STREET LOVE - LLOYD
Watching the rest of the youthful crooners run R&B while he sat on the sidelines wasn’t exactly Lloyd’s plan when he dropped his debut release, “Southside,” three years ago. Today, with his sophomore project spawning his biggest hit single to date, “You,” the 21-year-old ATLien seems to be done with kid’s play. He’s “in need of love” on that Spandau Ballet-sampling track and pursuing a female at a club over a thumping bassline on “Get It Shawty,” produced by Usher’s little brother J-Lack. But it is songs like the Wyl-E-produced “Valentine,” where Lloyd professes his love to his lady, and “Incredible” (”You’re the missing link in my life,” he pleads) that prove he’s going about his business like a grown man should. Billboard
