It’s a really acoustic sounding and it’s a really big song. But one that really stands out to me is a song I debuted on tour with Trey Songz called “Angel”. Lloyd: Well I’m still in the recording process and every song that I record, I love, it’s like my new favorite. ![]() ![]() What’s a song on the album besides the singles that is a favorite of yours and people should definitely look out for? YKIGS: You’ve already released three singles from the album. We spend a lot of time listening to a lot of old records and we listen to a lot of records that other people write or produce as well and sometimes we record those. Even with Polow, the thing I really admire about him is he’s unselfish and he’s very, very committed to music, what that represents, the history of music, and where we rank in a long line of great musicians which is bigger than just our peers. That’s all this album has been about, trying to find what songs are the best for what we’re trying to accomplish, not necessarily who did it. Just because I didn’t write it doesn’t mean that it’s not a great song or a great song for me. Again, with this album, it’s not really about the writer it’s about the feeling, if it feels good then it probably is good. Lloyd: Yea I’m a writer, a producer, a performer sometimes I do all three. Will that be the case as well with this album? YKIGS: I know you’ve always contributed writing to your previous albums. Instead of spreading my talent around to a bunch of A-list producers, I decided to just get the best producer and do the whole album with one producer. But you do get a consistent and a continuity that you can only get from working with a very, very selective group of people. Lloyd: Well not like Michael and Quincy in the sense of that’s what you’re going to get, you’re not going to get “Thriller” or “Off the Wall” of course because those will never be done that way again. Talk about what it’s been like working on this album with him. YKIGS: I’ve also heard you make comments saying working with Polow is like Michael and Quincy. But he’s just one of the most confident people I’ve ever met and I think that that is something that I look forward to living up to. Lloyd: If you know him, then you know how confident he is and a lot of times that comes across as arrogance and cockiness. ![]() YKIGS: Polow Da Don who worked with you extensively on the album has already deemed it as a classic and an album that will change music. ![]() Because a label is a label, they are all the same, it’s about the people that inhabit the space. It’s a lot more refined and a lot more calculated now which I do credit to not the change of labels, but just the change of the people that work at the label. Other than that, I’m still the same Lloyd just continuing to do my thing basically the way I’ve always done it. Lloyd: It’s just got a lot to do with the people that I’m working with, that’s the biggest difference. YKIGS: Now that you’re on a new label and a new situation, how do you feel this album will compare to your previous work? You just feel like you’re on top of the world and the king of hearts. It kinda stems from the feeling that you get after sex, you know that you knocked it out and just laid it down. Lloyd: It’s just confidence and it just comes from the confidence that I have in my talent and my ability to love a woman better than anyone who has ever loved one before. YouKnowIGotSoul: Your new album “King of Hearts” will be releasing soon. YouKnowIGotSoul got a chance to catch up with Lloyd to talk about his upcoming album “King of Hearts”, making an album that will “change music” with Polow Da Don, his new label situation, what he learned working with Irv Gotti on Murder Inc., the group he was originally part of as a teen, his music leaking on the internet, and much more.
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