Lessons_in_Love_(Lloyd_album)
Lessons in Love (album)
2008 studio album by Lloyd
Lessons in Love is the third studio album by American singer Lloyd, released by Young Goldie Music, Sho'Nuff Records, The Inc. Records, and Universal Motown on August 4, 2008. This is the last album to be released on The Inc. Records.
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| Released | August 4, 2008 (2008-08-04) | |||
| Recorded | 2007–08 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Hip hop | |||
| Length | 45:53 | |||
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| Producer | Big Reese & Jasper, Eric Hudson, J. Lack, Polow da Don, Oak Felder, Adonis "The Phenom" | |||
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| Singles from Lessons in Love | ||||
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The album was originally to be titled Sexual Education but was later changed to Lessons in Love for a more suitable title. Lloyd describe the album as '"The title concept derives from a schoolboy fantasy of mine".[1] Following their participation on previous album Street Love (2007), 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 Felder (of the Knightwritaz), and others.
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.[2][3]
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.[4] 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 sent to U.S. radio stations for airplay consideration on May 12, 2008.[5] It peaked at sixty-four on Billboard's Hot 100 and thirteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[6] 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
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |    [7] |
| AllMusic | [8] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[9] |
| New York Daily News | [10] |
| Newsday | (B) link |
| Rolling Stone | link at the Wayback Machine (archived September 15, 2008) |
| Slant Magazine | [11] |
| The Guardian | [12] |
| UGO Networks | (C+) link |
| USA Today | [13] |
Lessons in Love received mixed or average reviews from critics. It holds a 60 out of 100 from Metacritic.[14] 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."[8] 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."[15]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sex Education" |
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| 3:36 |
| 2. | "Girls Around the World" (featuring Lil Wayne) |
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| 3:49 |
| 3. | "Treat U Good" | Hudson | 4:08 | |
| 4. | "Year of the Lover" |
| Hudson | 4:06 |
| 5. | "I Can Change Your Life" |
| Oak | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Lose Your Love" |
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| 4:04 |
| 7. | "Have My Baby" |
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| 4:15 |
| 8. | "Love Making 101" |
| Hudson | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Party All Over Your Body" |
| Polow da Don | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Touched By An Angel" |
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| 4:09 |
| 11. | "I'm Wit It" |
| James "JLack" Lackey | 3:05 |
| 12. | "Heart Attack" |
| Shropshire | 3:23 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "How We Do It (Around My Way)" (featuring Ludacris) |
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| 3:36 |
| 14. | "How We Do It (In the UK) (Sway Remix)" (featuring Sway) |
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| 3:38 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "If He Knew" | 3:22 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lessons in Love" | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Lights, Camera, Action" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "I Need Love" (featuring The-Dream) | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Can't Get Over" | 3:04 |
| 5. | "I'm Wit It" (featuring Yung Joc) | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Year of the Lover" (featuring Fabolous & Plies) | 5:07 |
| 7. | "Do The Damn Thing" | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Day in the Life" | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Lose Control" (featuring Nelly) | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Love Spaceship" (featuring Danah Lewis) | 4:15 |
| 11. | "If He Knew" | 3:27 |
| 12. | "Nobody But Me" | 3:08 |
| 13. | "I Don't Wanna Be" | 4:13 |
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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| Region | Date |
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| United Kingdom | August 4, 2008 |
| United States | August 5, 2008 |
| Canada | September 30, 2008 |
- Katie Hasty (August 13, 2008). 'Mamma Mia!' Leaps To No. 1 On The Billboard 200 Billboard. Accessed August 13, 2008.
- Andreas Hale (August 21, 2008). Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 8/17/08 Hip Hop DX. Accessed August 21, 2008.
- "How We Do It (Around My Way)" (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart), Billboard, April 12, 2008.
- Nero, Mark Edward. "Lloyd - Lessons In Love". About.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- Kellman, Andy. "Lessons in Love - Lloyd". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- Vozick-Levinson, Simon (August 1, 2008). "Lessons in Love". Retrieved August 25, 2022.
- Farber, Jim (August 5, 2008). "Lloyd is R&B's new true falsetto". New York Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Archived from the original on August 6, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- Cinquemani, Sal (August 7, 2008). "Lloyd Lessons in Love". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- Macpherson, Alex (August 8, 2008). "CD: Urban review: Lloyd, Lessons in Love". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- Jones, Steve (August 4, 2008). "This week's reviews: Lloyd 'Lessons' impact; Randy in Weill humor". USA Today. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- Lloyd: Lessons In Love (2008): Reviews Metacritic. Accessed August 8, 2008
- Lessons In Love : Lloyd : Review Rolling Stone. Accessed August 8, 2008
- "Lloyd Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- "Lloyd Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- "Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - 2008". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 11, 2015.