Ne-Yo’s third Def Jam release, Year of the Gentleman, has been pushed back to Aug. 5, according to Billboard.
The album, originally due June 24, features production from Stargate, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, J.R. Rotem and members of Ne-Yo’s Atlanta-based Compound Entertainment crew.
The album’s current single, the Stargate-produced “Closer,” is now at 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 41 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart.
“I wanted the third album to be something a little different from the
first and second as far as the essence and the sound of what I was
doing,” Ne-Yo had said last month.
Ne-Yo is currently touring with Alicia Keys as a supporting act.
