Ne-Yo: Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
- Bobby Carter | April 26, 2024
There's nothing like hearing the oohs and aahs from the Tiny Desk audience when a recognizable note hits the soul. Ne-Yo's setlist stoked up audible gasps with nonstop hits from his catalog and a few he's written for megastars. He came draped in a bedazzled outfit and his signature fedora (one we had to ask him to adjust to see his eyes.) Not to be outdone, the band came outfitted in matching earth tones and sounded just as good as they looked.
As with most artists who've spent years on the radio, the charts and in the club, the challenge in our space is encapsulating those moments. He accepted this challenge by putting together a medley of some of his most celebrated jams, showing off just how prolific his pen is. "I've written a couple songs since I've been doing this thang," the singer said before passing Rihanna's "Take a Bow" to background singer, Pamela Westbrook. Before the premiere of his "confessional," the song "Two Million Secrets," the singer reminded us that he also wrote Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable" and co-wrote Mario's "Let Me Love You." He shared with us that there was a healthy dose of nerves during his set, but - forever the showman - Ne-Yo gave the ladies what they came for closing with "Miss Independent."
SET LIST
"Because Of You"
"So Sick"
"Sexy Love"
"Take a Bow"
"Let Me Love You"
"Irreplaceable"
"Two Million Secrets"
"Miss Independent"
MUSICIANS
Ne-Yo: lead vocals
Justin Raines: bass guitar, key bass
Ray Ray Holloman: guitar
Monty Reynolds: keys
Madison Calley: harp
Leonard "Pudge" Tribbett: drums
Pamela Westbrook: vocals
Courtney Campbell: vocals
Brian Deshawn Kelly: vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Neil Tevault
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Alanté Serene
Audio Engineer: Ted Mebane
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Tiny Desk Team: Kara Frame, Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
#nprmusic #tinydesk #neyo
Who ever decided to include the harp needs a raise
💯 ✨
For real!
Very much agreed✨🎶💰
fr
yes! my daughter used to play harp in school i hate she gave it up such a beautiful instrument
Ne-Yo was carrying RnB industry from 2005 to 2010... wrote many songs for bigger artists.. and his contribution to the industry is enormous
ONGGGG
Carrying is kinda crazy but he’s good
Carrying is not an understatement. He wrote every other hit in that era. 300+ song credits to his name. Only matched by the Neptunes in the late ‘90s
Him and The Dream!
Fking LEGEND
Why are these Tiny desk concerts better than actual concerts?
Could be because these concerts are up close and personal. They are not designed to reach a massive amount of people in a huge place, so they don’t have the reverb from all the high volume speakers and other digital equipment and electronics needed for big concerts and from the loud sounds and sound vibrations of screaming fans in the mix of the sounds of the music. Just a guess.
I hope you are not older than 18 asking a ridiculous question like that..
The reason why is because it's an intimate experience. You feel like you're a friend of the artist.
They are more intimate
The REAL REASON is because of the instruments. It’s any genre of music orchestrated to a small crowd. No echos. Just the artist and natural instruments.
Ain't nothin' like a u t h e n t I c v i e w s when you tryna make it big in the game like them top singers, gettin' that same kinda fame they got. Even Ne-Yo got a piece of that action."
Neyo singing back up to his backup singers is top level humility and class. This is one of my favorite Tiny desks yet...
Yess I loved that.
Agreed I have replayed this about 10x ... he started on business and ended on business, no extra talking between songs .. he did that! 🖤
YES!
This! It also sounds better if they sing in those higher pitches.
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Bro raised an entire generation with his music and is still killing it in 2024. Classic fr
Insane. I loved that Mario song & until this day, I never knew he wrote it. Mind blown. A living legend fr 😲✅
Year of the gentleman is ne-yo’s best album
Sorry but that back-up singer for Irreplaceable - WOWWW
Her voice is amazing! they are from soul lounge band
Sang it better than Bey.. I hope the hive don't come for me
The backup singers, the harp , the bassist , the guitarist esp the solo part , the keyboardist , the drummer !! Y’all are so amazing!
명곡의 향연이다… 어쩜
한국인 어디 없나 찾고있었음 ㅋㅋ 반갑네요
너무 죠으네요
진짜 다 좋아하는것만 모아놨네여 ㅠㅠㅠ
내한했으면 ㅠㅠ
요즘 다시 빠졌는데 마침 라이브를 해주네요 ㅎㅎ
"Because Of You" - 0:00
"So Sick" - 3:22
"Sexy Love" - 5:54
"Take a Bow"- 9:00
"Let Me Love You" - 10:50
"Irreplaceable" - 13:06
"Two Million Secrets" - 15:20
"Miss Independent" - 18:30
Thankyou NPR team and NEYO .
No thank you !!!
Thanks
Thank you
thank you!
Thanks
Man he need to drop that 2 million secrets track 🔥
Why is no one talking about his “two million secrets” debut, that song needs to be released ASAP
So good, right?!
Maybe it’s because it a true story about his ex wife. This how is ex wife found out he was cheating
Like it! The only think I can’t figure out is why he didn’t say, ‘drinking more frequently…it matches the following rhyme scheme perfectly and is grammatically correct. Not to say lyrics always have to be structured perfectly, just an observation. He’s a great, legendary songwriter.
@@heartstrings110 I get what you're saying, but sometimes it's also about syllables. For example: "drin-king a lit-tle more fre-quent-LY" has 9 syllables and "smoking a little more lately" only has 8. "Frequent" makes it 8 syllables for both lines. :)
No auto tune, just straight singing, band jamming, harp playing, lovely music!!
Who told you that?
theres autotune even on live shows. This one is just very minimal
Who told you that?
theres autotune even on live shows. This one is just very minimal
No autotune at tiny desk @@michelbabatunde8820
@@michelbabatunde8820Bro doesn’t need autotune on live shows & you know it. Stop the cap 🧢🤔
Usher, JT, and now NE-YO.
My high school days resurrected.
Who is JT???
@@pressurewashingwithkoolfel9738 asking for real? Or is this a joke? If you are genuinely asking JT is short for Justin Timberlake
@@pressurewashingwithkoolfel9738 what planet you live?
Chris Brown soon?
@@Squarion I sure hope so
Ne-yo is Definitely in the top 5 of best TINY DESK performances.
Who else you got up there? I would like to check them out.
@@rolandolopez1595 jhene aiko , JID , those are the next best two in my opinion cant think of the rest
Check out T.I
Idk about ya'll but one thing that I miss in the *00's music is that how male artists puts to write and music their love for classy independent woman and how women should be pursued and valued. Unlike the generation today, every songs are just about lust and break ups.
This Ne-yo on tiny desk will be on repeat. Bring in more *00s RNB queens and kings!!!
(**appreciate for correcting the year fellas!)
00s*
I think it's early 2000s
The harp player is insane!! Love everything about this performance!
This!!!
Maddison. Peace and love everybody
カッコイイ！
and hot too
Never imagine I will see a Harp in R&B, just mindblowing
People be forgetting Ne-Yo has an impeccable and blessed pen game!!!
Ne-Yo is a master class artist.
YES! And he gotta get his accolades appropriately 👏
Nobody forgets that. Lol
His pen game is 🔥🔥🔥
Facts
Every song he made was a hit.... yet....we still bring R. Kelly up in r&b hits yet never Mention Neyo and Trey
The 2 million secrets is so personal man I love his music and song writing skills tells a story
Not only is everyone extremely talented but the whole crew looks amazing
tiny desk always gets me looking up the background singers
I thought I was the only one.
I found Luke Whitney from his stint as a backup singer for Tobe Nwigwe on a Tiny Desk. So good.
Because they be SANGIN'!!! WHEW!!!
They are my siblings.
Brian Kelly
Pamela Westbrook
Courtney moriah
Trust meee you won’t be disappointed
FR Loving me some Pamela!
Give this man his flowers and let him smell them while he's alive. He's a LEGEND in my books.
💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
bro is in his early 40s can you please chill lol
You will be one day and someone will matter to you like he does to him. Neyo is a legend of our generation. Maybe not yours an thats cool youngin, but leave this guy alone lol @@StefveoX
@@StefveoX Tomorrow ain't guaranteed. He don't have to be on his death bed to be celebrated
@StefveoX so you think he's cant be a legend just cos he's in his early 40s?? Crazy!!!!
This is what i love about these Black Musicians. They've got unique Groove in such RNB songs🔥
The background singers were better than some of the mainstream artists we have nowadays. What a set
now days we have a lot of jokers
He didn’t even get into his club bangers… his catalog is deep!🥰
Forgot about those! A versatile man!
Yeah Closer for example!
She knows is one of my favs🔥😍
Club bangers? Name them.
@@carpediem4512 google them, obviously over 600 people agree so you to do the work.
the harp player is EVERYTHING AND MORE
She fine
AGREEEED @saaammage !! 🤗💖
goddess
so stunning and graceful!!
She looks like an angel 🥰
Ne-Yo is one of the greatest r&b singers/songwriters ever period 🔥
Ne-Yo for Superbowl would be my bucket list 🥹
Ne-Yo should be in the Superbowl Halftime Show someday
Exactly. And Mariah Carey too
is the Superbowl peak success?
Ne Yo is literally my childhood I am 29 now 😊
Agree
Sameee
Im now realizing that the harp is what makes Neyo’s songs so unique & memorable
Actually in so sick, sexy love and others, it's piano that is used., but since both hit strings to produce sound, harp was a very clever adaptation if we're planning a tiny desk concert. The higher notes sound more sutil and comfortable 😊
Craig David also used the harp. He's got alot of hits
Yes!
Pianos are harps in the side 😊@@SirLuxferum
@@tessatheartist33harps in a coffin is the common phrase. :)
Thank you, Tiny Desk for inviting Ne Yo, the extraordinary singer, songwriter and entertainer to Tiny Desk. Excellent performance!
Best tiny desk concert ever!
ne-yo giving his back vocalists a spotlight to shine is the type of energy we need in the world
He have always given others the spotlight to shine, look at all the songs, (hit songs, I might add) that he has written and given to others to sing.
Apparently 23 minutes is not enough. We need a whole concert of Ne-Yo (and band)!!
I went to see him in concert last October and that still wasn't enough!
He’s on tour! Check it out 😁
Yes, please!
Yeah tiny desks with these artists is NEVER long enough
@@karen2458 Vegas Residency loading
ne-yo is a ICON no matter what anyone says he wrote most of the songs we snag growing up THANK YOU SIRRRRR
Back up singers.
I appreciate you all. ❤❤❤
Ne-yo dosen't get the credit he deserves... From his own songs, to the music he wrote for other people,. This man helped keep R&B alive for many years 🎶🎙
Yes he does
He did in the past, but now not enough@@AmberColeman-gq1wn
If you told me I would be listening to Ne-yo perform his hits some 20 years later and have them sound exactly the same, I'd believe it. He always had the voice.
None of the songs he sang were over or even close to 20 years old 😂😂
@@jayswrld666 "some 20" SMH my head
@@oleam458shake my head, my head? 😂
A Vocalist, SONGWRITER, phenomenal artist with duality, Ne-yo is a timeless gift to the music industry 🥹🫶THANKU! Tinydesk ate w/this one
My sweety Ne-yo... Never desappoint... Bravo!!!!
NEYO IS SO SLEPT ON!!!!!! ONE OF THE BEST R&B artist of the 2000’s!!!!
I’m not sure he’s slept on. He wrote most R&B top songs in the early 2000s and I believe has received his flowers many times.
OF ALL TIME WHAT U MEAN
Ne-Yo is definitely one of the best modern R&B artists all time
We need to stop. Every superstar artist can’t also be slept on and underrated.
He’s not slept on because he’s a prolific song writer 📝. Writer ✍️ credit is where the money at.
Who else still get chills from Neyo music in 2024
😭😭😭 yes omg
🎉🎉🎉🎉😅
🤚🏻
😊😊I do
I remember watching So Sick on BET,all the time in high school. I remember them ski slopes mang
Love how Ne-Yo let his background singers shine too. Love this!!!
When we talk about music that heals Ne-Yo is of the artist
Petition for Ne-Yo to headline the Superbowl halftime show next year! Soo good!!! 😭❤️
Everybody talking about the harp, but man that bassist is DANGEROUS! Laying down the groove like gravy...
Yes, yes and the guitarist. In fact, the whole band was laying down their groove like gravy. And when he introduced the band, I immediately thought, why didn’t he introduce the guitarist. I am glad he realized and came back to give him his intro and props. Ne-Yo, you appeared a little nervous in this small up close and personal setting. 😊 Great job!
Justin Rains
Mad dangerous
Yes me also because that’s my cousin I’m like say his name lol
The legendary Justin Raines.
Ne-yo is so slick. Respect a brother who lets his guard down for a woman. So smooth. So real
All eyes on the harp 😍😍😍
Ne-Yo is one of the few artists when he performs live, it actually sounds like the track. No lip sync. Stay blessed and healthy brother. Thanks NPR Music for all you do.
You must not watch or listen to Tinydesk much
@@Hazel.Eyed.Geminino no we all do but op's got a point. Not everyone sounds like their record.
@@Hazel.Eyed.Gemini Right?...99 percent of the artists on Tiny Desks sound amazing...the ones that stand out I think, has to to with how the artist choose to arrange the song for Tiny Desk, which I always look forward to...love that they invited Neo...can't wait for a Jill Scott or Angie Stone Tiny desk...
@@roka2031let's lobby for that Jill Scott Tiny Desk!
@@roka2031 Jill Scott is FANTASTIC
The lady who sang irreplaceable killed it!
Oh yes I concur .she is gooooood❤
Big facts
SHE IS SO SO GOOD!!!
He never gets his credit the dude genuinely could be the greatest r&b artist of all time and I'm sure many would agree with me on that. His talent was and is still just so raw.
니요 나이들어도 폼은 아직 안죽었다 진심 레전드
Ne-Yo's music was an entire era of R&B. His songs instantly put me in a soulful, good mood. Give him his flowers while he's still alive y'all.
You're so RIGHT!
I'm not sure what's going on with Tiny Desk... it's always been high quality, but this year it's going above and beyond. Shout out to NPR crew and sound engineers.
Nothing strange, they are the best and always getting better.
My new road trip playlist! ♥️🔥♥️🔥
You must be new here.. lol
@@Jason-kv7cm not exactly… but maybe my ears are more open for new nuances more recently 😎
Wow I forgot how fire this mans discography is
Ne-Yo sounding exactly the same like the original music is wild ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥
He needs a part 2 because he has way more hits than this
I can easily name 10 more he could a did..like wheres stay...closer...good man... Don't get me started
I agree 💯
@@itsbwashbabi his other version of let me love you is my favorite song
Yea fo real. Plus all the hits he has with rappers. Like that song with 50 Cent. Straight fire
And he wrote a hit for everybody else
MADISON CALLEY ON THE HARP! she went from recording harp covers on youtube (specifically, NeYo's so sick) to actually performing WITH NEYO 🥹👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you for her name ! What a beautiful full circle moment for her 🥹
That’s amazing. ❤
His pen game is hard😊
My mom was so right with raising me with his music
Ne-Yo is one of a handful of RnB artists from the 2000's who could sing and STILL can sing.
Justin Timberlake and tpain Chris brown also come to mind
@@BentleyBohemian_96 and Usher.
They need to bring Mario on this show
@@vuyiswagwiliza373 Lemar would be a killer guest too.
And dance
It’s humanizing for him to admit he’s nervous, but he absolutely crushed it
The love of what you do makes you nervous everytime. Love it love him
Idk if he was nervous I think he just plainly forgot lol. So he had to come up with an excuse. Dude played in big events aside from this lol 😂
@@kingjanson5058 its much pressure on a smaller audience tbh, you can see their expressions more and connect much more to the people in front of you.
literally one of the best ones
Some of the best bridge transition 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️
That was SIMPLY AMAZING 🤩 NE-YO and his band and his back up singer AMAZING ! 👏
I love how the Tiny Desk Concert conditions really spotlights the innate musical talent of the performers - no bells and whistles, just a really wide variety of very well executed music. And it's nice to see Ne-Yo singing with such joy.
0:47 😊 0:47 0:47 😊😊😊😊ñpp
P😊😊😊😊 0:47 y y 😊ñ😊
Ne-yo’s pen game has always been elite and the microphone stays on.
Factss
His catalog is insane. He's so talented.
i need this on Spotify
Neyo deserves more recognition!!!!🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
This guy owned the radio from 07 until 2012
Nah Trey Songz took over R&B from 2010
For like a minute then Ne-Yo continued 😂😂@@nickcourtney793
@@nickcourtney793Trey Songz had hits on radio before 2010s but I’m from Va my radio station played a lot of Trey Songz
@@turonhayes1518 when was his last hit then Turon? Lol
there’s an actual angel sitting on the harp omg ❤
Fosho
Madison Calley
I believe it
She's on tik tok..
I know sheeeeet girl is sexyyy 👍
Ne-Yo has one of the most pure vocal abilities of this generation he is so talented, once in a lifetime vocal range and purity!
How I could recognize so many songs even though I was born 2002 is so impressive
my thoughts exactly ! 😂
Three Things: The band was smashing, the background singers were dope, and the harp player was bopping to the songs. Ne-Yo is official.
Only Ne-Yo can perform a brand new song on TinyDesk and pull it off like that... (Two Million Secrets) is fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yess sir
Love that song was looking for it on all platforms
Written extremely well
Absolutely spectacular!!
Yeah it is. I was trying look up like where it’s at doe lol
Justin Raines is the best I've ever heard on bass - the detail and technique is unmatched
Can’t be live I see Ne-Yo here. Yes, you’re still Ne-Yo. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
That's my sister!! Siiiiinnnggggg Court!!!!!!!!
Dope!!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sis was sanging 🙌🏾🙌🏾
i know u proud!
She sung it!!! I know u proud!!!
This guy's catalogue is ridiculously iconic.
Him backing up his own vocalists is just top level humbleness
Ne-yo, you are the best! Thank you for your music!
Need Ne-Yo's old music back. This is real r&b
His new ish self-explanatory album is super rnb too!! Just not as popular
I agree bro
@@marielli7 exactly
Take A Bow, Let Me Love You, and Irreplaceable are all Neyo?!?! 😭🥰
💯✍🏾🔥
Awesome!!!!
Yup
Yep! I found that out when I went to a concert of his back in 2007. I had the same reaction as you!😊
Yes
Well organised band and vocal delivery was heavenly.
Thank God I had data to watch this 😂
Other noteworthy Ne-Yo compositions for different artists:
Rihanna - Unfaithful (live cover on yt)
Rihanna - Russian Roulette (demo on yt)
Rihanna - Hate that I love you
Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight (demo on yt)
Beyoncé - Flaws and All
Keri Hilson - Knock you Down
Keri Hilson - Pretty Girl Rock
Marques Houston - That Girl (demo on yt)
Usher - His Mistakes (demo on yt)
Estelle - Do My Thing
John Legend - Take Me Away (demo on yt)
Mario Vasquez - Gallery
Celine Dion - Incredible
Leona Lewis - I'm You (demo on yt)
Janet Jackson - Discipline (Demo on yt)
The harp was certainly the highlight for me 😌
Yes ❤
To all the people who were sent back in time because of this set. Most of you must be fathers and mothers right now, reminiscing about the time you were young and naive. Thank you NPR for making this happen. Only love. ♡
For sho, the nostalgia is real for my generation, I'm 42, with 5 blessings.
Yes am a mum of two now and I was so young and naive by the time he released all this songs !!! I am 35 now
Oh my gosh, yes! 43 now. What I would give to go back😅
Exactly 😂😂
This song was released when I was a kid now I got a kid 😂😂 at 24 this hit a lil different for the mfs that was actually young fr
Justin Raines on bass! What a legend. Feel, tone and musicality.
My younger brother passed away last February. He would have loved this 😥😢🥲 Dek, this is for you on your birth month. Love you forever baby bro 💕💞💕
A tiny-desk where background artistry was recognized and appreciated.
Thank you Ne-Yo. 🔥
Not yet over Justin Timberlake's mind-blowing performance, then boom Ne-yo🤯
Right?!!
the same here
they are really doin' it right...
Me too 😊
samee!
All of these Tiny Desk concerts are probably the peak of letting an artist be an artist and showcasing them impeccably.
Ne-Yo is indeed timeless!!! I wish he releases a new album soon..
my ipod nano, mp3 players, and limewire knew how much i love playing your songs and i will always do. thank God for NPR and neyo eyyy
OH MY GAWD LIMEWIRE 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
limewire was a time
Limewire jeez
So sick.mp3
AOL first listen 😂
yesss limewire 😂😂😂
It’s crazy how Ne-Yo wrote
Rihanna’s Take a Bow
Mario’s Let me Love you
Beyonce’s Irreplacable
I love his songs as well as the other ones he wrote.
Such a talent 🤍
This is the best Tiny Desk concerts so far,,, I can't believe they sound this great without any playback.
So raw and sweet like honey!👌👌👌
He got 5 secs to drop that new single "2 million reasons" or else lol.. I done fell in love and I ain't even heard the studio version yet. Neyo definitely about to come HARD!
Nah, nothing beats real live versions
@bimrebeats That's your opinion not mine.
bring the RnB back please... 2000-2010 were the golden years of RnB
The 90s was fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥.
The 90s was fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥.
@@harrisonagu7566 thats also right !!
*clears throat* 90s to mid 2000s
That 2 million secrets needs to be streamed immediately
asap. he has alot of unreleased projects
By far the best Npr desk concert!!!! NE-YO is in a whole other level 🖤✨️
King of the Rnb : Ne-yo 👑