After that album went platinum (a remarkable feat in a diminished sales environment), Lloyd released the hit single "Girls Around the World" the following year, along with the subsequent album, Lessons in Love. The album was an immense success and was followed up in 2007 with the equally sentimental Street Love. Lloyd's solo album, Southside, a showcase for his romantic vocals that features collaborations with Ashanti, Lil Wayne and Chink Santana, was finally released in the summer of 2004.
He decided to go with Gotti, breathing new life into the Inc., a label whose sales and credibility have taken a substantial hit due to flagship artist Ja Rule's fall from grace. That situation didn't pan out, and Lloyd found himself being eyed by two different industry honchos: L.A. Besides the guest rapper singles, Street Love is all bedroom ballads, with the standouts being the Polow the Don produced title track (which is slow-enough to make his work on Ciara’s Promise sound almost breakneck) and the sleazy Irv Gotti produced Take You Home. Soon after, he was picked up as a solo artist by Magic Johnson Records and recorded a new LP's worth of songs. Lloyd Street Love free mp3 download and stream. The group released an album called Toon Time on DreamWorks in 2000. Lloyd is more comfortable, committed, and believable on Street Love, and if taken in small doses, you can add satisfying to the list.Born in New Orleans but raised in Atlanta, Lloyd Polite began singing as a young child, and he got his first record deal at age 11, fronting a boy band called N-Toon. Producer Jazze Pha offers a winner with his soulful and polished "Certified" while J Lack ( James Lackey) gives the album its most creative moment as he lays broken soul music across "Hazel." Much of Street Love paints Lloyd as a replacement for another J Lack client, Usher, which is much more possible that the half-thug/half-Romeo role he played on his debut. The forced thug posturing is gone and replaced by sweeter lyrics and an entirely convincing playfulness that allows for lines like "Is there something you're not telling me?/Are you the daughter of Frankie Beverly?" ("Get It Shawty") along with a flippant guest shot from Lil Wayne ("You," which samples Spandau Ballet's "True" by way of P.M. Even more important, by never letting the singer out of his comfort zone, the album defines its artist and lays a solid foundation for a long career, even if it just looks like singles and guest appearances on hip-hop tracks at this point. On the other hand, Street Love is actually a much stronger effort than his debut when you tally the number of highlights. The redundant songs start rearing their heads about track number four, with tales of heartache, seduction, and sweetness repeated as if every day were Valentine's Day. With an overabundance of ballads and swagger, cool crooner Lloyd's second effort is just too narrow to recommend to the casual fan of smooth, pillow-talk R&B.
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