Because of You

Here is the number 1 Ne-yo song according to your votes. If you were to give this song another title what would it be? Tell us through the comment option of this entry. Thanks!

10 things you should know about Ne-yo

Here the 10 things about Ne-yo that we ought to share. What about you, do you Know anything about Ne-yo? Leave us a comment and let's talk about it. 

1.) His moniker originally was invented by his friend who compared him to Neo, the main character in Matrix Trilogy movie, stating that he could "see" music just like Neo could see the Matrix.

2.) Has written song lyrics for Jamie Foxx, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Ruben Studdard, LL Cool J, and Tyrese Gibson among others.

3.) The remix version of "So Sick" contained an interpolation of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" while also featured two verses by LL Cool J. 

4.) Owns a production company named Compound Entertainment.

5.) His real name is Shaffer Smith.

6.) He has a son named Chimere. 

7.) He's quarter Chinese, hence the chinky eyes! 

8.)Appeared on both CBS' popular shows, "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", by the same month that was February 2006 which is very rare.

9.). For some years, he kept standing behind the scene to compose great lyrics for R&B artists like Christina Milian, Faith Evans, and B2K, even helped launching Mario's career through his work on the younger guy's single, "Let Me Love You", in 2004. Actually, the desire of being a singer had also taken roots within his heart as he once signed a record deal with Columbia Records only to find his album project being disappointingly shelved for more than a year, prompting him to leave the company empty-handed.

10.)Riding on the success of "So Sick", Ne-Yo confidently launched his studio album, "In My Own Words", on February 28, 2006 and quickly saw the satisfying result when it amazingly debuted on number one in The Billboard 200 with over 300,000 copies sold a week after its release. Also gained rave reviews from USA Today and People Magazine, this first effort subsequently became the biggest sales week for a rookie act since The Game made it on January 23 of the previous year, unquestionably creating a solid base for Ne-Yo in his singing career. The fantastic achievement inevitably led him to such a wide exposure, enabling the singer to proudly appear on some notable TV shows, like "The Tyra Banks Show" plus "Live with Regis & Kelly" in early March. 

Say What?

The correct lyrics of the song Because of You by Ne-yo

[Verse 1:]
Want to, but I can’t help it
I love the way it feels,
It’s got me stuck between my fantasy and what is real
I need it when I want it, I want it when I don’t
Tell myself I’ll stop everyday, knowin’ that I wont

[Bridge:]
I got a problem and I don’t know what to do about it
Even if I did, I don’t know if I walk away of it, but I doubt it
I’m taken by the thought of it, and I know that much is true
Baby, you have become my addiction, i’m so strung out on you
Babyboo, but I like it

[Chorus:]
And it’s all because of you [3X]
And it’s all because…
Never givin’ up,
She’s the sweetest touch

[Verse 2:]
Think of it every second
I thinkin of it but, 
Only concern is the next time, I’m gonna get me some
Know I should stay away from, cuz she’s no good for me
I tried and tried but my obsession wont let me leave

[Bridge:]
I got a problem and I don’t know what to do about it
Even if I did, I don’t know if I walk away of it, but I doubt it
I’m taken by the thought of it, and I know that much is true
Baby, you have become my addiction, i’m so strung out on you
Babyboo, but I like it

[Chorus:]
And it’s all because of you [3X]
And it’s all because…
Never givin’ up,
She’s the sweetest touch

Ain’t no doubt, so strung out [2X]
Over you, over you, over you

Because of you, 
And it’s all because of you,
Never givin’ up
She’s the sweetest touch, she’s the sweetest tooouch 

Neyo on Your Ultimate Song

Neyo takes the hot seat today and you voted for your ultimate favorite Neyo song and here are the results. We tabulated your votes through the textline/hotline/yahoo messenger and of course here on the blog.

The Best:

Ne-Yo Lyrics
Because Of You Lyrics

1.) Because of You

The Rest: 

2.) Go on Girl 

3.) So Sick 

4.) Can We Chill / Do You (tie) 

5.) Sexy Love  

Thank you very much because of a lot of your votes. Don't forget to tune in to G-Crew next week! That's on April 20, 2008 10am to 2pm on RX 93.1 so that you can vote for your favorites song from Beyonce!

Umbrella Behind the Scenes

Say What?

The correct lyrics to your ultimate Rihanna Favorite: 

"Umbrella"

[Jay-Z]

Ahuh Ahuh (Yea Rihanna)

Ahuh Ahuh (Good girl gone bad)

Ahuh Ahuh (Take three... Action)

Ahuh Ahuh

No clouds in my stones

Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank

Coming down with the Dow Jones

When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella

We fly higher than weather

And G5’s are better, You know me,

an anticipation, for precipitation. Stacked chips for the rainy day

Jay, Rain Man is back with little Ms. Sunshine

Rihanna where you at?

[Rihanna]

You have my heart

And we'll never be worlds apart

May be in magazines

But you'll still be my star

Baby cause in the dark

You can't see shiny cars

And that's when you need me there

With you I'll always share

Because

[Chorus]

When the sun shines, we’ll shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be a friend

Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

These fancy things, will never come in between

You're part of my entity, here for Infinity

When the war has took it's part

When the world has dealt it's cards

If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart

Because

[Chorus]

When the sun shines, we’ll shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be a friend

Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

You can run into my arms

It's OK don't be alarmed

Come here to me

There's no distance in between our love

So go on and let the rain pour

I'll be all you need and more

Because

[Chorus]

When the sun shines, we’ll shine together

Told you I'll be here forever

Said I'll always be a friend

Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end

Now that it's raining more than ever

Know that we'll still have each other

You can stand under my umbrella

You can stand under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh)

Under my umbrella

(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

It's raining

Ooh baby it's raining

Baby come here to me

Come here to me

It's raining

Oh baby it's raining

Rihanna 101

In February 2008, it was revealed that Barbados was creating a national holiday to honor Rihanna. Rihanna accepted the honor and put on a free concert for her fans.

Rihanna is a big fan of Whitney Houston.

Rihanna has put up her own foundation called "Believe" to help sick children get medical treatment, school supplies, and toys.

Aside from her singing voice, Rihanna gets awards for her legs-they're even insured for a million dollars. She admits that she has to work out regularly to make them look fit.

While growing up, her make-up artist mom didn't let Rihanna play with beauty products. Now she gets to have all the make-up she wants-Rihanna is now the endorser of big make-up label, Cover Girl.

Rihanna doesn't eat Mexican, Indian, Japanese, or Chinese food. Instead, she snacks on local fruit and lots of water to keep healthy.

Rihanna was ranked #78 on Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 for her music video featuring Ne-Yo "Hate That I Love You".

At the 2007 American Music Awards, Rihanna was chosen as the Favorite Female Artist for Soul/R&B category.

Rihanna won as Cosmopolitan Magazine's Ultimate Mistress of Music for 2007.

In the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, Rihanna won in the category "Choice Music: R&B Artist".

Rihanna ranked #8 in Maxim's 2007 Hot 100 List.

The song "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! at the Disco was actually a song wroted by Patrick Stump, from the band, Fall Out Boy.

Rihanna and the band, Fall Out Boy, sang "Shut Up and Drive," which was a song by Rihanna.

Rihanna is tutored 15 hours a week.

Rihanna's favorite hangout spot in Barbados is the boatyard.

Rihanna enjoys watching the show Entourage.

Rihanna's biggest pet peeve is when people are dishonest.

Whenever Rihanna visits Barbodos, the first place she goes to is the beach.

Rihanna's favorite subjects were chemistry and math.

Rihanna is very picky when it comes to food. She won't eat Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, or Indian food. She also hates vegetables.

Rihanna is the official sponsor for the Barbados Tourism Agency.

If Rihanna didn't have a music career, she would like to go into psychology.

Rihanna has a turtle and a Pomeranian named Marley.

Rihanna attended Combermere High School in Barbados.

Rihanna is the daughter of Ronald and Monica Fenty.

Rihanna's nickname is RiRi.

Rihanna says she had much more control over her new album "Good Girl Gone Bad" than she did in "A Girl Like Me".

Rihanna says that the thing she misses most about Barbados is the food.
Rihanna’s favorite fashion designers are Zac Posen and Dsquared.

Rihanna performed her songs "Pon de Replay", "SOS", "Unfaithful", "Shut Up and Drive" and "Umbrella" on July 7th, 2007 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Japan as part of the Live Earth concert.

Rihanna was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007.

Her third album is titled Good Girl Gone Bad and is to be released on June 5, 2007. The first single is Umbrella featuring Jay-Z.

She won four honors at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards including Female Artist of the Year.

She and Christina Aguilera helped launch the new colors of the LG Chocolate phones.
She is the new face of Cover Girl.

On A Girl Like Me, We Ride is her favorite song.

Unfaithful is based on a relationship Rihanna had when she was 14-years-old. Her relationship "was not physical" though.

Christina Milian was originally asked to record S.O.S. (written by Jonathan Rotem) by Def Jam but she declined. Rihanna was then offered to record it.

In the Philippines, If It's Lovin' That You Want became Rihanna's first #1 single.

In 2006, Rihanna received two Video Music Award nominations for "Best New Artist" and "Viewer's Choice" for S.O.S..

In 2006, she appeared on All My Children and performed Kisses Don't Lie and S.O.S..

Her second album, A Girl Like Me, debuted at #5 in the United States.

Her second album, A Girl Like Me, was released less than eight months after her debut album, Music of the Sun.

Her musical influences include Dancehall, Pop, Reggae, and Soca.

She has two brothers Rorrey and Rajad.

She has a few tattoos, including a pisces sign behind her right ear and music notes on her right foot.

Her second album A Girl Like Me recently reached platinum.

She sold a million copies worldwide of her debut Music Of The Sun.

Her obvious talent impressed Def Jam Records CEO Jay-Z enough for the label to sign her to a 6 album contract at the young age of 16.

She was discovered by producer Evan Rogers (known for work with Christina Aguilera, *NSYNC, Jessica Simpson, and others).

Def Jam's contract offer was so strong that Rihanna turned down meetings with other major record labels.

Her song Unfaithful, a slow ballad very different from Rihanna's earlier work, addresses the feelings of guilt a girl faces as she cheats on her boyfriend.

Her album A Girl Like Me, was leaked onto the internet via illegal download sites.

The lead single off her album A Girl Like Me, "S.O.S." was recorded for her recent endorsement deal with Nike.

She had a cameo role in Bring It On 3: All or Nothing.

In 2006, Rihanna landed several endorsement deals, including ones for Nike and J.C. Penney.

She toured as an open act for Gwen Stefani to promote her own album.

She was discovered by music producer Evan Rogers while he was vacationing in Barbados with his wife Jackie.

She won the Miss Combermere Pageant in 2004 at her school.

She performed Mariah Carey's "Hero" at her school's talent show.

She attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School and Combermere School, which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in the United States.

Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyoncé Knowles and Mariah Carey.

She once said she would risk her life for her mother and her brother.

She is of African, Creole and Guyanese descent.

She's addicted to shopping and owns over 100 pairs of shoes.

She is 5 feet 8 inches tall.

The only Rihanna song not available on CD is "Bring It Back". It might've been a demo or just unreleased on CD.

She has worked with Sizzla, Rupee, J-Status, Memphis Bleek, and Kardinal Offishall on duets.

She worked with Ne-Yo on her sophomore album, A Girl Like Me.

Your ultimate favorite Rihanna song

For the first time in the show, we launched a portion that is very interactive. We asked you to vote for your favorite Rihanna song. We tallied your votes form the hotline, textline , and yahoo messenger. According to your votes these are your top Rihanna favorites:
April 5, 2008
The best:
1.) Umbrella

Rihanna Lyrics
Umbrella Lyrics

The Rest:

2.) Hate that I Love You
3.) Don’t Stop the Music
4.) We ride
5.) Shut up and Drive
6.) If it’s Loving that You Want
7.) Break it Off /Pon De Replay (tie)
8.) Unfaithful

Thank you very much because we got massive votes. You can also help us think of a title for the portion. Don't forget to tune in to G-Crew next week! That's on April 13, 2008 10am to 2pm on RX 93.1 so that you can vote for your favorites song from our next featured artist!