At 24, Ne-Yo is only slightly older than most of today’s interchangeable postpubescent R&B beefcake, but his songwriting and producing chops are already honed enough to push him beyond peers like hot-stepping but squeaky-voiced Chris Brown and the dancing-marionette erections of Pretty Ricky. (Ne-Yo penned Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable,” for instance, which would earn him a line […]
