Ne-Yo - Because Of You
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Artist: Ne-YoBrand: NE-YO
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Music Label: Def Jam
Soundtracks:
- Because Of You
- Crazy (feat. JAY-Z)
- Can We Chill
- Do You
- Addicted
- Leaving Tonight (feat. Jennifer Hudson)
- Ain't Thinking About You
- Sex With My Ex
- Angel
- Make It Work
- Say It
- Go On Girl
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Free Music Review: The title may be a "double entendre"
Hit: 4 Stars
Many have said that Ne-Yo's music on this sophomore album sounds similar to that of artists like the late Michael Jackson and Prince, to name a few. Perhaps that was intentional, thus, the title "Because of You." Of course, "Because of You" is the title of one of the selections and that song is a mid-tempo number, apparently paying tribute to the singer's "significant female other". However, one can interpret the song as well as several others as paying homage to those artists that have inspired the singer or served as musical "role models" for his singing and songwriting skills.
Certainly, the songs like "Addicted", "Can We Chill", "Sex with My Ex", and "Crazy", though contemporary with their beats and rhythms, could easily fit on earlier albums by MJ or Prince, and that may have been Ne-Yo's intent.
Even the cover is slightly reminiscent of one of the four version of MJ's last studio recording, "Invincible."
Comparisons put aside, "Because of You" is a solid four-star album, representative of the young musician at his most creative, and is actually better than his follow-up "Year of the Gentleman."
Actual rating: 4.5 stars
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UK pressing of the 2007 sophomore album from this R&B star featuring one bonus track: 'That's What It Does'. Because Of You is the follow-up to his multi-million selling debut album In My Own Words (including the hits 'So Sick' and 'Sexy Love'). Last year, Ne-Yo also proved himself a masterful songwriter, penning such gems as Rihanna's top-ten hit 'Unfaithful', co-writing Beyonce's instant classic 'Irreplaceable' and writing Mario's 'Let Me Love You'. 13 tracks including the first single 'Because Of You'. Def Jam.Kelly Clarkson, kindly step aside: the title "Because of You" now belongs to Ne-Yo, who has done things with it no one with a pair of hands to clap will soon forget. And not just on the phenomenally appealing first single. Throughout Because of You, the sophomore disc by the songwriter responsible for such monster hits as Beyonc?'s "Irreplaceable" and Rihanna's "Unfaithful," a flutter-voiced fluidity--the kind seldom heard since Michael Jackson's Off the Wall days--reigns. Jay-Z makes room to let it rip on "Crazy," and Jennifer Hudson wraps herself around it with restraint on "Leaving Tonight," a lovers' quarrel that could hold its own against anything Marilyn McCoo & Billy David Jr. cared to toss off in their heyday. If it's MJ who's lingered in Ne-Yo's ear longest, Prince hasn't gone silent, either: echoes poke up on the far-out "Sex with My Ex." Elsewhere, shades of contemporaries such as Nelly and Diddy show through. Overall, though, Ne-Yo's flammable hooks, flirty vibe, and flawless vocals reveal an R&B genius in the making. If the talent bar for up-and-comers is set impossibly high in the coming years, chances are it will be all because of him. --Tammy La Gorce
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