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<blockquote data-quote="HotNewHipHop" data-source="post: 45979" data-attributes="member: 83">Out of all of the Verzuz shows that have gone down since the online inception of the series, there hasn't been one talked about quite like that of its <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ray-j-tells-joe-budden-about-heavily-clowned-verzuz-performance-it-was-the-casamigos-news.154251.html" target="_blank">most recent R&amp;B matchup</a>. We've been steadily reporting on the ups and downs of the pre-show and main event that recently went down in Los Angeles with Ray J, Sammie, Bobby V, Pleasure P, Mario, and Omarion. There were takeaway moments that <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ray-j-hops-on-livestream-with-sammie-and-bobby-v-talks-one-wish-verzuz-moment-news.154221.html" target="_blank">left viewers bewildered</a>, verbal jabs that got a tad uncomfortable, and off-key singing that made for memes.However, while chatting with The Cruz Show at the BET Awards Content Hub over the weekend, Ne-Yo discussed the Verzuz, and while he could see the humor of it all, he seemed disappointed in the execution.&quot;I was there. I was in the house, I was there,&quot; he said, adding there was no way he was taking to the stage. &quot;But the first part of the show, man, I just feel like that was an opportunity for it to be a real moment for R&amp;B and cats kinda got in they feelings a little bit and turned in into something other than R&amp;B. It was weird.&quot;&quot;And then the main event, a performer versus a singer—I'm sorry, a performer versus a sanger—the performer's always going to struggle, especially if you don't sang your damn self, you know what I mean?&quot; He clarified that he loves Omarion, but doubled down that in this particular Verzuz element, Mario had the better chops. &quot;Omarion got to use his whole body to get the same response that Mario can get <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/omarion-and-mario-share-shady-messages-following-last-nights-verzuz-news.154078.html" target="_blank">with just his voice</a>. That's the difference.&quot; Ne-Yo made sure to state once again that he has love for all of the Verzuz performers but insisted there was a clear winner.Watch Ne-Yo share his thoughts below.<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ne-yo-weighs-in-on-recent-verzuz-omarion-is-a-performer-mario-is-a-singer-news.154283.html" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="HotNewHipHop, post: 45979, member: 83"] Out of all of the [I]Verzuz[/I] shows that have gone down since the online inception of the series, there hasn't been one talked about quite like that of its [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ray-j-tells-joe-budden-about-heavily-clowned-verzuz-performance-it-was-the-casamigos-news.154251.html']most recent R&B matchup[/URL]. We've been steadily reporting on the ups and downs of the pre-show and main event that recently went down in Los Angeles with Ray J, Sammie, Bobby V, Pleasure P, Mario, and Omarion. There were takeaway moments that [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ray-j-hops-on-livestream-with-sammie-and-bobby-v-talks-one-wish-verzuz-moment-news.154221.html']left viewers bewildered[/URL], verbal jabs that got a tad uncomfortable, and off-key singing that made for memes. However, while chatting with [I]The Cruz Show[/I] at the BET Awards Content Hub over the weekend, Ne-Yo discussed the [I]Verzuz[/I], and while he could see the humor of it all, he seemed disappointed in the execution. "I was there. I was in the house, I was there," he said, adding there was no way he was taking to the stage. "But the first part of the show, man, I just feel like that was an opportunity for it to be a real moment for R&B and cats kinda got in they feelings a little bit and turned in into something other than R&B. It was weird." "And then the main event, a performer versus a singer—I'm sorry, a performer versus a [I]sanger—[/I]the performer's always going to struggle, especially if you don't [I]sang[/I] your damn self, you know what I mean?" He clarified that he loves Omarion, but doubled down that in this particular [I]Verzuz[/I] element, Mario had the better chops. "Omarion got to use his whole body to get the same response that Mario can get [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/omarion-and-mario-share-shady-messages-following-last-nights-verzuz-news.154078.html']with just his voice[/URL]. That's the difference." Ne-Yo made sure to state once again that he has love for all of the [I]Verzuz[/I] performers but insisted there was a clear winner. Watch Ne-Yo share his thoughts below. [url="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/ne-yo-weighs-in-on-recent-verzuz-omarion-is-a-performer-mario-is-a-singer-news.154283.html"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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