02 Feb 2006

Ne-Yo
So Sick

Def Jam

WE SAY

The last time we heard an R&B record that sounded so obviously like a crossover smash, it was Let Me Love You by Mario, and it did indeed turn out to be a smash. We wrote that sentence before we knew that Ne-Yo co- wrote Let Me Love You. He's 22 years old, he looks great, he's obviously a talented writer, and seems destined to have a major worldwide smash for Def Jam (we're assuming LA Reid signed Ne-Yo as this is him all over). This StarGate-produced track is now appearing on Radio 1, Kiss, Capital and other playlists as well as MTV Base and others.

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