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| Released | July 15, 2022 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 41:24 | |||
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Self Explanatory is the ninth studio album by American singer Ne-Yo. It was released by Compound Entertainment and Motown on July 15, 2022. [1]
Self Explanatory debuted at number 184 on the US Billboard 200, marking his lowest charting album in the country. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave Self Explanatory three and a half stars out of five and called it Ne-Yo's "most biographical album yet." [3] Ammar Kalia from The Guardian remarked that "strong vocals and head-nodding moments aside, the R&B singer-songwriter's latest record falls short of his career highs." He found that "the pleasant nostalgia of [the] highlights isn't enough to carry the record as a whole: tracks such as "Proud of You," "Call Me Up" and "No Loot" play as mid-tempo filler." [4]
Self Explanatory debuted at number 184 on the US Billboard 200 in the week ending July 30, 2022. [2] This marked Ne-Yo's lowest-charting debut since his 2019 Christmas album Another Kind of Christmas failed to chart. [2] On Billboard's component charts, the album also entered the Current Album Sales at number 59. [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Layin' Low" (featuring Zae France) |
| Remo | 3:01 |
| 2. | "You Got the Body" |
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| 2:56 |
| 3. | "After Party" |
| 3:15 | |
| 4. | "Handle Me Gently" |
| Digi | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Don't Love Me" |
| Mally Mall | 2:47 |
| 6. | "U 2 Luv" (featuring Jeremih) |
| 3:28 | |
| 7. | "Push Up" (featuring Trippie Redd) |
| FrankieOnTheGuitar | 2:29 |
| 8. | "Proud of You" |
| Remo | 3:31 |
| 9. | "Call Me Up" |
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| 3:17 |
| 10. | "What If" |
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| 3:43 |
| 11. | "Want It All or Nothing" |
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| 3:23 |
| 12. | "No Loot" |
| Remo | 2:43 |
| 13. | "Stay Down" (featuring Yung Bleu) |
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| 3:50 |
| Total length: | 41:24 | |||
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| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [2] | 184 |
| US Current Album Sales ( Billboard ) [5] | 59 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref(s) |
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| Various | July 22, 2022 |
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