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Ne-Yo’s ready to break some new ground:

“R&B star Ne-Yo is promising fans new sounds on his upcoming album Year Of The Gentleman – because he has become “bored” of urban music. The “So Sick” singer – real name Shaffer Smith – is preparing to drop his third album in June.

But the star claims his new LP is different from his previous work – because he is no longer interested in urban music.

He says, ‘There’s some stuff on there that sounds like something the Beatles might’ve done. There’s some stuff on there that sounds like something Billy Joel might’ve done. I can’t do just straight urban music no more, because to be completely honest with you, I’m a little bored with it. I’m just moving with what music excites me now.’

Billy Joel? The Beatles? We’ve got to hear this new fruity endeavor. We’ll reserve judgement, but remain a little skeptical about this one.

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A highly placed source has exclusively snitched to Bossip that Ne-Yo was arrested for reckless driving in Cobb County, Georgia outside of Atlanta.

Hopefully no one behind bars gets a chance to see him and his vaselined up lips.

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Ne-Yo holds no grudges from getting the boot from the Double-Up tour:

“Me personally? I’ve let it go. I’m not the hold-a-grudge guy. I’m not gonna see R. Kelly in the street and run up on him and swing on him. I’m not gonna do a dis record about R. Kelly. It was what it was. It happened. For whatever reason, he, I don’t know, I guess felt threatened by me and kicked me off tour. Life goes on. I don’t have a problem with the man. It’s apparent he has a problem with me — he kicked me off tour.”

Ne-Yo shouldn’t worry. We didn’t see the Pied Pedophile’s name on that list of Grammy winners the other day.

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Another day, another lawsuit. America’s #1 Defendant is heading back to court.

Ne-Yo has filed suit against R. Kelly for lost revenue from the Double Up tour. He is asking for $785,000 after he claimed a jealous Kellz booted him from the lineup. R. Kelly’s reps are stating that it was due to contract issues. With the number of court appearances scheduled for this year, Kellz lawyers should be set for life.

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Here is Ne-Yo’s new video for Go on Girl. The song is much better than the video.

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MJ sure has a colorful list of characters working on his new album. Kanye West, Will.i.am, and Ne-Yo are all on the roster to help Michael make another comeback. He is most likely an inspiration to all of them and this is what Will.i.am said went down when he received a phone call from the King of Pop:

“Michael called me out of the blue and I just didn’t believe it was him. I was like, ‘Come on, who is this, how did you get my number? Stop playing around.’ He said, ‘No it’s really me, it’s Michael.’ I still didn’t believe it was him and was like, ‘Dude, seriously, I got to go.’”

That conversation was probably hilarious. We can just hear Mike now in that sweet little voice of his saying “No really, it’s me, Michael.” What 49 year-old man talks like that?

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Ne-Yo on being about his business and not having time for Britney Spears and her comeback issues:

“I have no idea what’s going on with Britney Spears right now. I wrote the songs for Britney, but this was before she shaved her head and went into rehab again. When that happened, I lost all contact with her and her label. I was calling them, they weren’t returning phone calls. I’m like, ‘All right. I guess they’re not interested anymore.’ The last thing I heard was that Britney was mad at me over some songs that were supposed to go to her that wound up going to Nicole (Scherzinger). Britney Spears’ people called me like, ‘Hey, why are you giving away Britney’s music?’ I’m like, ‘Hold on. Y’all ain’t cutting me no check!”

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Ne-Yo was interviewed by Sister 2 Sister Magazine and was asked how did the gay rumors start:

I don’t know. To this day I’m still trying to figure it out. You know what I think it is? It’s because when you see me, when you talk to me, my mannerisms are not-I’m not that. So people see me and they don’t see something that they’re accustomed to and people feel the need to have to categorize stuff. They just can’t let it be “I don’t know what that is.” So they got to do something. He’s not rough, rugged, and raw, so he must be gay”.

He also says Superhead is lying about him having a foot fetish and admits he is a ‘butt man’, along with hips and thighs of course.

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This is Ne-Yo on MTV Cribs. He says he has a sturdy headboard on his bed.

FILL IN THE BLANK: The talented Ne-Yo made sure he has a “sturdy” headboard because_____________.

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Ne-Yo was recently interviewed by our homies over at Extra TV and called ‘music’ his girlfriend, she (music) is very jealous, and she doesn’t leave time for anything else. He also says he is a butt-man and confesses to having a crush on Alicia Keys.

For “some reason”, I don’t think his game is strong enough to pull AK.

Click here to watch the interview.

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Ne-Yo featuring Jennifer Hudson (Leaving Tonight), Click here to listen. Jhud was spotted on the Los Angeles set of the film Winged Creatures on Thursday. The film stars Forest Whitaker.

Lloyd featuring Nina Sky (Get it Shawty Remix), Click here to listen.

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Ne-Yo hosted a listening party for his new album “Because of You” last night in NYC. Joe Camel came out to support his artist.

FILL IN THE BLANK: If you gave Ne-Yo some friendly advice, you would tell him to_______________________.

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Rihanna’s album is probably not the only thing Ne-Yo has been working on. The R&B duo showed up to the Grammy’s together. The previous night, Rihanna was spotted getting cozy with Bow Wow.

Pics from the Up Close and Personal Tour at Jones Beach over the weekend.

Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Lil Wayne, Juelz Give UCP Crowd Plenty To Scream About (MTV.com)

…Luckily, the music biz doesn’t have a shortage of heartthrobs willing to rock the mic. On Saturday at the Jones Beach Theatre in Long Island, the Up Close and Personal Tour drew a few thousand teens who haven’t been able to give their voices a full workout all summer. And Cherish, Dem Franchize Boyz, Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne and co-headliners Ne-Yo and Chris Brown gave them plenty to scream about…