Lessons in Love (album)
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| Studio album by Lloyd | ||||||||||
| Released | August 4, 2008 (see release history) | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B, hip-hop | |||||||||
| Length | 45:53 | |||||||||
| Label | Young Goldie Music, The Inc., Universal Motown | |||||||||
| Producer | Big Reese & Jasper, Eric Hudson, J. Lack, Polow da Don, Oak of the Knightwritaz, Adonis "The Phenom" | |||||||||
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Lessons in Love is the third studio album by American singer Lloyd, released by The Inc./Universal Motown on August 5, 2008. This is the last album to released on Irv Gotti's label The Inc. Records.
Production
The album was originally to be titled Sexual Education but was later changed to Lessons in Love for a more suitable titled. Lloyd describle the album as '"The title concept derives from a schoolboy fantasy of mine". Following their participation on previous album Street Love (2003), the singer re-teamed with producers Big Reese and Jasper Cameron to work on the majority of the album, with additional production resulting from collaborations with Polow Da Don, Adonis Shropshire, James Lackey, Oak (of the Knightwritaz), and others.
Reception
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, with moderately successful first week sales 51,000.
The first single, "How We Do It (Around My Way)" features rapper Ludacris, only peaked at number seventy-seven on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It peaked at number seventy-five on the UK Singles Chart. "Girls Around the World" was the album's second single. It features the rapper Lil Wayne. The single was send to U.S. radio stations for airplay consideration on May 12, 2008. It peaked at sixty-four on Billboard's Hot 100 and thirteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The third and final single was "Year of the Lover". The single version featured rapper Plies. It only peaked at number one on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. "I Can Change Your Life" was supposed to be the fourth single from the album, but was cancelled due to the lackluster chart performance of "Year of the Lover".
Critical response
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| About.com |    link |
| Allmusic | link |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C+) link |
| New York Daily News | link |
| Newsday | (B) link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
| Slant Magazine | link |
| The Guardian | link |
| UGO Networks | (C+) link |
| USA Today | link |
Lessons in Love received mixed or average reviews from critics. It holds a 60 out of 100 from Metacritic. Allmusic gave the album 3 out of 5 stars saying, "Between 'I'm Wit It', 'Girls', and a couple other standouts, Lessons in Love cannot be dismissed, but Lloyd will have to really change it up with his fourth album to evade a real holding pattern." Rolling Stone also gave the album 3 out of 5 stars saying, "Throughout Lessons in Love, Lloyd sounds like he's actually having fun dishing out come-ons, adding an emphatic exuberance to each one."
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sex Education" | Cameron, Lloyd Polite, Maurice Sinclair | Big Reese & Jasper Cameron | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Girls Around the World" (feat. Lil Wayne) | Cameron, Dwayne Carter, L. Pinchback, Polite, Sinclair | Big Reese & Jasper Cameron | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Treat U Good" | Johntá Austin, Hudson | Eric Hudson | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Year of the Lover" | Hudson, Richard Butler | Eric Hudson | 4:06 |
| 5. | "I Can Change Your Life" | Warren Felder, Robert Huggar, Polite {jordy Writes} | OAK | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Lose Your Love" | Cameron, Polite, Sinclair, J. Spinks | Big Reese & Jasper Cameron | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Have My Baby" | Cameron, Polite | Big Reese & Jasper Cameron | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Love Making 101" | Hudson, Polite, Shropshire | Eric Hudson | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Party All Over Your Body" | Cameron, Jamal Jones, Polite | Polow da Don | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Touched By An Angel" | Cameron, Polite, Sinclair | Big Reese & Jasper Cameron | 4:09 |
| 11. | "I'm Wit It" | James Lackey, Keri Hilson, Ryon Lovette | James "JLack" Lackey | 3:05 |
| 12. | "Heart Attack" | Polite, Shropshire, J. White | Adonis Shropshire | 3:23 |
| UK Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 13. | "How We Do It (Around My Way)" (feat. Ludacris) | Calvin Bridges, Polite, Wood Works | Baby Boy, Superkidd | 3:36 | |||||
| 14. | "How We Do It (In the UK) (Sway Remix)" (feat. Sway) | Derek Safo, Polite, Works | Baby Boy, Superkidd | 3:38 | |||||
| Circuit City Exclusive | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 13. | "If He Knew" | ||||||||
Lessons in Love 2.0
Tracklisting
Charts positions
Release history
References
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