Hip-Hop & Rnb Daily: Ne-Yo Blasts Critcs For Saying He Went Pop

Ne-Yo Blasts Critics For Saying He Went Pop

Since releasing hits like”Closer” and “Beautiful Monster”, Ne-Yo has constantly been criticized for abandoning R&B for that pop life. Ne-Yo has had enough of the drama and is finally speaking out. The “Lazy Love” crooner went on the Angie Martinez radio show and let some critics have it.

When asked how he felt about critics calling him a pop artist and asking how he could proclaim how alive R&B is when he is no longer making R&B music anymore, Ne-Yo responded by saying, “I normally don’t do this. I’ve officially declared myself above the B.S. in regard to bloggers and people that say silly stuff on blogs. I need to get at some people directly.”

The singer-songwriter went on to express that his sound has evolved over the years, but he still knows where home is and that would be R&B music. “Somebody said something along the lines of, ‘How can you say that R&B is still alive when you’ve crossed over into this pop world?’” Ne-Yo began. “And that kind of upset me because what ya’ll don’t understand is that it was R&B that gave me the platform to even be able to do a song like ‘Let Me Love You,’ to do a song like ‘Closer,’ a song like ‘Beautiful Monster.’”