BECAUSE OF YOU ~ Ne-Yo
Spurred on by the ridiculously infectious single “Because of You” (and the relatively low low price of €16.99 :P ), I decided to give Ne-Yos second album a whirl. I was pleasantly surprised by just how good it was! I was expecting a poor attempt at heavy thug-sounding hip-hop (Marques Houston, I’m looking in your direction!), but what I got was R&B-lite, more or less verging on Pop.
Considering how he’s currently writing songs for almost every artist on the planet, I was worried I’d quickly bore of his trademark sound, but he manages to avoiding sounding too generic. On some tracks there’s echoes of Michael Jackson while on others he tries to sex things up a bit, at times channelling that pervy purple master of funk, Prince (or a PG version of him at least :P ).
He has a few collaborators on the album, but the one that really stands out is Jennifer Hudson, who duets with him on the track “Leaving Tonight”. Despite having a massive voice, she doesn’t overshadow Ne-Yo and the two compliment each other surprisingly well.
While his first single is still getting huge airplay on the radio, his follow-up “Do You” performed disastrously in the charts here, failing to even break the top 40, which is criminal! Though its not as instantly catchy as the first single, its still a very strong song and deserved to do much much better (even if the accompanying video is a snooze fest).
Not revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination, “Because of You” is still a nice lil slice of pop nonetheless :D
Standout Tracks:
- Because of You
- Do You
- Leaving Tonight
- Sex With My Ex
- Go On Girl
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