on the US Billboard Hot one hundred and variety 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
