The smash hit “You” is about a player changing his ways for the love of a girl, but when Lloyd sings the refrain - “Can I be your friend? / This is how I feel / I’m in need of love” - he sounds as melted by his own emotions as the girls do by his mellifluous voice. The other part is that Lloyd sings every song with a desire that is all-encompassing and absolutely sincere. Part of it is that the 21-year-old Lloyd sounds like a teenager: his fragile, yearning voice has more than little in common with Michael Jackson at his most tender. has a voice that captures the overwhelming rush of teenage love better than any other current r’n’b singer. Retrieved May 11, 2015.New Orleans native Lloyd Harlan Polite Jr. ^ "Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - 2008".^ "Lloyd Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)".^ "Lloyd Chart History ( Billboard 200)".^ Lessons In Love : Lloyd : Review Rolling Stone.^ Lloyd: Lessons In Love (2008): Reviews Metacritic."This week's reviews: Lloyd 'Lessons' impact Randy in Weill humor". "CD: Urban review: Lloyd, Lessons in Love". ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (August 1, 2008).
It holds a 60 out of 100 from Metacritic. Lessons in Love received mixed or average reviews from critics. Link at the Wayback Machine (archived September 15, 2008)
"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".Ĭritical response Professional ratings Review scores It only peaked at number one on the Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. The single version featured rapper Plies. The third and final single was " Year of the Lover". It peaked at sixty-four on Billboard's Hot 100 and thirteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. radio stations for airplay consideration on May 12, 2008. " Girls Around the World" was the album's second single. It peaked at number seventy-five on the UK Singles Chart. 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. 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. 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. Lloyd describe the album as '"The title concept derives from a schoolboy fantasy of mine". The album was originally to be titled Sexual Education but was later changed to Lessons in Love for a more suitable title.