Since the actor/singer's 1998 breakthrough, “Sweet Lady”, Tyrese has sung to only one muse. An adherent to contemporary R&B's creamy textures, he's a master of ceremonious serenades, vowing connubial intentions amid the downtempo sway of “What Am I Gonna Do”, propositioning raunch on “Signs of Love Makin'” and crooning regretfully in the piano ballad “Stay”. But Tyrese sounds most at ease when he's avoiding pathos completely, as in the guitar-jingling swagger of “I Like Them Girls” or the neo-gospel penitence of “Shame”.