Lady Love (album)

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Lady Love is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist LeToya Luckett originally scheduled for release several times in 2008. After corporate restructuring at Capitol Records the album was released on August 25, 2009 in the United States.

On the album Luckett has worked with a wide variety of collborators including Ne-Yo, Chris Brown and Bryan-Michael Cox. Featured guests include Ludacris, Estelle and Mims whilst some versions of the album will also have a bonus track which also features Bun B, Killa Kyleon, and Slim Thug.

The album's first single "Not Anymore" was released February 3, 2009 having been written by Ne-Yo and produced by Bei Maejor. In the US it reached number 7 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. "She Ain't Got..." was released as the second single on May 26, 2009 and it has now started charting on the US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 and the US Billboard Pop 100 Airplay charts. Regret is the third single. The song is a #29 R&B hit and features rapper Ludacris.

According to Nielsen Sound Scan "Lady Love" sold 33,000 copies in its opening week debuting at #12 on the Billboard 200 Charts and debuting on #1 spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart.

Releases

Album Sampler

In anticipation for the album Luckett released a five-track sampler. The sampler features first single "Not Anymore" and 1 minute 30 second snippets of "Regret", "She Ain't Got...", "Lady Love", and "Matter".

Singles

• The first single, "Not Anymore", was released in February 2009.

Using her official Myspace page and LeToyaOnline.com, Luckett asked fans to vote for either "Regret" or "She Ain’t Got..." as the next single.

• "She Ain't Got..." was chosen first by fans and some changes have since been made for the single release.
• Luckett has confirmed that "Regret" will be released later as a single.

Track listing

1. "Lady Love" — 3:38 (Feemster, R./Luckett, L./Shelton, K.)
2. "She Ain't Got..." (Clean) — 3:40 (Bold, C./Brown, C./Luckett, L./Merritt, A.)
3. "Not Anymore" — 3:53 (Green, B./Smith, S. Neyo)
4. "Lazy" — 4:11 (Coby, K./Johnson, C.)
5. "Good to Me" — 3:53 (Babbs, D./Franklin, J./Newt, R./Stephens, K./Valentine, J.)
6. "Over" — 3:48 (Babbs, D./Bereal, J./Dixon, A./Franklin, J./Newt, R./Stephens, K.)
7. "Regret" (featuring Ludacris) — 4:05 (Babbs, D./Bridges, C./Franklin, J./Luckett, L./Newt, R./Stephens, K./Valentine, J.)
8. "I Need a U" — 4:15 (Lilly, H./Luckett, L./Williams, E.)
9. "Take Away Love" (featuring Estelle) — 4:16 (Leslie, R./Swaray, E.)
10. "After Party" — 3:25 (Felder, W./Storm, F.)
11. "Drained" — 3:21 (Brown, C./Luckett, L./Merritt, A./Williams, T.)
12. "Tears" — 4:03 (Felder, W./Storm, F.)
13. "Matter" — 4:10 (Marsha Amborsius, M./Felder, W.)
14. "Love Rollercoaster" (featuring Mims) — 3:55 (Clark, E./Llewellyn, C./Mendelson, E./Mims, S./Palacios, M.)
15. "Don't Need U" — 4:19 (Luckett, L./Thomas, T./Young, D.)

iTunes Bonus track

1. "Swagger" - 3:57 (featuring Killa Kyleon, Bun B and Slim Thug)
2. "Don't Let Me Get Away" - 4:18

Charts

Provider	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	12
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

External Links

• "Lady Love" album review by Bleu Magazine