Jay Sean began working on his fourth album and second with Cash Money Records under the name Freeze Time in July 2010.

[2] At the time, he stated that he had completed roughly 75 percent of the album and that guests included Lil Wayne, Pitbull and Nicki Minaj.

[4] But in February 2012, during an interview with Clevvermusic, when Jay Sean was asked about his long delayed fourth studio album he said "Let me tell you what happened with, Freeze Time.

[13] In October 2012, Jay Sean released an EP available only on the Australian iTunes Store with the three songs and an exclusive bonus track "Patience".

[26] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly rated the album an A− grade, stating that "Neon feels confident and complete" with "all the thrills of the best Chris Brown songs".

[28] Kathy Iandoli of Vibe gave the album a positive review, saying "Neon is perhaps Jay Sean's most cohesive work, due to its lack of compromise.

"[31] Fred Thomas of AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars, saying "Much of Neon feels like Sean and his production crew are scrounging around for a hit, trying their luck with everything from saccharine pop to generic club bangers and even a reggae-tinged number, "Sucka for You."

As someone whose success has come mostly as a singles artist, Jay Sean fails to deliver anything quite as charismatic as any of his greatest hits on Neon, leaving the album feeling largely flat.

The presence of rappers Ace Hood and Busta Rhymes ups the ante slightly in the later stages of the album, but for the most part Neon is as safe and inoffensive as its namesake gas.

The British smoothie sold more than 4 million copies of his 2009 single "Down," which featured Lil Wayne, but a lot of adventurous new R&B has arrived in the interim.

Compared with Drake, Frank Ocean or Miguel, Neon is R&Beige – full of boy-band blahs and acoustic guitars ("Guns and Roses"), and limpid love songs ("Luckiest Man").

Jay Sean works his fluttery falsetto alongside Rick Ross on "Mars" and finds a serviceably sexy jam with "All on Your Body," which features Ace Hood, but even at its best, Neon barely flickers.