2022 studio album by Ne-Yo
Self Explanatory Studio album byReleased July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15 ) Genre R&B Length 41 :24 Label Producer The Aristocrats Cardiak DeCarlo Digi Don Mills Drew Banga Ebenezer FrankieOnTheGuitar Hitmaka Julia Lewis Magnus Klausen Mally Mall Paul Cabbin Remo Retro Future RoccStar Ne-Yo chronologyAnother Kind of Christmas (2019)Self Explanatory (2022)
Singles from Self Explanatory "U 2 Luv " Released: May 29, 2020"What If" Released: September 24, 2021"Stay Down" Released: December 17, 2021"Don't Love Me" Released: April 14, 2022"You Got the Body" Released: June 17, 2022
Self Explanatory is the eighthstudio album by American singerNe-Yo . It was released by Compound Entertainment andMotown on July 15, 2022.[ 1]
Self Explanatory debuted at number 184 on the USBillboard 200 , marking his lowest charting album in the country.[ 2]
Andy Kellman ofAllMusic gaveSelf Explanatory three and a half stars out of five and called it Ne-Yo's "most biographical album yet."[ 3] Ammar Kalia fromThe Guardian remarked that "strong vocals and head-nodding moments aside, the R&B singer-songwriter's latest record falls short of his career highs." He found that "the pleasant nostalgia of [the] highlights isn't enough to carry the record as a whole: tracks such as "Proud of You," "Call Me Up" and "No Loot" play as mid-tempo filler."[ 4]
Self Explanatory debuted at number 184 on the USBillboard 200 in the week ending July 30, 2022.[ 2] This marks Ne-Yo's lowest-charting album; his 2019Christmas album Another Kind of Christmas failed to chart.[ 2] OnBillboard ' s component charts, the album also entered theCurrent Album Sales at number 59.[ 5]
Self Explanatory track listingNo. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Layin' Low" (featuring Zae France) Shaffer Smith Aquil Jackson Avery Segers Calvin Hay Remo Green Xavier France Anthony Nixon Remo 3:01 2. "You Got the Body" 2:56 3. "After Party" 3:15 4. "Handle Me Gently" Smith Crowe Jamil George Chammas John Perkins Digi 3:01 5. "Don't Love Me" Mally Mall 2:47 6. "U 2 Luv " (featuringJeremih ) 3:28 7. "Push Up" (featuringTrippie Redd ) FrankieOnTheGuitar 2:29 8. "Proud of You" Remo 3:31 9. "Call Me Up" Smith Hay Ebenezer Fabiyi Magnus Klausen 3:17 10. "What If" 3:43 11. "Want It All or Nothing" 3:23 12. "No Loot" Smith Green Crowe Hay Jackson Segers Nixon Remo 2:43 13. "Stay Down" (featuringYung Bleu ) Smith Rashid Andrew Laquan Arnett Benjamin Falik Drew Banga Julia Lewis Mally Mall 3:50 Total length: 41:24
Musicians
Ne-Yo – vocalsZae France – vocals (track 1) RoccStar –programming (2)Cardiak – programming (2) Hitmaka – programming (2)Paul Cabbin – programming (2) Retro Future – programming (6) Jeremih – vocals (6)Trippie Redd – rap vocals (7)Ebenezer – programming (9, 10) Magnus Klausen – programming (9, 10) Curtis "Sauce" Wilson – vocal programming (9, 10) Yung Bleu – rap vocals (13)Technical
Gene Grimaldi –mastering (1, 2, 4–13) Kevin "KD" Davis –mixing (1, 2, 4–13) Jaycen Joshua – mastering, mixing (3)Curtis "Sauce" Wilson –engineering , vocal production DJ Riggins – mixing assistance (3) Jacob Richards – mixing assistance (3) Mike Seaberg – mixing assistance (3) Chart performance forSelf Explanatory Chart (2022) Peak position USBillboard 200[ 2] 184
Self Explanatory release historyRegion Date Format Label Ref(s) Various July 22, 2022 [ 6]
^ "Self Explanatory" . Apple Music. RetrievedAugust 19, 2022 .^a b c d "Ne-Yo Chart History (Billboard 200) ".Billboard . Retrieved August 8, 2022. ^a b "Self Explanatory - Ne-Yo - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic" .AllMusic . RetrievedAugust 8, 2022 .^a b Kalia, Ammar (July 17, 2022)."Ne-Yo: Self Explanatory review – nostalgic mid-tempo fillers" .The Guardian . RetrievedAugust 8, 2022 . ^ "Ne-Yo Chart History: Top Current Album Sales" .Billboard . RetrievedApril 21, 2024 .^ "Self Explanatory – Apple Music" .Apple Music (in German). RetrievedAugust 8, 2022 .
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