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Episode 93 It was the year of 2008. I was a wild teen who needed some clear guidance. I was sent to a summer camp to be a junior counselor that changed my life forever. I made new friend, fell in love, became a part of a new camp family and subsequently a community. A lot changed for me in 2008. A couple years prior in 2006 Ne-Yo came out with an album called "In My Own Words" and I remember writing a blog about it and how you could write a story with the song titles. And that's exactly what I did. I used the song titles as parts of an interesting story. Then fast forward to 2020 when I started my podcast journey. I thought back on that time of Ne-Yo and my growing love for his music and him as an artist. I was a teenager, there was Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, Omarion the list went on but I had a special spot for Ne-Yo in my young teenage heart. So on KDTime I decided to create an episode analyzing his first album and it was so much fun. Then I did it again for his 2nd album ...

Episode 40 I did a similar episode for the first album In My Own Words, episode 23. I think the musical genius that is Ne-Yo created another story like album where all the songs are connected in some form or some way. For example with this particular album there is one girl who is multiple videos of the single releases and you can't tell me that the album songs aren't related. This story made me laugh because of all the back and forth and the drama of it all. He was with one girl and then cheated and then tried to pursue the next girl but was with his ex and then with another different girl. I'm like what is going on here?? But some people are like that. Rolling stones, dandelions blown from one place to another. They don't know how to keep still. I think the biggest differences between albums one and two are that in the first one he's the "victim" sort of, and it seems as though he's well a simp; which means that he's soft, too attentive and subm...