In My Own Words

In My Own Words is the debut album from American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, released on February 28, 2006. Four singles were released from the album, " Stay", " So Sick", " When You're Mad", and " Sexy Love". The first single, "Stay", was not as successful is its successors, being Ne-Yo's only song so far to not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 301,000 copies sold. [citation needed] Ne-Yo went on tour in August 2006 with Chris Brown and Dem Franchize Boyz. The album was subsequently certified platinum [11]  with 1.6 million copies sold in the U.S., and 2 million copies sold worldwide. [citation needed] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 69/100 from Metacritic<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Meta_11-0" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[12]

Background
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">Ne-Yo wrote the lyrics for each song on the album. Norwegian producers StarGate produced the hit single, " So Sick<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">", and also contributed " Sexy Love<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">", "Let Go", and "Time" for the debut LP. Other producers on the album include Ron "Neff-U" Feemster, Brian "B-Nasty" Reid, and Jai "King" Titus of Drama Family Entertainment, who produced the first single, " Stay<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">", and the club-friendly "Sign Me Up" as well.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">Track Listing

 * "Stay" contains an interpolation of "Stay with Me", written by Mark DeBarge and Etterlene Jordan, and performed by DeBarge.
 * "It Just Ain't Right" contains a sample of "I Call Your Name", written by Bobby DeBarge, Gregory Williams, and performed Switch.
 * "Get Down Like That" contains a sample from "I Swear, I Love No One But You", written by Bunny Sigler, and performed by The O'Jays.