Release and promotion
On March 13, 2012, Ludacris announced the album, titled ''Ludaversal'', would be released on September 11, 2012 (which is on his birthday). One of the songs, titled "Ocean Skies", produced by Capsvl, originally featured vocals from singer Anita Baker. Baker's vocals were later replaced by singer Monica. On October 9, 2014, Ludacris announced an EP, titled '' Burning Bridges'' will be released in December 2014, and then his album ''Ludaversal'' will be follow-up on March 31, 2015. On October 31, 2014, Ludacris released the lead single from his EP, titled "Good Lovin" featuring American singer Miguel. On March 3, 2015, Ludacris held a listening party for Ludaversal with Def Jam. The tracks "Ludaversal (Intro)", "Not Long" featuringSingles
On December 15, 2014, Ludacris released an EP, titled "Burning Bridges". The final track from the EP, titled " Good Lovin'" featuring Miguel, serves as the lead single from ''Ludaversal''. On March 10, 2015, Ludacris released 2 pre-order tracks from the album titled: "Call Ya Bluff" and "Beast Mode". "Come & See Me" and "Grass Is Always Greener" were both later sent to urban radio to further promote the album.Critical reception
''Ludaversal'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 63, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 11 reviews. Darryl Robertson from '' XXL'' called the record "no different" from Ludacris' previous projects, praising his balance of "personal, comical, lyrical, inspirational and socially conscious raps" throughout the track listing, concluding that " ''Ludaversal'' is a reminder that he hasn’t fallen off lyrically, the game should pay attention." AllMusic's David Jeffries said that, "Hip-hop has a towering pile of "the game needs me" albums where an artist returns to stake their claim, but ''Ludaversal'' still feels fresh, alive, and needed, and maybe just because it comes from the unique voice that is Ludacris." Jon Dolan of '' Rolling Stone'' said of Ludacris on the album: "he's still the same elastically flowing shout-rap dirty bird — gleefully wilding out on Southern party jams like 'Get Lit' and 'Beast Mode'." In a mixed review for ''Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 73,000 album-equivalent units; it sold 62,000 copies in its first week, and boasted over 4.8 million streams. It was the second best-selling album of the week. It marked Ludacris's eighth top-five album. In its second week, the album fell to number 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 23,000 equivalent album units; it sold 18,000 copies and boasted over 3.4 million streams. For a two-week total, ''Ludaversal'' sold just under 82,000 copies and streamed 8 million times domestically.Track listing
;Sample credits * "Lyrical Healing" contains a sample from "Hubey" performed by Maneesh Bidaye. * "Ocean Skies" contains a sample from "Diamond on a Landmine" performed byCharts
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References
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