Music Review: Ne-Yo & Juicy J "She Knows"

Ne-Yo & Juicy J

She Knows

Album: Non-Fiction

Year:  2014

            Ne-Yo is mesmerized by a woman while out at the bar in the polished   “She Knows.”

            Rubbery synths open the single, setting a bouncing tone. Juicy introduces himself and then brags that he has multiple women he keeps well satsified. He also really likes sex. (“Yeah, uh-huh!/Your boy Juicy J/She bad, yeah/In case you didn't know, Juicy that *****/I keep me two hoes like that nigga Jack Tripper/I shoot in they face like that boy Reggie Miller/And I kill that ***** like my name Jack the Ripper/Baby, I'm horny and I ain't too proud to beg/Instead show me the bed/Early morning breakfast and head/And I got Tina, Tasha and Toya, I call ‘em the triple threat/All them bitches be soaking wet/This the first night them bitches met.”)

               Ne-Yo can’t stop staring, watching her move across the dance floor. She’s graceful and sexy at the same time. Around the club, he sees other men with their friends watching her. (“You know from the moment she turn around/She know how to back it up and drop it down/She know she what all the fellas looking at/Cause they know soon as her song come on it's a wrap.”)

            In the pre-chorus, she turns and winks at one of the guys. She lets out a laugh as she and her friends head back to the bar. Other women remain on the floor but none of the men care. (“And she loves the attention/That she get when she moves, yeah/Showin' out with her home girls/Hypnotizing all the dudes.”)

              In the chorus, he believes she loves the attention and basks in it. (“And she knows (She knows, she knows, she knows)/She knows (She knows, she knows, she knows)/She knows (She knows, she knows, she knows)/I know, I know, she knows (She knows, she knows, she knows)/And I know, I know, she knows.”)

                She’s got the virgin/whore thing going on. On her way back to her table, he stops her. He flashes his best smile and says she’s best baddest good girl he’s ever met. She promises him a night alone with her. (“She bad, mix of ratchet with the classy, oh/So bad, I just couldn't let her pass me, no/I told her, "Shawty, you so right, but you so wrong" (So wrong, so wrong, so wrong)/She said, "Daddy, I'll be back after this song"/"Then you takin' me home"/Said I know.”)

                The pre-chorus and chorus are sung again.

                  Juicy J pretends to above it all. He’s going to get her. She’s going to be one his conquests. (“She know what she working with (She know, she know, she know)/I see you, uh/You got my attention, baby, go do what you do/Eviction notice, know you gon' have to make a move/All this ice in my Rollie, no wonder I play it cool/Ain't no I in team, but I got my eyes on you/I watch it bounce when she walk/She lick her lips when she talk/I throw her in that Bentley coupé with the top off like Mardi Gras/All that cake, come get you some filling/Like a soap opera, watch all my children/Hit it so long that she might lose feeling/With her legs in the air, she gon' walk on the ceiling.”)

               Ne-Yo sings the pre-chorus and chorus to end the single.

                Ne-Yo admires her and thinks she’s beautiful. He’s interested but seems to be actually into her than just for the sex. He has bit more substance than say Jason Derulo or Usher (as of late.)

                Juicy J is monotonous and lacking in any respect. It’s ok to look and comment. However, he always manages to cross the line to leering jerk who will pop a roofie in a woman’s drink if she says no.

           The  relishing “She Knows” could’ve been misognystic but Ne-Yo manages to  be respectful.