5/8/2024 0 Comments Lloyd album cover truIt’s a stunningly introspective album that contains the four EP songs plus five new ones, all of which he either co-wrote and/or produced. Nearly two years after the EP, Lloyd is now gearing up to drop the expanded Tru LP on Aug. “For me, I think the time was an experiment to see if maybe living a little bit would produce some better music.” “Once you gain a bit of recognition and success, then you feel like maybe you’ve talked about everything, or you’re not delving deep enough,“ Lloyd tells Complex. With lyrics that convey vulnerability, like “Disappeared from the scene and left my old team/Had to find a new approach to an old dream,” the single also signaled to listeners that Lloyd was at a different place in his journey, as a musician and as a man. “Tru” went platinum, and the music video has more than 82 million views. When he checked back in to release the EP Truin December 2016, the response to the titular single proved that fans were still down. Known since his 2004 debut on Murder Inc., Southside, for delivering silky vocals and steady R&B bops, Lloyd still makes bangers that ring off-think about when the Lil Wayne-assisted hit “You” comes on and people sing along and still debate whether the lyrics are “She’s fine, too” or “5’2.”īut the New Orleans-born, Georgia-reared artist needed to take a break from the gloss and grind of the business, a hiatus that involved an intentional focus on self-reflection and growth. Before you head to the beach, add ‘Caramel’ to your warm-weather playlists.It’s been seven years since singer-songwriter Lloyd released a full album, his last being 2011’s King of Hearts. (See: “Street Love” on his 2007 release, ‘StreetLove’.) In his words on his recent release ‘Caramel’, him and her “go well together like caramel and chocolate”. If you’ve been listening to Lloyd for as long as I have (since his debut LP ‘Southside’ released in 2004), you would have discovered that he likes a woman with balance (embodying street smarts or non-judgmental about the streets and a sweet lady with higher education). ![]() It’s a song about sexy-time with the woman of his dreams. In the meantime, listen to ‘Caramel’ below. Subsequently, Lloyd’s independent album, Tru, will become available on August 31 with distribution through EMPIRE. After all, what is the point of promotion and marketing anyway? To get the attention you need to profit, so being (what is referred to as) an attention whore isn’t necessarily a bad thing.Īs he intended, the New Orleans-native singer-songwriter has everyone talking about the next-to-nothing nude photo. What’s my take on that? As a sensual Scorpio with an open-mind, I am fine with all ends of it. It’s the genesis of us, so it makes sense, but these days, we’re leaving little to the imagination. Furthermore, sex has always upped the ante when selling any given item. ![]() ![]() ![]() Why? Because most of our attention spans hardly exist beyond ten seconds. To be honest, these days, you have to be in-your-face risqué for any attention. How do I feel about the image? Photo: Courtesy of Apple Music Lloyd, one of the talented singers who sprung on the scene in 2004 from the lush days of Irv Gotti’s Murder Inc Records and then, saw continuous success from singing the hook on Young Money’s hit single ‘BedRock’, has been releasing music independently, but never paired with a photo quite like the cover art for his forthcoming LP, ‘Tru’.
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