Did It for Love (album)

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Did It for Love
Did It For Love.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)
Label
Producer
  • Leela James (exec.)
  • Rex Rideout (exec.)
Leela James chronology
Fall for You
(2014)
Did It for Love
(2017)
See Me
(2021)
Singles from Did It for Love
  1. "Don't Want You Back"
    Released: 2016
  2. "All Over Again"
    Released: 2017
  3. "I Remember"
    Released: 2017
  4. "Don't Mean A Thang"
    Released: 2017

Did It for Love is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Leela James. It was released by Shesangz Music under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management on March 31, 2017. [1] The album peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 72 on the Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "Don't Want You Back", was released on October 21, 2016, [2] and reached number one on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pop MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Allmusic editor Andy Kellman found that Did It for Love producers James and Rex Rideout, "joined by several additional associates, are well-matched, evidently capable of covering a lot of emotional range and tying it all together. Dismissal, wistfulness, and contentment are among the many romantic conditions they soundtrack here, and they manage to do it with a perspective that is steeped in soul tradition but fresh for 2017 [...] Fans of James' earlier output might balk at perceived impurities, like snaking/rattling trap-style drums that undergird some of the tracks, but they're secondary, utilized with finesse, like a natural evolution of what the likes of Kashif and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis did with machines during the early '80s." [4]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Did It for Love. [6]

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Hard for Me"Evan Brice3:21
2."Don't Mean a Thang"Calvin "Tubby" Frazier*3:10
3."Don't Want You Back"
  • J Hammond
  • Leela James
3:37
4."Real Talk – Relationships (Interlude)"
  • Dawaun "D Park" Parker
  • Phil Beaudreau
0:28
5."I Remember"
  • Hammond
  • James
3:58
6."Good to Love You" (featuring Dave Hollister)
  • Hammond
  • James
3:59
7."There 4 U"Butta-N-Bizkit4:07
8."This Day Is for You"Jairus "JMo" Mozee4:08
9."Take Me"
  • Hammond
  • James
3:28
10."All Over Again"
  • Hammond
  • James
3:49
11."Our Love"
  • Hammond
  • James
3:36
12."Did It for Love"
  • Hammond
  • James
3:14

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 72
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [8] 30

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  2. "Shesangz Credits" . Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  3. "Leela James Chart History" . Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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