Self Explanatory (Ne-Yo album)

2022 studio album by Ne-Yo

Self Explanatory

Studio album by

Ne-Yo

Released| July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)
Genre| R&B
Length| 41:24
Label|

* Compound
* Motown

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 chronology
| Another Kind of Christmas
(2019)  | Self Explanatory
(2022)  |

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Singles from  Self Explanatory

1. "U 2 Luv"
Released: May 29, 2020
2. "What If"
Released: September 24, 2021
3. "Stay Down"
Released: December 17, 2021
4. "Don't Love Me"
Released: April 14, 2022
5. "You Got the Body"
Released: June 17, 2022

Self Explanatory is the eighth studio album by American singer Ne-Yo. It was released by Compound Entertainment and Motown on July 15, 2022.[1]

Self Explanatory debuted at number 184 on the US Billboard 200, marking his lowest charting album in the country.[2]

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Guardian| [4]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave Self Explanatory three and a half stars out of five and called it Ne-Yo's "most biographical album yet."[3] Ammar Kalia from The 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]

## Chart performance

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Self Explanatory debuted at number 184 on the US Billboard 200 in the week ending July 30, 2022.[2] This marks Ne-Yo's lowest-charting album; his 2019 Christmas album Another Kind of Christmas failed to chart.[2] On Billboard's component charts, the album also entered the Current Album Sales at number 59.[5]

## Track listing

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Self Explanatory track listingNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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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"|

* Smith
* Brent Vikaden Montgomery
* Chaz Jackson
* Leon Youngbblood Jr.
* Orlando Williamson

* RoccStar
* The Aristocrats

| 2:56
3.| "After Party"|

* Smith
* Carl McCormick
* Christian Ward
* Corey Crowe
* Gabrielle "Goldie" Nowelle
* Larry Troutman
* Lerron Carson
* Roger Troutman
* Shirley Murdock

* Cardiak
* Hitmaka
* Paul Cabbin

| 3:15
4.| "Handle Me Gently"|

* Smith
* Crowe
* Jamil George Chammas
* John Perkins

| Digi| 3:01
5.| "Don't Love Me"|

* Smith
* Jamal Rashid

| Mally Mall| 2:47
6.| "U 2 Luv" (featuring Jeremih)|

* Smith
* Youngblood
* L. Troutman
* R. Troutman
* Murdock
* James Mtume
* Jeremy Phillip Felton
* Teddy Pena

|  | 3:28
7.| "Push Up" (featuring Trippie Redd)|

* Smith
* Francisco Baptista
* Igor Mamet
* Michael Lamar White II

| FrankieOnTheGuitar| 2:29
8.| "Proud of You"|

* Smith
* Green
* Crowe
* Chauncey Alexander Hollis Jr

| Remo| 3:31
9.| "Call Me Up"|

* Smith
* Hay
* Ebenezer Fabiyi
* Magnus Klausen

* Ebenezer
* Klausen

| 3:17
10.| "What If"|

* Smith
* Hay
* Fabiyi
* Klausen
* Jae Stephens
* Marlon Roudette

* Ebenezer
* Klausen

| 3:43
11.| "Want It All or Nothing"|

* Smith
* Hay
* Miloš Angelov
* Terence Coles

* DeCarlo
* Don Mills

| 3:23
12.| "No Loot"|

* Smith
* Green
* Crowe
* Hay
* Jackson
* Segers
* Nixon

| Remo| 2:43
13.| "Stay Down" (featuring Yung Bleu)|

* Smith
* Rashid
* Andrew Laquan Arnett
* Benjamin Falik

* Drew Banga
* Julia Lewis
* Mally Mall

| 3:50
Total length:| 41:24

## Personnel

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Musicians

* Ne-Yo – vocals
* Zae 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)

## Charts

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Chart performance for Self Explanatory Chart (2022)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[2] | 184

## Release history

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Self Explanatory release history  Region  | Date  | Format  | Label  | Ref(s)

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Various  | July 22, 2022  |

* CD
* digital download
* streaming

* Compound
* Motown

| [6]

## References

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1. ^ "Self Explanatory". Apple Music. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
2. ^ a b c d "Ne-Yo Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
3. ^ a b "Self Explanatory - Ne-Yo - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
4. ^ a b Kalia, Ammar (17 July 2022). "Ne-Yo: Self Explanatory review – nostalgic mid-tempo fillers". The Guardian. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
5. ^ "Ne-Yo Chart History: Top Current Album Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
6. ^ "Self Explanatory – Apple Music". Apple Music (in German). Retrieved August 8, 2022.

* v
* t
* e

Ne-Yo

* Discography
* Awards and nominations

Studio albums|

* In My Own Words
* Because of You
* Year of the Gentleman
* Libra Scale
* R.E.D.
* Non-Fiction
* Good Man
* Self Explanatory

Compilation albums|

* Ne-Yo: The Collection

Concert tours|

* Champagne and Roses Tour

Singles|

* "Stay"
* "So Sick"
* "When You're Mad"
* "Sexy Love"
* "Because of You"
* "Do You"
* "Can We Chill"
* "Go On Girl"
* "Closer"
* "Miss Independent"
* "Single"
* "Mad"
* "Part of the List"
* "Never Knew I Needed"
* "Beautiful Monster"
* "Champagne Life"
* "One in a Million"
* "Lazy Love"
* "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"
* "Don't Make Em Like You"
* "Forever Now"
* "Incredible"
* "Money Can't Buy"
* "She Knows"
* "Time of Our Lives"
* "Coming with You"
* "Another Love Song"
* "Good Man"
* "Push Back"
* "U 2 Luv"

Featured singles|

* "Back Like That"
* "Make Me Better"
* "Sexual Healing"
* "Hate That I Love You"
* "Bust It Baby (Part 2)"
* "Finer Things"
* "By My Side"
* "Camera Phone"
* "Knock You Down"
* "Be on You"
* "Baby by Me"
* "Angels Cry"
* "Super High"
* "Give Me Everything"
* "Turn All the Lights On"
* "Leave You Alone"
* "Let's Go"
* "Turn Around"
* "Play Hard"
* "Tonight"
* "Higher Place"

Promotional singles|

* "The Way You Move"

Other songs|

* "Look at Her (You Be Killin' Em Part 2)"
* "Friend Like Me"
* "One Shining Moment"

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