Joe Talks New Album, Says Chris Brown is 'One of the Top Performers' Today

R&B singer Joe returns to music with a splash as his ninth studio album, "The Good, The Bad, The Sexy" (Oct. 18) debuts at No. 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Abums chart, selling just under 33,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"The Good, The Bad, The Sexy" showcases Joe's maturity as an artist. "It's just getting more mature," Joe tells Billboard.com's The Juice. "More mature about what I do, how I carry myself and how I approach and look at the music. So it's a lot more fun for me, growing up and learning more, the experience and wisdom that comes along with it."

Not only is the album representative of the singer's personal growth and maturity, but also more mature in terms of content, warranting him to describe it as "more sexually driven" than in the past. "[There's] no holding back," he says.  "[There's] more straight forward lyrics and saying exactly what's on my mind. [I'm] not being too disguising with it; [there's] not too many metaphors."

"The Good, The Bad, The Sexy" earns its title by being a compilation of tracks fitting all of these descriptions. Discussing the songs on the album that fit into the three categories, Joe mentions the track "Slow Kisses" as the good. "It means we don't have to have sex tonight, we could just cuddle and hold each other. It sounds corny to a lot of people but I don't mind doing that with my girl and that's the good."