LSG2
| LSG2 | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 28, 2003 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 47:37 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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| LSG chronology | ||||
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| Singles from LSG2 | ||||
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LSG2 is the second and final studio album by R&B group LSG. It was released on July 28, 2003, by Elektra Records.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| USA Today | [2] |
David Jeffries from AllMusic found that "the sexier than expected LSG2 presents the singers as swashbuckling lords of the bedroom and shows little interest in crossing over to the pop world's more chaste framework. It's a good thing they allow themselves the freedom, since the album's highlights are the more racy numbers." Jeffries highlights the track, "Yesterday", with its "over the top emotion and meandering way bring[ing] reminders of Prince at his most lonely and lustful and giv[ing] the album some needed substance. Elsewhere the songwriting lags, but the slick production and LSG's passionate vocals make this seduction hard to resist."[1]
Commercial performance
LSG2 opened and peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard 200 and number 3 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,[3] with first week sales of 66,000 copies.[4] It became the group’s second top-ten release on both charts, though it represented a significant decline from their previous album Levert.Sweat.Gill (1997), which had debuted with roughly double the first-week sales.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just Friends" (featuring Loon) |
| Allamby | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Wide Open" |
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| 3:37 |
| 3. | "Shake Down" |
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| 4:49 |
| 4. | "Fa-Free" | Steve Russell | Russell | 5:08 |
| 5. | "Yesterday" |
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| 4:16 |
| 6. | "Play with Fire" | Mike City | City | 3:42 |
| 7. | "What About Me" |
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| 3:52 |
| 8. | "All I Want" |
| Silverburg | 4:48 |
| 9. | "Lesson Learned" | G. Levert | G. Levert | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Can't Get Over You" |
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| 4:19 |
| 11. | "Cry and Make Love" |
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| 4:30 |
| Total length: | 47:37 | |||
Samples
- "Just Friends" contains portions of "Friends" as written by Lawrence Smith and Jalil Hutchins.
Personnel
LSG
- Gerald Levert – vocals, background vocals, keyboards
- Keith Sweat – vocals, vocal ad-libs
- Johnny Gill – vocals
Additional personnel
- Randy Bowland – guitar
- Edwin "Tony" Nicholas – keyboards
- Darrell "Delite" Allamby – vocal ad-libs
- Craig T. Cooper – vocoder
- Lincoln Browder, James Freebarin-Smith, Joe Little, Sherena Wynn – background vocals
- Loon – rap
Production
- Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Mike City, Deirdre Jenkins, Gerald Levert, Edwin "Tony" Nicholas, Joe Little – producers
- LSG, Merlin Bobb, Sylvia Rhone – executive producers
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Albums (SNEP)[6] | 127 |
| US Billboard 200[3] | 6 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] | 3 |
References
- ^ a b c LSG2 at AllMusic
- ^ Jones, Steve (July 28, 2003). "LSG returns; Sarai raps up her debut". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 8, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
- ^ a b "LSG Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "No Dislodging 'Bad Boys II' From No. 1". Billboard. August 6, 2003. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
- ^ Sandler, Adam (November 18, 1997). "Streisand's 'Higher' in No. 1 spot". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Levert Sweat Gill – LSG". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ "LSG Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.