Ne-Yo: Because of You

Because of You

Shaffer C. Smith, better known as Ne-Yo, just released his sophomore album, Because of You, this week and this singer/songwriter came back hard. This man has been busy between albums writing hit songs for R&B artist such as Mario, Mary J. Blige, B2K, Faith Evans, Musiq, and his latest song hit “Irreplaceable” written for Beyonce. The one artist Ne-Yo would like to write for and hasn’t gotten the chance to, is Prince.

I must say that this Def Jam artists latest project seems to have a lot of style from the artist formerly known as… and he does his sound mixed with his own very well. The debut single, which is also the title of the album, is called, “Because of You”. It is a nice mix of classic Ne-Yo with new sounding Ne-Yo.

The song is a classic love song, which he is known for. He explains how a girl makes him feel better than anything he has ever felt before. “I know this much is true you’ve become my addiction… I’m so strung out on you” He plays it like she is his drug and he uses the play on words nicely in this top charting song. Check out this future star on YouTube.