''Southside'' is the debut

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by American R&B

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Lloyd. It was released on July 20, 2004, via The Inc. and

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(see 2004 in music). The singer teamed with several of record producers such as

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and Jasper Cameron, among others. The album garnered a mostly positive reception from music critics, and produced the successful top thirty ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit, "

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" with label-mate Ashanti and " Hey Young Girl" which failed chart or sell noticeably. Soon considered a commercial failure, it reached the top ten of U.S. ''

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chart at number three, and number eleven on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling over 67,000 copies in its first week.

Background

Lloyd continued to record with southern rap producers after parting ways from his group '' N-Toon'', and going on hiatus to finish high school. The single, " Hey Young Girl" was used to be included as a demo, it landed the singer a recording contract with producer

. Gotti signed him to join his label The Inc. with

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Singles

The album's lead single, "

", featuring label-mate Ashanti, was a success on the ''

'' Hot 100 chart peaking at number twenty-four and the ''Billboard''

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peaking at number thirteen. The second single, " Hey Young Girl" only manage peak at number sixty-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Reception

David Jeffries of

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gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "While there are no 'deep' moments on ''Southside'', the glittery production is alive and inspired and Lloyd's cool persona never fails."

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Samples * "Ride Wit Me" contains samples from the

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recording "

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", written by

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and Eddy Quintela. * "Hey Young Girl" contains an interpolation of "

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", written by

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. * "Feels So Right" contains a sample from "Brothers Gonna Work It Out", written and performed by

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. * "Sweet Dreams" contains an interpolation of "

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" written by Charlie Foxx and Inez Foxx.

Credits and personnel

Credits for ''Southside'' adapted from

Musicians

* Greg "Neo" Anderson -

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s * Lloyd Jr. Polite -

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* Irv Polie -

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* Wirlie Morris -

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* Shawn Smith -

s * Chink Santana -

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* Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson -

Production

* Vocal producer: Indiana Joan, JASPER, Lloyd * Engineers: Won Allen, David Ashton, Teddy Alexander Bishop, Milwaukee "Protools King" Buck, Carlton Lynn, Wirlie Morris, Andrew Slade * Mixing: Mr. Leslie Braithwaite, Alvin Speights, Brian Springer * A&R: Chris "Gotti" Lorenzo, Patrick Reynolds, Carol Vaughn, Jr. * Creative Director: Rick Patrick * Mastering: Tom Coyne

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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