No. 40: Ne-Yo Will Not Be Entering Sex Rehab Anytime Soon

noah | December 4, 2007 12:00 pm
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But if the No. 40 song of the year is to be believed, he has no problem sending any ladies who’re lucky enough to share his bed straight to the world of 12-step mantras.

When you tell an interviewer that your addiction to sex has turned you into someone who resembles “Sammy Davis and Bugs Bunny with some porn mixed in,” it’s probably going to overshadow whatever else you’re trying to say about your art. Such was the case with Ne-Yo, who told a Vibe interviewer back in 2006 that his uncontrollable horniness also resulted in him making the grade with most (if not all) of the girls in his junior-year class. A year later, though, he was refuting those claims in interviews and recording the disclamatory “Addicted.” The track opens with Ne-Yo reveling in the fact that he’s being gossiped about before running down the facts: He’s hot, he’s freaky, and he knows where the G-spot is. (Hence his declaration that any woman who gets with him will instantly be coverted into a sex addict themselves.) Whether he’s hooked on orgasms or not, “Addicted” does reveal one thing about Ne-Yo’s adolescence: He was really, really into the more carnally influenced side of Prince, and has even less fear about paying the Purple One homage than he does about inviting ladies into his boudoir.

(Also, no Ne-Yo post would be complete without a shout-out to Aquemini, one of our favorite Idolator readers of 2007. Keep those clicks enraged comments coming!)

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