LeToya, Lady Love Full Album Zip
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Lady Love is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist LeToya Luckett. It was released by Capitol Records, on August 25, 2009 in the United States. Originally scheduled for release several times in 2008, the album was released after corporate restructuring at the record company.[2] As with her solo debut, the singer worked with a wide variety of collaborators for the album, including Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Blac Elvis, Ryan Leslie, Harold Lilly, Bei Maejor, Oak, Soundz, T-Minus, and Tank.
The album earned generally positive review from music critic who praised its versatility, though some found that the project was uneven. Lady Love debuted and peaked at number twelve on the US Billboard 200 chart and at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, beocoming Luckett's second album to claim the top spot. It produced four singles, including lead single "Not Anymore" and "Regret" with rapper Ludacris, the latter of which became a top ten hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Production for Lady Love originally began in 2007, with a release scheduled several times in 2008. However, due to the fusing of Capitol Records and Virgin Records, funding for many artists was frozen until the completion of the merger, affecting not only the release of Lady Love but also the release of "Obvious", the third single from Luckett's self-titled debut album.[3] In early 2009, the release date for Lady Love was announced to be May 19, 2009, however it was later pushed back to June 16, 2009, before finally being set to August 24, 2009.[4][5]
Luckett worked with a wide variety of collaborators for the album, including R&B singer-songwriters Ne-Yo, Chris Brown and Tank. Featured guests include Ludacris, Estelle and Mims whilst some versions of the album feature bonus track "Swagger" which features rappers Bun B, Killa Kyleon, and Slim Thug. Described as "showcasing a more laid back and comfortable LeToya,"[6] Lady Love differs stylistically from its predecessor in that it incorporates less elements of hip-hop and hip-hop soul music, instead adopting a more polished, electronic sound.[6]
On the "supremely smooth" song "Take Away Love" featuring British singer Estelle, Luckett plays the part of a lover who is having difficulty getting her lover to realise that she "doesn't want a relationship with him" because she is "still in love" with her "ex" and he "doesn't understand that." While on the "sensely layered" song "Good to Me" which has been described as "serious and sexy at the same time" and likened to some of the material on R&B singer Usher's 2004 albumConfessions album,[8] Luckett names and describes the qualities she wants in her ideal man, emphasising that he must be "good to [her]."[1] The tempo of the album "slows down towards the end" with the songs "Drained", "Tears" and the Marsha Ambrosius-penned "Matter."[6] Shortly before closing the album, Luckett "shows off her upper vocal register" on "Don't Need You" which has been herladed as her "best recording to-date" by Timothy Michael Carson of About.com.[9]
Amidst anticipation for the album release, Luckett released a five-track sampler on May 19, 2009.[10] The sampler features first single "Not Anymore" and 1 minute 30 second snippets of "Regret", "She Ain't Got...", "Lady Love" and "Matter".[11] The album was released on physically and digitally on August 25, 2009 in the United States and worldwide a day earlier. An explicit version of the album is also available and bears a Parental Advisory label. To celebrate the album's release, Luckett hosted an album release party at Cain in New York City on August 27, 2009.[12]
"She Ain't Got..." the album's second single, was produced by Cory Bold and written by LeToya, Andre Merritt, Chris Brown and Bold. Chosen by fans,[15] it became the first LeToya single to carry a Parental Advisory label, though a "clean" version was also released. It became the most added song on rhythmic radio, thus peaking at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart, while peaking at number seventy-five on the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay chart and number twenty on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. However, the single was most successful in Japan where it peaked at number forty-nine on the Japan Hot 100. A music video, directed by Bryan Barber was shot on June 3, 2009 and premiered on Yahoo Music on June 30, 2009, featuring guest star Major League Baseball players Orlando Hudson and Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as Baseball Hall of Fame member Dave Winfield.[16][17]
"Good To Me", produced by Tank and Jerry "Texx" Franklin and written by Tank, Franklin, K. Stephens, R. Newt and J. Valentine, was released as the album's fourth and final single. Though the song failed to chart, a music video directed by makeup artist AJ Crimson and co-starring model-actor Keston Karter was released on February 11, 2010.[19][20][21]
Letoya Luckett released her new cover for her lastest solo album entitled Lady Love. I think the album cover looks great and I am excited to see what she does with her sophomore album.
I think this video does a great job of coordinating with the collection of videos Beyonc has made for this album but also making it a little different. It is trippy and visual roller-coaster, but it matches the song. I am mad that this video is NOT on Above and Beyonc, her music video anthology released earlier this month.
Although I LOVE Bey, she has been playing people lately. If you are still interested, Above and Beyonc will be available at Wal-Mart everywhere and J&R Music stores in New York City beginning June 16.
THE DIVA DUET IS THE BEST PART! I am sorry this blog is a lot of quotes, but I am kind of freaking out right now. Frankly, anyone of the women I have picked as daily DIVA (that can sing) I would love to have on the show. But here are my top choices.
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