R&B heads, what’s your thoughts on Ne-Yo?

[skillz2]

As a solo artist and songwriter he is much higher than Donell Jones, lol. I can't believe you put him in the same sentence with the guys you listed.

Donell Jones first three albums are pretty solid the second of which Where a Wanna Be is a classic - I don't think NeYo has album as good as that personally. I can see why Donell may look out of place when compared to others I mentioned though but I do think he's a little underrated. I probably should have included Usher instead although he's not a prolific song writer, or producer. Despite this I still rate Usher far higher than NeYo.

 

[BlackMajik]

His debut "In my Own Words" is a Classic to me

 

[DaRealness]

 

[DapMeUp!]

Had a great 3 album run...then he kinda faded into the background....Pun intended

 

[H. Selassie]

As a solo artist and songwriter he is much higher than Donell Jones, lol. I can't believe you put him in the same sentence with the guys you listed.

Where I Wanna Be album>>> Ne-Yo’s existence INCLUDING the hits he’s written for others.

 

[GetSomeMoney]

Where I Wanna Be album>>> Ne-Yo’s existence INCLUDING the hits he’s written for others.

Look, I like Donnell Jones more as a solo artist than Ne-Yo but I am not going to take what I personally feel and ignore the success Ne-Yo has when compared to Donnell. Ne-Yo has more top 10 singles and has sold more albums and singles and that is just as a solo artist. Ne-Yo is a much bigger artist.

 

[Don Homer]

first two albums were peak ne-yo. after that, it's all blah

wrote a lot of hits tho

 

[Big Boss]

Does Neyo have a classic album??

 

[Sbp]

Good not great. Like everyone else said he hot the scene when RnB was on it's downturn so he was successful by default. Not his fault but it is what it is.

 

[Sbp]

Does Neyo have a classic album??

No. We've gotten really lenient with the term classic over the years. The majority of music people like to label classics don't have no business being considered as such.

 

[Deadman187]

Not a big fan. Always thought his music was kinda corny

 

[Sbp]

Not a big fan. Always thought his music was kinda corny

Well he's a corny dude. But to his credit he does have some good songs. Most have been posted. His best joint to me was the She got her own remix, he let Foxx outshine him on that one though.

 

[Taadow]

1.)Where do you rank him among the best RnB artists if the 21st century and all time?

2.)Do you think he has a classic album or nah?

1. I consider Ne-Yo a Pop Artist.
He writes poppy songs for the masses. That is a talent that I won’t deny.
But I don’t consider him R&B…(*goes there*) It’s only R&B because he is Black. You give his songs to Justin Timberlake
and you would think they were from Max Martin. Again, that is not a diss. I put Ne-Yo in the same group with Akon, Jason DeRulo,
T-Pain, Sean Kingston…people like that.

1B. …like, if this was the 80s he woulda been a guy like Bobby Nunn: a great pen who should’ve stayed a pen and not been a face.
He should be Darryl Simmons, Johnta Austin, or Sean Garrett - just write the hits, sell em to whoever and get stanky rich. But L.A. and
Jiggermayne H. Holla were smart enough to exploit his need for spotlight and make him a legacy artist.

2. In My Own Words and Year Of The Gentleman are classics, even if I’m not crazy about them. The people have spoken.