Grammy-winning R&B crooner Ne-Yo is running on a pair of projects, including a new solo album and a collaborative LP with rapper Fabolous.
The singer/songwriter`s fourth album, Libra Scale, wasonly released last November, but during NBA All-Star Weekend he told MTVNews that since some fans may not have gravitated to the project likehis past work, he`s already back on the grind.
"I`m actually running on a new album as we speak," Ne-Yo revealed. "Libra Scale was a project, it was an experiment. The mass that got it, got it.The multitude that didn`t, it`s all good. I got a little cool for the room,I see that. But this next album is more about just listening tothe music, vibing out, determine your own adventure, back to what it is Inormally do. Be looking for that around September."
Ne-Yo`s standards are high, considering Libra Scale debuted at #9 on the Billboard albums chart and got favorable reviews in the press. The singer performed a pastiche of songs from the LP at the 2010 American Music Awards. But the album didn`t fit the commercial success of its predecessor, Year of the Gentleman, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 when it was released in 2008, selling about 250,000 copies its first week in stores.
Ne-Yo`s upcoming project is still untitled, as is a planned jointproject with Brooklyn rapper Fabolous. The Def Jam labelmates haveworked together before, with Ne-Yo lending his vocals to Fabolous` 2007hit single "Hit Me Better," both artists appearing on Jamie Foxx`s "SheGot Her Own" the next year and Fab giving a rhyme to Ne-Yo`s"Crazy Love," from Libra.
"We have been talk about getting in, trying to do variety of a Best of Both Worlds-typevibe situation," Ne-Yo said, referring to 2002′s joint album from Jay-Zand R. Kelly. "It`s just something about his part and my voice thatmakes sense together. We been kicking ideas around and I can`t sayexactly when to search for it, but definitely looking for it. Keep your eyespeeled, we`ll be out there."
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