The rally was in Makati but another rally went on in Araneta Coliseum, all for the presence of one outstanding songwriter and RnB artist, whose name has to be hyphenated, Ne-yo.

February 29, 2008. Anticipation increased day by day as the Ne-yo concert come to its date. Good for people who ran out of tickets for the supposedly one-night show, because Ne-yo agreed to do a repeat the following night. Arnee Hidalgo opened for the first night while Kris Lawrence crooned to With You of Chris Brown on second night.

Next to Usher, who is my ultimate RnB hero, Ne-yo comes close in second with a lot of my favorite RnB love songs under his belt.

SEXY LOVE

I’m so addicted to her she’s the sweetest drug
Just enough
Still too much say that I’m simp and
I’m sprung all of the above
I can’t help she makes me say (Ohh ohhh ohhhh)
And I just can’t think (of anything else I’d rather do)
Than to hear you say (say my name the way you do)
And baby when we do our thing (when we do the things we do)
Oh, Babygirl you make me say (Ohh ohhh ohhhh)

Sexy love, girl the things you do
(Oh baby baby) Keep me sprung, keep me running back to you
Oh I love making love to you
Say babygirl you know you’re my (sexy love…)

CAN WE CHILL

Baby don’t you be so mean
I try to keep my conversation clean
But you the flyest thing i seen
Since i came up in here, you a superstar my dear
I dont wanna waist your time
With no corny playa lines
But girl if you dont mind
I will love to occupy the space right by your side

Girl can we chill
Talk about leavin together sure we will
But just for now don’t let my champagne spill on you
As you make your move to the floor, floor, floor, floor
Girl can we chill
Talk about leavin together sure we will
Later i’ll do everything you want me to
Makin love to you
Beg for more, more, more, more

GO ON GIRL (This song Chris, Oli and I happily swayed to this song)

I was inviting, her into my heart
But she was out riding in
some other man’s car
She was my night time,
thought I was her star
Guess I was wrong,
but see I’m strong
Wont take me long for me to move on

[ Hook: ]
Please don’t worry bout me I’m fine
(Please don’t worry bout me I’m fine)
Only gonna play the fool one time
(Only gonna play the fool one time)
Trust me when I say
That I’ll be ok
Go on girl
(Go on girl)
Go on girl
(Go on girl)
Go on girl

They played a bit of his composed hits by different artists like Hate That I Love You by Rihanna, which happens to be one of our songs too.

Because of You was supposed to be his last song and appropriately so, since this is the song Bubba and I love to dance to and the lyrics so aptly flows. Ne-yo left the stage and the crowd roared for more. He already changed to a simple white shirt but he still conceded to give an extra to the admiring fans. He did an encore of When You’re Mad song, which was our favorite song last year especially at times when we have our insignificant squabbles.

There wasn’t too much of stage and lighting effects. The backdrop was simple. The dancers were all of color and wore provocative outfits while shaking their damn big booties. Short as it was with barely an hour and half of performance, the concert was such a huge hit! Everyone gaped, sang and danced as Ne-yo belted out his popularized songs and compositions.

Album: http://cushee.multiply.com/photos/album/381/08_0229-_Neyo_Concert