Good Man is Ne-Yo's 7th studio album that was released on June 8, 2018 by Motown Records.
Tracklisting[]
- "Caterpillars 1st" (Intro) 0:41
- 1 More Shot 3:50
- LA Nights 3:54
- Nights Like These (featuring Romeo Santos) 3:24
- U Deserve 3:44
- Summertime 2:54
- Push Back (with Bebe Rexha and Stefflon Don) 3:41
- Breathe 4:03
- On Ur Mind (featuring PartyNextDoor) 3:22
- Back Chapters 4:10
- Hotbox (featuring Eric Bellinger) 4:15
- Over U 3:28
- Without U 3:14
- Apology 4:07
- Ocean Sure (featuring Candice Boyd and Sam Hook) 3:44
- The Struggle... (Interlude) 0:26
- Good Man 3:49
Chart Performance[]
"Good Man" peaked at #33 on the Billboard 200 and #17 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Critical Reception[]
Andy Kellman of AllMusic affirmed that Ne-Yo still persists with his "tried-and-true songwriting approach" which ensures that "not one song is poor", but felt that a majority of the tracks on the album fails to stand out; most "[blurring] into one another" and lacking distinction. He selected "U Deserve" and "On Ur Mind" as the notable hits on the record.
Elias Leight from Rolling Stone was unimpressed with Ne-Yo's decision to produce "safe" trap-based radio hits, which he deemed "perfectly of-its-moment; profoundly unmemorable."
He wrote that Ne-Yo fails to "write his way out of the ordinary with another sterling hook" on his "standard-issue rap/R&B hybrids", nevertheless praising the "pan-Caribbean rhythms" on the album where "[Ne-Yo's] winning airiness returns.