Love in the First

Love in the First is the debut studio album by American R&B artist Latif. It was released by Motown on September 23, 2003 in the United States. The album peaked at number 67 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Love in the First
Studio album by Latif
Released	September 23, 2003
Length	52:10
Label	Motown
Producer	Adonis Teddy Bishop Andy C David Chance Greg Charley Mechalie Jamison Ryan Leslie Matthew "Matlock" Robinson D. "French" Spencer
Singles from Love in the First
"I Don't Wanna Hurt You" Released: 2003

Promotion

The album's only single, "I Don't Wanna Hurt You" was written by Sean Garrett and Latif. About the creation of this song, Latif commented that Garrett "listened to what I was going through and helped translated that into this beautiful song."^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic editor John Bush wrote that Love in the First "smacks of an A&R system that treats singers as grist for the mill. Love in the First features a fair trailer single ("I Don't Wanna Hurt You"), and the lyrics or set-up for many of the other songs reveal a quest for all manner of variations on the basic this-love-won't-work theme ("Without U," "My Sister's Girlfriend," "My Man's Girl"). Tied to weak arrangements, though, no doubt cribbed third-hand from the work of vocalists ranging from Usher to D'Angelo, Latif isn't allowed to show how he's different from his contemporary R&B predecessors."^[2]

Commercial performance

Love in the First debuted and peaked at number 67 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[3]

Track listing

Love in the First track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Wanna Hurt You"	Corey Latif Williams El Debarge Etterlene Jordan Greg Charley Sean Garrett Teddy Bishop	Bishop	4:53
2.	"Who's Loving Her Now"	Charley Johnta Austin	Charley	3:57
3.	"It's Alright"	Williams Ryan Leslie	Leslie	4:06
4.	"Without You"	Williams David Chance Bro Don Muhammad Leland Robinson Matthew "Matlock" Robinson	Chance M. Robinson Muhammad[a] L. Robinson[a]	4:57
5.	"Can't Let Love"	Williams Andy Cramer Kenneth Gamble Leon A. Huff Mechalie Jamison	Andy C Jamison	4:01
6.	"Girl"	Demetrius "French" Spencer Sean Garrett	Spencer	3:14
7.	"Put Me On"	Williams Adonis Shropshire Bryan Michael Cox	Adonis Cox	3:52
8.	"My Man's Girl"	Shropshire Eric "Cire" Crawford Lloyd Polite	Adonis	3:24
9.	"Love in the First"	Williams Shropshire	Adonis	4:25
10.	"My Sister's Girlfriend"	Williams Spencer Garrett	Spencer	3:57
11.	"Rain Will Go Away"	Williams Leslie	Leslie	3:26
12.	"Heavenly"	Williams Leslie	Leslie	4:34
13.	"I Don't Blame You"	Williams Leslie	Leslie	3:24

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer

Samples

• "I Don't Wanna Hurt You" embodies portions of "Time Will Reveal," as performed by DeBarge.
• "Can't Let Love" contains a sample of "Let's Get Together Soon" as performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Love in the First

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3]	67