Rap-Up.com || Ne-Yo and Shakira Collaboration Nixed

“Forbidden Fruit,” a song that found Ne-Yo singing questionable lyrics from a male’s perspective, leaked onto the Internet last month. There were rumors that the track was either Ne-Yo’s or a collaboration he was doing with Colombian bombshell Shakira. Rap-Up.com spoke exclusively with the hitmaker who set the record straight.

“I wrote that for her. She wound up not taking it. A lot of these songs that wind up on the Internet, people don’t get the back story and then it just sounds weird. You have me singing a song and I’m saying ‘he’ a lot, and nobody makes the assumption that I’m a songwriter and I do write songs for women every now and then. People don’t gather that so then they go, ‘Oh, what is this? What is Ne-Yo doing? Is he trying to tell us something?’ No, I’m not trying to tell you anything. You shouldn’t have downloaded the song, pirates!”

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bass_man
September 1st, 2008 at 7:12 am
somebody said it. thank you.

how someone can be so ignorant not to make that connection, is beyond me.

like those chris brown demos for PCD that leaked, people actually think those are his songs. smh.
V.I.P. JiGGa
September 1st, 2008 at 8:32 am
cuz places like media takeout b blowing it up
Fresh Prince22
September 1st, 2008 at 8:37 am
\’every now and then\’…..yea right…most of his songs are written and given to females…hmmm idk about that.Ne-Yo always been a question mark.
KIKI
September 1st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
@ bass_man.. I totally agree.
nasia
September 1st, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Ok With The Chris Brown 1 We ALL joked A Laughed & Was Playing Asking Chris Brown HOW HE DOING??? But We Just Joking We Knew It Was Demo
But Ms Ne-Yo Diva Honey Ummmm Thats A Different Story Im Quite Sure EVERY1 Seen Those Pics Of You B4 The Fame You Were Screaming HOw You Doing?? So Shafer You Better Work Ms Diva! Work! Diva! Ova! Lmao How You Doing??
nasia
September 1st, 2008 at 3:54 pm
& LMAO @ The Name Of The Song ““Forbidden Fruit,”
Lmao Damn!
bass_man
September 1st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
nasia you know u r dead wrong lol
Hanna
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:02 am
Ne-Yo is a dumb ass. If he should really pay attention to the women he works for, then it would be a duet. But does he, NO.

To say what I am talking. I am sure that Shakira would love the idea that someone has written a song for her, but if you should KNOW HER. She likes to write songs HERSELF.

NE-YO IS A WASTE OF A SONGWRITER AND A SINGER.
JOEI
September 8th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
why would neyo even consider writing a song for shakira? shakira never works outside her circle because she is her own circle, with writing and producing her own music. Now i think that wyclef was the only hip hop producer to ever colaborate with Shakira but even in that colab, shakira had a say in the production and writing.