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Feb 17, 2015The contrast between the rough and Ne-Yo’s ultra-smoothness only adds to his appeal.
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Jan 27, 2015The music, sadly, can be just as tough to follow.
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Jan 27, 2015Alas, not enough of the songs have great tunes to go along with that production and vocal quality.
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Q MagazineFeb 25, 2015There are strong cameos from assorted MCs, particularly Juicy J and Schoolboy Q, but his attempt to talk a girlfriend into a threesome on Story Time is proof there are even worse things in life than dabbling in Eurodance. [Apr 2015, p.108]
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Feb 11, 2015The album treads repetitive ground.
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Jan 27, 2015Non-Fiction is a fire sale of songs no one else bought, over beats no other singer could’ve wanted. The beat selection is whiplash, from pop to R&B to retro trance vibes that never settle into a sure, comfortable pattern.
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Jan 27, 2015Non-Fiction is just blandly lazy about developing its representation of women, like it is about everything else. That lack of specificity renders the album ironically hindered by its own overt conception: a story album unable to sustain interest as fiction, non- or otherwise.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 29
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Mixed: 2 out of 29
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Negative: 9 out of 29
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