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. 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. On the other hand, Street Love is actually a much stronger effort than his debut when you tally the number of highlights. 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. 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. Dawn). 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. Lloyd is more comfortable, committed, and believable on Street Love, and if taken in small doses, you can add satisfying to the list. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
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posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:18:28Incredible
Oh my goodness! My favorite song on this album isn't a single. It's titled Incredible and this song is just that! Lloyd's creamy, smooth harmonies and the music weave together amazingly. The first few seconds make me melt! Listening to this song feels like a warm blanket covering me. Its almost trance-like. You've made be a loyal fan Lloyd; what you did here take a true gift!
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Track Listing
Credits
- Justin Trawick
- Assistant
- Manny Marroquin
- Mixing
- Maurice Sinclair
- A&R
- Tom Coyne
- Mastering
- Eloise Bryan
- A&R
- Carlton Lynn
- Engineer, Mixing
- Christian Lantry
- Photography
- Sandy Brummels
- Creative Director
- Irv Gotti
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Wirlie Morris
- Synthesizer, Arranger, Producer, Drum Programming, Keyboards
- Irving Lorenzo
- Producer
- Johnta Austin
- Producer, Vocal Producer, Vocal Arrangement
- Tameka Foster
- Stylist
- Glenn Schick
- Mastering
- Henry "Noonie" Lee, Jr.
- Executive Producer, Management
- Jasper
- Keyboards, Programming, Producer
- Darcell Lawrence
- A&R
- Alan Mason
- Assistant
- Bryan-Michael Cox
- Bass, Drums, Producer, Keyboards
- Vincent Alexander
- Assistant
- Candice Childress
- Production Coordination
- Jasper Cameron
- Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer
- Lorna Leighton
- Art Direction
- Adonis
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Producer
- Jared Robbins
- Assistant
- Meredeth Oliver
- A&R
- Nico Solis
- Engineer
- Greg "Ruckus" Andrews
- Scratching
- Sam Thomas
- Engineer, Mixing
- Elvis Williams
- Keyboards, Talk Box
- James Lackey
- Producer
- Lloyd
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Joyce Irby
- Executive Producer
- Carroll "Palmo" Paryo
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Lloyd Jr. Polite
- Executive Producer, Vocal Arrangement
- Kori Anders
- Assistant
- Traci Tolmaire
- A&R
- Gary Fly
- Assistant
- Miles Walker
- Engineer
- Denny Ogle
- Assistant Engineer
- Seven Aurelius
- Producer
- Laura Giles
- A&R
- Kelley Parham
- A&R
- Jazze Phá
- Producer
- Donald Albright "D Day"
- Marketing
- James Devon Brabham
- Keyboards
- Cavi
- Vocals (Background)
- Dan Cooper "DanTan"
- Marketing
- Dwayne Cotts
- Guitar
- Ced Keys
- Keyboards, Producer
- Mahogany
- Stylist
- Lunna Man
- Editing
- Mike Miller
- Assistant
- Mike Mora
- Engineer
- Nikki Nelms
- Stylist
- Muzzy Solis
- Assistant
- Howard White
- Engineer
- Leslie Brathwaite
- Mixing
- Steve Fisher
- Engineer
- John Frye
- Mixing
- Eric Hudson
- Producer
















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