Ne-Yo Taking Different Route On New Project

Singer/songwriter Ne-Yorecently revealed he is starting on a new album, his first since 2008′s Year Of The Gentlemen, and according to the R&B crooner it will be different from his usual sound.

Without revealing much information he told MTV News, “Just know I’m doing something a little different this time around. Just be expecting that were gonna bring back entertainment — that’s what were gonna do. Yes, I’ve decided to make it the lifetime of the gentlemen.”

He also talked about starting on the new project on his Twitter page, writing: “Very blessed to write on and be a part of other great projects, but nothing like working on my own album…Back in the US! Busy week this week and Friday I start recording the new album.”

Ne-Yo is also working on furthering his acting career, and proclaimed that he wanted to be the next Tom Hanks.

“I was quoted as once saying I want to be the black Tom Hanks,” he said. “And what I mean by that is Tom Hanks is the kind of guy that can do comedy, action, you name it.  So I want to be that guy. I want to do all different genres of movies and do them well.”

Ne-Yo will appear in the upcoming films, Red Tails, a story about the Tuskegee Airmen, alongside Cuba Gooding Jr., and Terrance Howard, and Battle: Los Angeles, an alien-invasion flick, which will reach theaters in 2011.

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