LSG 2

LSG | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: East/West Records
• ASIN: B0000A0WIZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,327 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2003 album from superstars Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat & Johnny Gill, virtually every track is a potential hit single. 11 tracks. Elektra.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leaps and Bounds, July 29, 2003

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R. Tolliver (Grand Rapids, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LSG 2 (Audio CD)

Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat, and Johnny Gill reunite for another album six years after their platinum collaboration. The end result, an album that is leaps and bounds above the first album. This time around, Gerald Levert takes the bulk of the writing and production instead of Keith Sweat. Gerald ends up sounding alot better because obviously he is writing to his strengths. Listen to "Cry and Make Love" and you'll hear one of the best Gerald leads I've ever heard.

Another strength is that this album isn't overflowing with rappers and attempts to be hip like before. Loon is on the first single "Just Friends" and there is another reapper on "Wide open" but he isn't a major one.

Johnny Gill give another set of astounding vocal performances, but doesn't overshadow the others. Actually songs like "Yesterday" and "Cry and Make Love" Gill sounds the best on and he doesn't sing that much in either. Can't wait for this man to put out another solo album. The New Edition reunion can't happen soon enough.

Keith Sweat's voice is still annoying and his vocal technique isn't great, but he still sings his heart out despite that. A couple of times on this album, he sounds so normal, I didn't know it was him. He still has potential.

In the end, even though a few songs come out average like "Fa-Free" and "Wide Open" This is a great album for R&B fans, fans of any of their solo work, or fans of New Edition.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thank God for Some Real R&B, July 29, 2003

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The CD Jazz Man of STL (Saint Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LSG 2 (Audio CD)

When I heard that the supergroup LSG (Levert/Sweat/Gill) was coming with something new, I had to have it. So I went to the only record store that is open at 12:01 this morning in my city and picked it up. LSG2 is what the doctor ordered. With so many bubblegum and bump-N-grind groups out there who are more about style, dancing, and pseudo-freaking instead of real singing, it is refreshing to hear someone really singing. Of course the mid-tempos and ballads are standout such as Lessons Learned. The catchy names for songs such are Wide Open written by Gerald's brother Sean are great because it is great singing with street appeal since Wide Open is one of the popular phrases in street vernacular. Fa Free (or For Free) is in the same vein at Wide Open. But for myself, the ultimate jam on this latest rendition of LSG is All I Want. Once you hear this song, all you can say is Whew!!! Nice instrument arrangement with the drum and guitar work and song written by Jason Coffey. Though it would be easy for Levert and Gill to overshadow Sweat, the voices blend well together. You also get the familiar sounds and shrills of each artist that endeared them to us over the years.

For those of us who remember real music, if you don't get this CD, you will be missing something that doesn't come along much in this age of flash and dash. Thank God LSG remembers what real music is.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Triumph to Trash (from a #1 fan AND ANALYST!!), August 2, 2003

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Akshun! (KC to Philly, baby!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LSG 2 (Audio CD)

Listen, y'all. LSG2 is an obvious throw-together of industry pressure or greed motivation. Taking advantage of the success and reputation of the first album has hurt their most important customers: the true fans. This album certainly was not prepared with quality, fans, or true music lovers in mind. I have studied Johnny Gill since pre-Chemistry, opened for Keith Sweat as a singer/performer, and grown to respect and enjoy Gerald Levert's talent. (The first LSG album did that last thing for me.) With this follow-up fumble, I have never even heard amateur music sound this "canned" and empty. I know what's missing because I know what's present in the first album. First, where are the fellas on the background vocals, and who is doing them in their place? The first album was rich with the presence of these legendary voices in the leads, backgrounds, and adlibs. You can almost hear the care and feeling put into each second of sound. This one sounds as though the songs were previously recorded as demos or for other purposes (possibly for Gerald or the background vocalist(s) next solo project) and that pieces were stripped out so that Johnny and Keith could do just enough to say it's an LSG project. There is nothing wrong with Gerald's prominent role on the album, but this isn't the way it should have been done. And the question is why? Why would this happen from three of the most talented, repsected, and adored R&B icons there ever was? What circumstances caused them to disregard their anxiously waiting fans? Only rarely does any act have something so hotly anticipated. The only thing greater than that anticipation is LSG2's head-hanging disappointment. As these independently established RULERS of what they do juggle multiple projects, age-old advice screams throughout this careless, thoughtless, soul-less release: Do alot of things mediocre or do one thing and do it very well. Words obviously not heeded this time around. Let's only hope Johnny's solo album or the New Edition release don't repeat this mistake.