Ne-Yo

CD reviews: Elliott Yamin; Chrisette Michelle

Minneapolis Star Tribune | Mon, May 11

Mon, May 11 MN
Ne-Yo is a sublime classicist and one-man Brill Building, obsessed with structure and melody, anchors that Michele has badly needed. Yet here he has gone astray or become lazy. "Epiphany" is unusually labored. Ne-Yo's primary gift is creating lightness ...

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source: California Chronicle

CA Executive-produced and co-written by Def Jam R&B labelmate Ne-Yo, the album deals with heartbreak and the full range of emotions it entails: from the initial realization on "Epiphany (I'm Leaving)," a sassy breakup song accompanied by spacey ...

Published Tue, May 12

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source: Philadelphia Inquirer

PA A lush, emotion-filled assortment of tracks of the "severed-relationship" variety, Epiphany also includes a shot of R&B testosterone, with tracks written and produced by Ne-Yo, Chuck Harmon, and Rodney Jerkins. The sultry lead single, "Epiphany (I'm ...

Published Sun, May 10