Lloyd

Lloyd's libido dominates much of his third album, and his sex talk here is either surprisingly Catholic ("Year of the Lover," "Have My Baby"), oddly clinical ("Love Making 101") or faux-nasty ("Party All Over Your Body"). The self-explanatory "Sex Education" features a female coyly purring "I'm going to make an A" and suggests that Lloyd has been spending an unhealthy amount of time with R. Kelly. It certainly works as a pastiche of pop R&B trends, and "Girls Around the World" rides tall with its blatant '80s hip-hop nostalgia and a verse from Lil Wayne.

Lloyd Harlin Polite Jr. isn't your average R&B smoothie — he's much hornier. On his third
album, the 22-year-old New Orleans native trains his high croon on titles like "Have My
Baby" and "Sex Education," coming off like a pop-wise lothario or a slightly less-weird
version of R. Kelly. With help from producers like Eric Hudson and Polow Da Don, Lloyd
keeps it brightly tuneful over an Eric B. and Rakim sample and other pricey beat... More >