LSG2 is the second and final studio album by R&B group LSG. It was released on July 28, 2003, by Elektra Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
USA Today

David Jeffries from AllMusic found that "the sexier than expected LSG2 presents the singers as swashbuckling lords of the bedroom and shows little interest in crossing over to the pop world's more chaste framework. It's a good thing they allow themselves the freedom, since the album's highlights are the more racy numbers." Jeffries highlights the track, "Yesterday", with its "over the top emotion and meandering way bring[ing] reminders of Prince at his most lonely and lustful and giv[ing] the album some needed substance. Elsewhere the songwriting lags, but the slick production and LSG's passionate vocals make this seduction hard to resist."

Commercial performance

LSG2 opened and peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard 200 and number 3 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with first week sales of 66,000 copies. It became the group’s second top-ten release on both charts, though it represented a significant decline from their previous album Levert.Sweat.Gill (1997), which had debuted with roughly double the first-week sales.

Track listing

LSG2 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Just Friends" (featuring Loon)Darrell "Delite" AllambyLincoln "Link" BrowderAllamby4:24
2."Wide Open"Sean Levert Jr.Andy GibsonKandi BurrussJames AustinGerald LevertSean Levert Jr.3:37
3."Shake Down"G. LevertJoe Little Jr.James SmithS. Levert Jr.G. LevertLittle4:49
4."Fa-Free"Steve RussellRussell5:08
5."Yesterday"G. LevertEdwin "Tony" NicholasG. LevertNicholas4:16
6."Play with Fire"Mike CityCity3:42
7."What About Me"Tyrone "T.O" Oliver"Big Keys" Thomas BootDee Dee JenkinsOliverBoothJenkins3:52
8."All I Want"Jason CoffeyGeorge CoffeyMarc "Dipp" SilverburgVincent HigginsSilverburg4:48
9."Lesson Learned"G. LevertG. Levert4:12
10."Can't Get Over You"G. LevertNicholasG. LevertNicholas4:19
11."Cry and Make Love"G. LevertAllambyG. LevertAllamby4:30
Total length:47:37

Samples

  • "Just Friends" contains portions of "Friends" as written by Lawrence Smith and Jalil Hutchins.

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.

LSG

  • Gerald Levert – vocals, background vocals, keyboards
  • Keith Sweat – vocals, vocal ad-libs
  • Johnny Gill – vocals

Additional personnel

  • Randy Bowland – guitar
  • Edwin "Tony" Nicholas – keyboards
  • Darrell "Delite" Allamby – vocal ad-libs
  • Craig T. Cooper – vocoder
  • Lincoln Browder, James Freebarin-Smith, Joe Little, Sherena Wynn – background vocals
  • Loon – rap

Production

  • Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Mike City, Deirdre Jenkins, Gerald Levert, Edwin "Tony" Nicholas, Joe Little – producers
  • LSG, Merlin Bobb, Sylvia Rhone – executive producers

Charts

Weekly chart performance for LSG2
Chart (2003)Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)127
US Billboard 2006
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)3