Southside (Lloyd album)

Southside is the debut studio album by American R&B recording artist Lloyd. It was released on July 20, 2004, by The Inc. Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group. The singer teamed with several of record producers such as Chink Santana, Rodney Jerkins, Irv Gotti 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, "Southside" 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. Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 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 Irv Gotti. Gotti signed him to join his label The Inc. with Def Jam Records.

Singles
The album's lead single, "Southside", featuring label-mate Ashanti, was a success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at number twenty-four and the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 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 Allmusic 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 Fleetwood Mac recording "Little Lies", written by Christine McVie and Eddy Quintela.
 * "Hey Young Girl" contains an interpolation of "Hey Young World", written by Ricky Walters.
 * "Feels So Right" contains a sample from "Brothers Gonna Work It Out", written and performed by Willie Hutch.
 * "Sweet Dreams" contains an interpolation of "Mockingbird" written by Charlie Foxx and Inez Foxx.

Credits and personnel
Credits for Southside adapted from Allmusic.

Musicians

 * Greg "Neo" Anderson - keyboards
 * Lloyd Jr. Polite - backing vocals
 * Irv Polie - executive producer
 * Wirlie Morris - drum programming
 * Shawn Smith - keyboards
 * Chink Santana - guitar
 * Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson - backing vocals

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