Love Me Now?

Love Me Now? (stylized as LoVE me NOw) is the third studio album by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, released on October 26, 2018, by Mad Love Records and Interscope Records. It follows the release of his second album Memories Don't Die by seven months.[1] [2][3] The album features guest appearances from Chris Brown, 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, Rich the Kid, Lil Baby, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Trippie Redd, Nav, Gunna, Bryson Tiller, PnB Rock, and Trey Songz.[4] A reissue of the album titled Love Me Now: Reloaded was released on May 31, 2019, featuring additional guest appearances from Quavo and Tyga. The album was supposed to have a feature from the late Floridian rapper, XXXTentacion but was left off due to sampling issues.

Love Me Now?
Studio album by
Tory Lanez
ReleasedOctober 26, 2018 (2018-10-26)
Recorded2018
Studio
  • Umbrella House (Miami, FL)
  • Camp David Studios (Miami, FL)
  • Black Pyramid Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Street Exec Studios (Atlanta, GA)
  • Loud House Studios (Atlanta, GA)
  • Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Republic Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Tory's Apartment (Miami, FL)
  • Kame House (Miami, FL)
  • Hit Maka (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre
Length48:52
Label
Producer
Tory Lanez chronology
Memories Don't Die
(2018)		 Love Me Now?
(2018)		 Chixtape 5
(2019)
Singles from Love Me Now?
  1. "Talk to Me"
    Released: June 21, 2018
  2. "Keep in Touch"
    Released: August 16, 2018
  3. "Ferris Wheel"
    Released: January 16, 2019

Prior to the album's release, the album was supported by the two official singles: "Talk To Me" with Rich The Kid, "Keep in Touch" featuring Bryson Tiller. "Ferris Wheel" featuring Trippie Redd became the third single after the album's release.[5] The former peaked at number 55 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

Tory Lanez announced that he is working on two new albums, "Love Me Now" and "El Agua", set to be released on summer. He also announced on September 3 that XXXTentacion will be featured on his new album "Love Me Now".[6] Lanez later unveiled on 17 October, the release date of his new album, the cover album, the tracklist and featured artists, also revealing that XXXTentacion will not appear in the album. He also explained the reason why XXXTentacion doesn’t appear in the album:[7]

"When I tweeted it, I was very excited about the record, The record's a very dope record. But the clearance and the business side didn't let me clear it in time. Hopefully, we get to get it out soon so everybody can hear it. It just didn't make the deadline for Love Me Now?"

The album was released on October 26, 2018.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year63/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
Now4/5[9]
Pitchfork5.0[10]
XXLL[11]
HNHH8.2[12]

Love Me Now? received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website, Album of the Year, the album has an average score of 63 out of 100 based on three critic reviews.[8]

In a review for Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre wrote, "There isn’t anything new LoVE me NOw will teach you about Tory Lanez. He still craves respect and wants to be recognized by his peers and fans alike as the hip-hop and R&B savant that he thinks he is."[10]

At the Juno Awards of 2019, the album won the Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year.[13]

Commercial performance

Love Me Now? debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, earning 54,000 album-equivalent units (with 5,000 in pure album sales) in its first week. This became Lanez' third US top-five album. The 15-track project also accumulated a total of 62.5 million on-demand audio streams that week.[14]

Track listing

Credits were adapted from iTunes and Tidal.[15][16]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Why Don't You Love Me?"
C-Sick3:32
2."She Told Me"
CashMoneyAP3:24
3."Duck My Ex" (featuring Chris Brown and 2 Chainz)
3:11
4."Drip Drip Drip" (featuring Meek Mill)
  • Smash David
  • Dave Sava6e[b]
3:50
5."Talk to Me" (with Rich the Kid)
  • Smash David
  • Rekless[b]
3:04
6."Flexible" (featuring Chris Brown and Lil Baby)
3:19
7."If It Ain't Right" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie)
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Foreign Teck
  • Dez Wright
  • Mira[b]
2:41
8."Ferris Wheel" (featuring Trippie Redd)
  • OZ
  • Dez Wright
2:32
9."Cut Me Off" (featuring Nav)
  • Javar Rockamore
  • The Loopholes
2:04
10."The Run Off"
  • Peterson
  • Jimenez
  • Austin
  • Smash David
  • Dave Sava6e[b]
2:51
11."You Thought Wrong"
  • Peterson
  • Petit
  • Kevin Orellana
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Alexvnder Wolf
3:35
12."Miami" (featuring Gunna)
Cassius Jay4:04
13."Keep in Touch" (with Bryson Tiller)
  • Peterson
  • Bryson Tiller
  • Phillip Coleman, Jr.
  • Marvin Thomas
  • Jordan Lewis
  • NES
  • Hagler
  • Jordan Lewis
3:20
14."S.W.I.N.G" (featuring PnB Rock and Trey Songz)
  • CashMoneyAP
  • Foreign Teck
  • Dez Wright
4:39
15."KJM"
  • Peterson
  • Jimenez
  • Dante Pea
  • Wright
  • Smash David
  • PLVYHAUS[a]
2:48
Total length:48:52
Love Me Now? – Reloaded[15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Broke Leg" (with Quavo and Tyga)
  • Foreign Teck
  • Vou
  • Nik Dean
  • Uno
2:45
2."Freaky"
  • Peterson
  • Roger
  • Yildirim
  • Nils Noehden
  • OZ
  • Nils
2:53
Total length:54:30

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies an uncredited co-producer
  • "Why Don't You Love Me?" is stylized as "Why DON’T You LOVE me?"
  • "She Told Me" is stylized as "SHE tOLd Me"
  • "Duck My Ex" is stylized as "DucK my Ex"
  • "Drip Drip Drip" is stylized as "DrIP DrIp Drip"
  • "Talk to Me" is stylized as "TAlk tO Me"
  • "Flexible" is stylized as "FlEXiBle"
  • "If It Ain't Right" is stylized as "IF iT Ain’T rIGHt"
  • "Ferris Wheel" is stylized as "FeRRis WhEEL"
  • "Cut Me Off" is stylized as "CuT me oFF"
  • "The Run Off" is stylized as "ThE RUn oFF"
  • "You Thought Wrong" is stylized as "YoU ThouGHt WrONg"
  • "Miami" is stylized as "MiAMi"
  • "Keep in Touch" is stylized as "KeeP IN tOUcH"
  • "S.W.I.N.G" is stylized as "S.w.I.n.G"
  • "KJM" is stylized as "KJm" and is an abbreviation for "Kendall Jenner Music"[17]
  • "Broke Leg" contains uncredited vocals by O.T. Genasis[18]
  • "Freaky" contains uncredited vocals by Rich the Kid[19]

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[20]

  • Charles Dumazer – associated performer (track 1), programming (track 1)
  • Johann Chavez – studio personnel (all tracks), mixer (all tracks), engineer (track 13)
  • Play Picasso – studio personnel (1-4, 6-15), mixer (1-4, 6-15)
  • Alex Petit – associated performer (track 2, 11), programming (track 2, 11)
  • Samuel Jimenez – associated performer (tracks 3, 4, 15), programming (tracks 3, 4, 15)
  • Finis "KY" White – studio personnel (track 3, 6), mixer (track 3, 6)
  • MikFly – engineer (track 5), studio personnel (track 5)
  • Daystar Peterson – engineer (track 5), studio personnel (track 5)
  • Alex Petit – associated performer (track 6, 7, 14), programming (track 6, 7, 14)
  • Michael Hernandez – associated performer (track 6, 7, 14), programming (track 6, 7, 14)
  • Dylan Cleary-Krel – associated performer (track 6, 7, 14), programming (track 6, 7, 14)
  • Oz – associated performer (track 8)
  • Dez Wright – associated performer (track 8)
  • Stonii Tha Melody God – associated performer (track 9), programming (track 9)
  • Rockamore – associated performer (track 9), programming (track 9)
  • Bobby Keyz – associated performer (track 9), programming (track 9)
  • Kevin Orellana – associated performer (track 11), programming (track 11)
  • Joshua Cross – associated performer (track 12), programming (track 12)
  • Bryson Tiller – engineer (track 13), studio personnel (track 13)
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer (track 13), studio personnel (track 13)

Charts

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