MNC is stepping in to help through a joint effort with Universal Music Malaysia on the sale of the digital version of the album. EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner to benefit the on-going Japan Disaster Relief effort. So, we do not find any grounds to expect Ne-Yo’s following records to be any worse.Finally the ‘Songs for Japan’ album is here is Malaysia! For those who do not know, the Songs for Japan album is a charity compilation album created by the music industry’s four main recording labels i.e. We have only ten songs here for slightly more than forty minutes, while none of the numbers looks extra, which is a good sign of high professionalism shared by all those involved in this project. The idea deserves praise and recognition, but the record will be remembered for its music, not lyrics. To make us understand he would have had to shoot videos for all the tracks off Libra Scale.
Writing a good song and singing it skillfully is not a big deal for this man, but he was too ambitious to record a novel-album or a story-album. Ne-Yo takes lessons from Michael Jackson and openly copies his performing manner. Ne-Yo did not have to think of anything new here for he has been doing things like that on four albums getting better every time. Talking music, we have to admit that Libra Scale is a first class R&B record with supreme dance rhythms and top quality keys shaping beautiful tunes. Well, on top of it, there is an excellent dance number called Beautiful Monster, one that looks like a hit of the season. The third group features songs showing the guy’s disappointment with how he has lived (What Have I Done) and his desire to settle everything (Crazy Love, ’Cause I Said So). These are soft lyrical compositions about this man’s falling in love mindlessly, One In A Million, and Genuine Only. The smallest category has only two tracks placed right in the heart of the record. The biggest one store the songs depicting our character’s entertainments as he wanders around clubs an restaurants, flirts with beauties (Know Your Name, Telekinesis) and even shoots a film (Makin’ A Movie). We could divide the album’s tracks into three groups. The company’s leader played by Ne-Yo himself clearly enjoys all the things happening to him and looks willing to turn this moment into eternity. We come to know three young men who waste their lives. Libra Scale is opened by Champagne Life, a track authorized to introduce the main characters of the story. This man can afford anything he wants, enjoys unbounded popularity and seems eager to share his personal love stories with the audience. Common mortals are too distant from problems like that, while Ne-Yo is ripe to think about. Besides, the singer has stated that the album itself has a concept behind it, power, money and fame impacting an individual’s life. Ne-Yo is definitely influenced by the all-time legend of Michael Jackson, attempting to make his videos short motion pictures with plots. The latter has to be the best promotion for Libra Scale.
As of now, the musician is much into television, takes part in various shows and shoots videos on end. It did happen so, but Ne-Yo on several occasions announced a delay explaining this with a very packed timetable. There was nothing to worry about because the new studio record, Libra Scale, was scheduled to be released next year. In 2009, we expected another fresh album, yet got only a compilation plainly called The Collection. The young man was forced to slow down after his third studio effort, Year Of The Gentleman (2008). In the recent past established hip-hop performer Ne-Yo was well-known for high-tempo activity releasing an album per year.
Ne-Yo’s new album is built on a story and dwells on serious issues