Love Crimes (album)

For other uses, see Love Crime (disambiguation).
Love Crimes
Studio album by
Ruff Endz
ReleasedAugust 22, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
GenreR&B, hip hop, soul
LabelEpic[1]
ProducerEdward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell, Darren Lighty, Kip Collins, Bryan-Michael Cox, Manuel Seal, Mike Clemons, Nate Love, Nokio the N-Tity, Phil Weatherspoon, Oji Pierce, Lorenzo Straight, Charles Harrison, Leland Robinson, Cory Rooney, Dan M. Shea, Guy Roche, Khris Kellow, Stretch Armstrong
Ruff Endz chronology
Love Crimes
(2000) 		Someone to Love You
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
USA Today[5]

Love Crimes is the debut album by the R&B duo Ruff Endz, released in 2000.[6][7] It contains the singles "No More" and "Where Does Love Go from Here". It peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard 200 and No. 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[8] "No More" peaked at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[9]

Production

The duo spent more than a year working on Love Crimes.[3] It was produced by Manuel Seal, Nokio, and Bryan-Michael Cox, among many others.[10]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "longevity will depend on funky soul stirrers like 'Where Does Love Go From Here', not on the lover man sap dominating much of this uneven debut."[4] The Baltimore Sun thought that the album "conveys the full spectrum of heartbreak and romantic pain, from aching desire of the slow, slinky 'Missing You' to the smoldering rage of 'Are U ****in' Around'."[11]

Track listing

  1. "No More" - (Chris Lighty, Darren Lighty, Balewa Muhammad)- 4:04
  2. "Where Does Love Go From Here"
  3. "Phone Sex"
  4. "Please Don't Forget About Me"
  5. "Shout Out"
  6. "Are U Fuckin' Around"
  7. "I'm Not Just Sayin' That, I'm Feeling That"
  8. "I Apologize"
  9. "Love Crimes"
  10. "Saying I Love You"
  11. "Missing You"
  12. "The World To Me"
  13. "If I Was The One"
  14. "Cuban Linx 2000 (featuring Ghostface Killah & Raekwon)"

References

  1. ^ "Jet Top 20 Albums". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. October 30, 2000 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 181.
  4. ^ a b "Love Crimes". EW.com.
  5. ^ Jones, Steve (22 Aug 2000). "R&B: Ruff Endz, Love Crimes". USA Today. p. D5.
  6. ^ "Ruff Endz | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "Ruff Endz, Jessica, Cleopatra Coming To Stores". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "Ruff Endz". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Homefront". Billboard. 11 November 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  10. ^ Paoletta, Michael (Aug 26, 2000). "Love Crimes". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 35. p. 21.
  11. ^ Considine, J.D. (22 Aug 2000). "Ruff Endz smoothe: Review: When love hurts, the Baltimore-based R&B duo really gets down to business". The Baltimore Sun. p. 1F.



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