Because of You (Ne-Yo album)
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| Studio album by Ne-Yo | ||||
| Released | April 25, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–07 | |||
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| Length | 49:57 | |||
| Label | Def Jam, Compound | |||
| Producer | Ron "Neff-U" Feemster, The Heavyweights, Eric Hudson, Jay-Z (exec.), Timothy Bloom, Knobody, Ne-Yo, StarGate, Syience, Shea Taylor | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | B |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Los Angeles Times |  |
| PopMatters |   |
| Robert Christgau |  |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Stylus Magazine | C+ |
| Yahoo! Music UK | |
Because of You is the second studio album by American recording artist Ne-Yo, released on April 25, 2007 by Def Jam Recordings in the United States. It features guest contributions from rapper Jay-Z on "Crazy" and singer Jennifer Hudson on "Leaving Tonight". Because of You debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, selling over 250,000 copies in its first week and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, which makes this Ne-Yo's second number one album, second platinum-selling album, and second top ten album in the United States following In My Own Words in 2006. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 74/100 from Metacritic. It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
The album has drawn mainly positive reviews, with Entertainment Weekly magazine noting, "Indeed, the album is an unmistakable attempt to channel [Michael Jackson's early work such as "Off the Wall"]...and the effort often pays off beautifully...Ne-Yo's lithe falsetto puts the many others who've been labeled Jackson-esque to shame." PopMatters.com called the album "a masterpiece of a record" and praised the title track's blend of "upbeat modern-day funk tempo, beautifully melodic backdrop and love-sick (in a good way) vocals...[it's] the perfect lead single off an album that is filled with number-one hits".Slant Magazine also compared the album's sensual ballads to Janet Jackson.
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