Album: Ne-Yo - 'R.E.D.'

Starkboy

After giving fans a taste of his fifth studio album, "R.E.D.," with his first single, "Lazy Love,"
Ne-Yo reveals the release date for the full-length opus. "R.E.D." will be released on Sept. 18.

"R.E.D.," an acronym for "Realizing Every Dream", will be Ne-Yo's first release on Motown Records. Earlier this year, he made the move from Island Def Jam to the legendary, rebranded label and named Senior Vice President of A&R.

Here are some of the tracks:
"Should Be You" feat. Fabolous: Ne-Yo croons about the one that got away over Nineties-style production. It's remnisicent of Mary J. Blige's "I Love You," and it features the rapper Fabolous, who delivers clever one-liners about his regrets: "If I had dollar for every should-be/You know how rich I would be?"

"She Is": This record is one that Ne-Yo hopes will earn him stage time at the Country Music Awards. Co-written with Carrie Underwood's go-to collaborator, Luke Laird, the lyrics' mild Nashville nuance actually blend quite seamlessly with the singer's soulful vocals.

"All She Wants" feat. ReVaughn Brown: Ne-Yo gives thanks to a lover for not being a gold-digger over hip-swaying 808s, while newcomer Brown adds airy background notes.

"Slow Down": A sedated number that spotlights Ne-Yo's lithe falsetto, as he urges workaholic twosomes to turn off their iPhones for just one night, or three.

"Stress Reliever": "This is about my favorite sexual position/Let's see if your imaginations can guess it," Ne-Yo prefaces on this ditty that hearkens to R. Kelly and Lil Wayne's lewdest jams (hint: the word "lollipop" makes an appearance.)

"Alone With You": Directly inspired by the Beatles, this balmy track offers the perfect soundscape for an aimless, scenic drive. Bonus: according to Ne-Yo's 18-month-old daughter, Madilyn, it apparently converts into a mute button for bawling infants as well.

SINGLES/VIDEOS

Click the covers to buy !

Tricky

I'm curious how this album will turn out.

How many threads is this album gonna have though? They keep getting closed.

PopBoi

Is let me love you not for the album?

Starkboy

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Originally posted by PopBoi

Is let me love you not for the album?

Yas it is.

isupportCBE

i thought it was pushed back without a date mentioned

Starkboy

Radio Update
Urban
19 +2 NE-YO Lazy Love 1310 +18 103 +1 6.746 +0.134

Radio Adds
Urban
2 NE-YO Lazy Love Motown/IDJMG 55

iTunes
261. Lazy Love - Ne-Yo

Top20 on Urban

umich

wow, he's releasing the same week as Carly and P!nk

humbz

The r&b/dance mix is giving me Looking 4 Myself teas tbqh. That's not bad at all.

rihannasbe$tfrnd

Something about Ne-Yo is so sexy.

If he can come up with more tracks like "Let Me Love You", I'd be here for this album.

TheBronxGirl

I love him but not his new single. He's killing the dancing in the video though.

Tricky

Has the tracklist been released yet?

This has been posted on wiki;

01. Cracks
02. Lazy Love
03. Be the One
04. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)
05. To Whom It May Concern
06. Should Be You (ft. Fabolous)
07. She Is
08. Jealous
09. My Other Gun
10. Slow Down
11. Stress Reliever
12. Unconditional
Deluxe Version
13. Don’t Make ‘Em Like You
14. Argue
15. Reloaded
16. Never Love Again

Don't know how reliable it is.

Also, i can't at people saying he's selling out cause he's released a pop single now. Did they forget about Libra Scale already?
There was just one pop-dance track on it and the rest was pure R&B

JessieJHeartbeat

Miss Swift will be very quite not happy about this.

Rigalo

How unfortunate of him to name his album this.

chilicheese01

I'll be listening.

immusicmad

Lol I'ma be surprised if no got this album already

Tricky

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Originally posted by immusicmad

Lol I'ma be surprised if no got this album already

What's this supposed to mean?

Nait Phoenix

Quote:

Originally posted by JessieJHeartbeat

Miss Swift will be very quite not happy about this.

Ain't like she was the first one to name her album after that color.

Mattyboy

Quote:

Originally posted by Nait Phoenix

Ain't like she was the first one to name her album after that color.

Channel Orange
Pink Friday
The Blueprint

Anyways I wonder why that's why he put the dots.

BlackJesus

Quote:

Originally posted by JessieJHeartbeat

Miss Swift will be very quite not happy about this.

Neyo named his RED first

Achilles.

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Originally posted by Mattyboy

Channel Orange
Pink Friday
The Blueprint

Anyways I wonder why that's why he put the dots.

The dots are there because it's an acronym, as clearly stated in the OP.

And I doubt Taylor cares; neither of them are the first person to name an album Red.