Don’t get it twisted…I am NOT a Sean Paul fan, but add a hot female vocal to a Sean Paul track and I’m totally game. In 2003 there was Beyoncé‘s “Baby Boy,” not to mention Blu Cantrell‘s “Breathe.” In 2006 we had Rihanna‘s “Break It Off,” and Keyshia Cole‘s “(When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me).” While the Jamaican Paul has released tunes with female collaborators since 2006, nothing stands out in my mind. “Got 2 Luv U” is a Stargate-produced song taken from Paul’s forthcoming fifth studio album and it features none other than my favorite 19 year old American dance-popstar in training Alexis Jordan.
After releasing 3 smokin’ hot dance singles (“Happiness,” “Good Girl,” “Hush Hush“) back in September Jordan released an amateur lyric video for a Ne-Yo-penned dud called “Layin Around With You” and I got really nervous that it was her next single. Luckily we we spared that bore of a song, instead being slapped with “Say That,” which while not AWFUL was only a few notches better than “Layin’ Around.” Sorry, I’m all about the occasional ballad but after delivering 3 fierce dance pop singles, you can’t let the momentum drop so hard and fast. If all that’s left on Jordan’s debut album is filler, perhaps you should give it a rest and work on new material.
AND I digress. Jordan’s feature on Sean Paul‘s is hot. It’s nice to see her doing her thing in a sexy, fiery reggae-infused pop number like “Got 2 Luv U.” The song was written by Paul, Ryan Tedder and Stargate and the sexy video was directed by Ben Mor. While the track only managed to peak at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100, the song did fare better elsewhere, reaching #1 in Switzerland and going top 5 in Poland, Romania, Germany and France. The song also was a top 10 hit in the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Belgium and Austria. In the UK the single peaked just outside of the top 10, reaching a decent #11 chart position on the singles chart. Download “Got 2 Luv U” on U.S. iTunes HERE.
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