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The big lead single from Lloyd's third album, "Girls All Around the World," has a couple connections with "You," the number one R&B single from 2007's Street Love. Lil Wayne's guest roles are the most obvious similarity between the two, while "Girls All Around the World" is built around the same drum break -- the one from Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers' "Ashley's Roachclip," a source for the likes of Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full" and Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True," to name two of the almost countless -- used on P.M. Dawn's "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," a song that, like "You," quoted Spandau Ballet's "True." "Girls easily qualifies as this album's most major drawing point, fit for summer with that familiar bounding beat and breezy synth-string accents, not to mention Wayne, who can't help but humorously reference "Paid in Full." And, of course, there is Lloyd, the should-be honorary DeBarge, with his loveable wannabe-thug falsetto. Incorporating some more club-oriented material wouldn't have hurt the album, given how safe it tends to play it, filled out with gentle midtempo cuts and slow jams, much of which comes across as Street Love reheated. That becomes increasingly obvious as the tracks roll on, especially during the latter half, where two of the album's more ridiculous tracks, "Party All Over Your Body" and "Touched by an Angel," are paired together, their disparate titles and sonics belying thematic sameness (or mindlessness). And the heartfelt sentiment within the Outfield-referencing "Lose Your Love," earlier in the set, seems more of a put-on than any of Lloyd's tough-guy photo poses. "I'm Wit It," a low-slung but urgent post-Neptunes strutter, is where Lloyd really excels, flashing some vocal gymnastics, swimming and diving through the beat while balancing desperation with swagger. Between that, "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.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Maurice Sinclair, Drums, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jasper, Producer - J. Cameron, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - M. Sinclair, ComposerLyricist - Paul Sheehy, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - R. Copeland, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd, MainArtist - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - L. Polite, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bree, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Big Reese, Producer - John "JT" Tyler, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Brabham, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Allison "Whild" Traylor, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Jasper, Producer - J. Cameron, ComposerLyricist - M. Sinclair, ComposerLyricist - Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist - D. Carter, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd, MainArtist - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Polite, Producer, Co-Producer - Big Reese, Producer - Vernon Mungro, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Johntá Austin, ComposerLyricist - Eric Hudson, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd, MainArtist - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lorenzo Myles, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Eric Hudson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - R. Love, ComposerLyricist - Chad "C-Note" Roper, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Miles Walker, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd, MainArtist - Rico Love, Producer - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
R.L. Huggar, ComposerLyricist - Oak of The Knightwritaz, Producer - W. Felder, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd, MainArtist - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Cacciurri, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Maurice Sinclair, Drums, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jasper, Producer - John Spinks, ComposerLyricist - J. Cameron, ComposerLyricist - Jasper Cameron, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - M. Sinclair, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd, MainArtist - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Big Reese, Producer - Allison "Whild" Traylor, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Whatley, Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Jasper, Producer - J. Cameron, ComposerLyricist - Jasper Cameron, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lloyd, MainArtist - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd Polite, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Big Reese, Producer - Allison "Whild" Traylor, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Eric Hudson, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - A. Shropshire, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd, MainArtist - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Lorenzo Myles, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Jason Perry, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - J. Cameron, ComposerLyricist - Brian Kennedy, Producer - Elvis Williams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Polow Da Don, Producer - J. Jones, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd, MainArtist - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Steve Fisher, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Maurice Sinclair, Drums, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jasper, Producer - J. Cameron, ComposerLyricist - Jasper Cameron, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - M. Sinclair, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd, MainArtist - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Big Reese, Producer
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Jay Stevenson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Lackey, ComposerLyricist - Miles Walker, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd, MainArtist - Jeremy Stevenson, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - R. Lovette, ComposerLyricist - James "J Lack" Lackey, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Adonis Shropshire, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Shropshire, ComposerLyricist - Lloyd, MainArtist - J. White, ComposerLyricist - Carlton Lynn, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - L. Polite, ComposerLyricist - Steve Fisher, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 Universal Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. and I.G. Records, Inc
Album review
The big lead single from Lloyd's third album, "Girls All Around the World," has a couple connections with "You," the number one R&B single from 2007's Street Love. Lil Wayne's guest roles are the most obvious similarity between the two, while "Girls All Around the World" is built around the same drum break -- the one from Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers' "Ashley's Roachclip," a source for the likes of Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full" and Milli Vanilli's "Girl You Know It's True," to name two of the almost countless -- used on P.M. Dawn's "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," a song that, like "You," quoted Spandau Ballet's "True." "Girls easily qualifies as this album's most major drawing point, fit for summer with that familiar bounding beat and breezy synth-string accents, not to mention Wayne, who can't help but humorously reference "Paid in Full." And, of course, there is Lloyd, the should-be honorary DeBarge, with his loveable wannabe-thug falsetto. Incorporating some more club-oriented material wouldn't have hurt the album, given how safe it tends to play it, filled out with gentle midtempo cuts and slow jams, much of which comes across as Street Love reheated. That becomes increasingly obvious as the tracks roll on, especially during the latter half, where two of the album's more ridiculous tracks, "Party All Over Your Body" and "Touched by an Angel," are paired together, their disparate titles and sonics belying thematic sameness (or mindlessness). And the heartfelt sentiment within the Outfield-referencing "Lose Your Love," earlier in the set, seems more of a put-on than any of Lloyd's tough-guy photo poses. "I'm Wit It," a low-slung but urgent post-Neptunes strutter, is where Lloyd really excels, flashing some vocal gymnastics, swimming and diving through the beat while balancing desperation with swagger. Between that, "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.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:45
- Main artists: Lloyd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: I.G. Records, Inc. - Universal Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2008 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2008 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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