![]() The album’s biggest hit, “Miss Independent,” is equally remarkable as a male-sung celebration of women’s power, performed in the impeccably smooth manner that became one of Ne-Yo’s signatures after he made the transition from a writer of other people’s hits (including “Irreplaceable” for Beyoncé) to a star in his own right with his 2006 debut In My Own Words. ![]() ![]() ![]() Released in 2008, the third full-length studio effort by the R&B performer, songwriter, and producer-who was born Shaffer Chimere Smith in Camden, Arkansas, in 1979-demonstrated his mastery when it comes to crafting love songs that are sweet and sincere but never sentimental. Only a singer and writer of Ne-Yo’s suaveness and sensitivity could call an album Year of the Gentleman and mean it.
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