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Lloyd (singer)

American singer

Musical artist

Lloyd Polite Jr. (born January 3, 1986)^[4] is an American R&B singer. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Decatur, Georgia, he began his musical career as a member of the preteen-boy bandN-Toon, which was formed by Joyce Irby in 1996. The group disbanded in 2001, and Polite signed with record executive Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings in 2003 to pursue a solo career. His 2004 debut single, "Southside" (featuring Ashanti) peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and led his first album Southside (2004), which entered the Billboard 200 at number 11. His second album, Street Love (2007) debuted at number two on the chart and was supported by the Billboard Hot 100-top 20 singles "You" (featuring Lil Wayne) and "Get It Shawty".

His third album, Lessons in Love (2008) peaked at number seven on Billboard 200, although its singles were less commercially successful. His guest appearance on Young Money's 2009 single, "BedRock" conversely yielded his furthest

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Biography

“Charles Lloyd is an international treasure.”
Carlos Santana

“Follow the career of Charles Lloyd, and you see a map of great jazz across half a century. His shows, full of momentum and intuition, perfectly represent the idea that the best jazz needs to be experienced live.”
The New York Times

“Ageless wonder Charles Lloyd is as dynamic as ever. In the music world, there are success stories, and then there are legends. Jazz saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd falls firmly into the latter category.”
Minnesota In Music

“He’s expansive in his musical discourse yet without a wasted note.”
Wall Street Journal

“Jazz improvisation as complex and far-reaching as the Lloyd quartet had to offer can be a daunting listening experience. … The listener is taken on a journey through gravity-less improvisational space. To the credit of Lloyd and his players, that journey was illuminated by one musical enlightenment after another.”
Los Angeles Times

“Lloyd is one of the greats, rather like Joan Miro in modern art, he has no

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Meryle Secrest’s Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright’s family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends and family. Secrest had unprecedented access to an archive of over one hundred thousand of Wright’s letters, photographs, drawings, and books. She also interviewed surviving devotees, students, and relatives. The result is an explicit portrait of both the genius architect and the provocative con-man.

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"An engaging narrative."—New York Times Book Review

"The real triumph of this biography . . . is the link it makes between Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal life and his architecture."—The Economist

"Secrest’s achievement is to etch Wright’s character in sharp relief. . . . [She] presents Wright in his every guise."-Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune

"An extremely engaging profile."—The Philadelphia Inquirer

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