Product Description

Second album from US R'n'B sensation Ne-Yo. Featuring production work from Scandinavian hitmakers Stargate, as well as collaborations with Jay-Z and Jennifer Hudson, the album is an upbeat collection of slick urban gems. Includes the tracks 'Because Of You', 'Do You' and 'Can We Chill'.

Track Listing

1. Because Of You
2. Crazy - Ne-Yo, Jay-Z
3. Can We Chill
4. Do You
5. Addicted
6. Leaving Tonight - Ne-Yo, Jennifer Hudson
7. Ain't Thinking About You
8. Sex With My Ex
9. Angel
10. Make It Work
11. Say It
12. Go On Girl
13. That's What It Does

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1147 in Music
• Released on: 2007-04-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 53 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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 Beyoncé'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

Customer Reviews

Not as good as his debut
As this album is not as i good as his first i am just going 2 tell you what songs are my favourite
Because of you
Crazy
Can we chill
Do you
Addicted
Leaving tonight
Ain't thinking bout you
Sex with my ex
Angel
Make it work
Go on girl
Say it
As you can see most of the songs i like apart from that's what it does. I do really like this album but it is missing a certain something. I can't wait 4 his new album year of the gentleman,i think this album is going to be his best yet. I also felt the same with rihanna's albums, her first album was great but her second one wasn't as good, but her third one was her best. I still feel you need this album in your record collection.

Don't Walk On By
Better late than never sometimes.

This one nearly slipped by me truth be told.

It was a chance hearing of Rihanna's duet (Hate That I Love You)
with this young man which made me sit up and take notice.

'Because Of You' is a joyous little masterclass in what it
remains possible to create within R&B's parameters when a great
young singer-songwriter joins hands with a world-class production team.

Mr Smith and The Carter Administration have every reason to be proud.

The thirteen songs delivered here add up to an almost flawless
lexicon of genre-defining beauty.

Hard to direct you towards highlights with such rich pickings on offer.

Opener 'Because Of You' is a loose-limbed, cute-as-could-be winner.
Killer melody. Killer hook. Killer vocal. Killer harmonies. Got that?!

'Crazy', a limpid, sassy stroll through more strong melodic territory,
neither helped nor hindered by Mr Jay-Z's presence.
The out of kilter pizzicato synth is an absolute hoot !

'Can We Chill', another superb song which had me thinking about Little Stevie.
Mr Smith's high, flexible tenor and juicy falsetto is a rare
and wonderful instrument.

'Do You', brought Mr Wonder to mind once more but trust me that's
no bad thing !

'Addicted', a loping, harder-edged number whose punchy brass arrangement
steers our hero into a somewhat darker landscape.

'Leaving Tonight' brings Mr Smith and Ms Hudson together in a perfect
example of what a great duet can be with ingredients as highly charged
as these. Two wonderful voices. One terrific song. Ecstatic.

The staggering latin rhythms of 'Ain't Thinking About You' form yet
another extraordinary backdrop to further virtuoso vocal fireworks.

'Sex With My Ex' drags us out onto the dancefloor. The slightly
sleazey beats and subject matter shoot a nod and wink towards a
formerly known artist.

'Angel' yet another complexly dreamy vocal delight.

'Make It Work', another classy slice of R&B heaven.

'Say It', a real show-stopper ! Probably the album's
true winner for The Wolf. Mind-Blowing !
If Bach were reborn in Brooklyn he might be writing gems like this !

'Go On Girl', a pretty, heart-on-his-sleeve, mid-tempo beauty.

'That's What It Does', truth be told, is a somewhat lacklustre
makeweight but can be easily forgiven following, as it does,
twelve of the very best songs ever collected together in one album.

Yep. I really do think it's that good.

Following recent disappointments with albums by Mr Usher and Ms Swaray
I was relieved to find R&B alive and well in the tender hands, heart
and voice of this prodigiously talented young man.

Highly Recommended.

Better than the debut! Very good
Ne-Yo's debut album "In My Own Words" was good but not outstanding, he takes it up another level with the 2nd album "Because Of You". It hasn't been the success it should be probably because of the flop single "Do You" but this is a hot album with all 13 tracks being very good!