Apart from a little more drama, a notion set with the desperate urgency of opening track "Closer," not much makes Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo's third album in as many years, all that different from In My Own Words or Because of You. If there are any real shake-ups in the songwriter/singer's m.o., they are subtle, not glaring, typically evident only in the production wrinkles brought by his collaborators. Had each album been separated by a few years of inactivity, this lack of change might be an issue, but since breaking out with Mario's "Let Me Love You" in 2004, Ne-Yo has been nothing if not steady and consistent, a constant presence in the R&B chart who probably could not devise a gimmick if his career depended upon it -- unless you hold those natural and often uncanny Michael Jackson vocalisms, as present as ever throughout highlight "Nobody," against him. What makes the album slightly less satisfying than Ne-Yo's first two albums is that the ballads are slightly sappier and overwrought. The odds are in his favor, however, that no one has written a more gorgeous song about slothful self-loathing. That song, "Why Does She Stay," forms the front end of a two-track patch of glorious gloom -- the album's center, both literally and figuratively -- complemented by "Fade into the Background," where he watches the one who got away get married.
I've never been a Ne-Yo fan. In fact, never even listened to his albums. I just found him generally boring. When the opportunity came to listen to this 2008 album and review it, I was happy to try it out since I'd been a hater for so long. I've heard a [...] Related posts:Top 5 Unknown Artists of The Year I sometimes give abnormally high scores to a few records... Dropout Year - On A Ligh...
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Check out this Ne-Yo track, which is off his new "Closer" remix EP, which has five versions of the song on it.
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Ne-Yo “What’s The Matter”FULL, CDQ, Bonus track from the upcoming album, Year Of The Gentleman *Tibs Fav.™Ne-Yo “She Got Her Own (Miss Independent Pt. 2)” f/ Jamie Foxx & FabolousFULL, CDQ, Bonus track from the upcoming album, Year Of The Gentleman *Tibs Fav.™I got tired of posting that Year Of The Gentleman cover, so I [...]
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We have a few new tracks from Ne-Yo's "Year Of The Gentleman" available right now on http://www.iheartmusic.com/cc-common/mfeatures/neyo5OD/
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I've never been a Ne-Yo fan. In fact, never even listened to his albums. I just found him generally boring. When the opportunity came to listen to this 2008 album and review it, I was happy to try it out since I'd been a hater for so long. I've heard a [...] Related posts:Top 5 Unknown Artists of The Year I sometimes give abnormally high scores to a few records... Dropout Year - On A Ligh...
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Singer/songwriter Ne-Yo has already released three successful singles from his Grammy nominated third album Year of the Gentleman and now he’s on to the fourth. He’s chosen the sentimental Part of the List. Ne-Yo reminisces about a lost love and all of the things he’ll miss about her. Tears!Listen to the song here if you [...]
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Ne-Yo turned in such a cool performance on Letterman the other night. He is also trying his hand in the movie business :The singer is set to star in, executive produce and write the soundtrack for Fox Atomic's romantic feature "Venice Beach." "Venice" centers on an 18-year-old Manhattan Beach woman who, after her talented older sister dies in a car accident, represses her own singing talent u...
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| 1 Closer |
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| 2 Nobody |
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| 3 Single |
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| 4 Mad |
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| 5 Miss Independent |
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| 6 Why Does She Stay |
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| 7 Fade into the Background |
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| 8 So You Can Cry |
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| 9 Part of the List |
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| 10 Back to What You Know |
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| 11 Lie to Me |
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| 12 Stop This World |
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