YOU MUST REGRET THE DAY THAT YOU LEFT HER!

Hey yall bloggers who think you’ve heard the final version of “Regret”. You haven’t. read this review to get the deal.

So Toya sold me on “Regret” after I’ve seen her late acapella performances she gave at various locations. She had so much swag and attitude that she caught my attention. She was feeling that shit. And her mentioning “Y’all know who I’m talking about” (Slim Thug) spiced it up for me. At first I wasn’t really a fan of it but it definitely grew on me. I absolutely can relate to it  as I have at least one different ex/booty call who’s “tryna get back – get back” with me every week. (and actually another one right now as I’m typing this lol). So now I have this song to back me up.

Yes I was one of the people who said it sounded like “Ghetto” from Kelly Rowland. But that’s because you have three types of people when it comes to listen to a song for the first time. First you have those who only care about the beat. Then those who care about the lyrics and those who care about the vocals. I’m in category one. So when I heard the beat I was like well ‘It’s cool” but you know what? After a few listen I realized it was not about the beat. It’s about everything else! LeToya straight murdered her former bandmate’s version. And I shoudn’t say “version” because besides having a similar beat the comparison stops here.  KR’s song is lame/boring/doesn’t make any sense at all but LeToya’s has so much swag and meaning into it. I can’t wait for a remix with a different beat to come out so it can show that LeToya’s song has nothing to do with KR’s.

By not being the first single “Regret” missed it’s chance to be second. “Regret” should have been the first instead of Terry Ross’s (LeToya’s manager) choice “Not Anymore”. The latest is not doing bad but why settle for a #10 hit when you can get a #1 hit. “Regret” as a comeback song wou’dve made it to number one easily but not as a second single since everybody was waiting from an uptempto from her. But we’re ain’t gonna deal with “should’ve” and “would’ve” cause we can’t come back in the past. We have to deal with the present.

Now I’m torn between releasing this song as the third single (because it has so much hype and everyone seems to love it) or have it fourth after “Good To Me”. Good to me is such an AMAZING MOTHAFUCKING song. So I don’t know. I guess fans will vote again when the album is released and get to hear it so they can judge for themselves.

To come back to the song itself “Regret” has not only one catchy hook. (“You must regret the day that you leeeft me!”).  It has two (“Still tryna get back, get back, still tryna get back with me owwoh!) which makes it a garanteed hit. The lyrics are just top notch from beginning to end, (“Poppin tags is a thing of the past, you lost everything you had chasing them scallywags” — >that alone just made it for me)

Also her vocals sound amazing on there. There is no belting or something but it’s not needed for a song like that. She’s got other songs on the album with these divaesque belting shit which will fullfill your need if that’s what you hoping for. That sexyness/bitchyness/swag is what a song like “Regret” needs and it’s what it got. Her tone of voice is just beautiful in this.

Hype on this song is very big on the internet as I’m seing everybody tweeting/blogging great feedbacks about it.

Ludacris add’s a nice touch to it by being on her side when usually you would expect that a rapper would play a role against her. Good move.

Now I have two versions of the song. (well 3 if you count that “LeToyaNews exlusive” version lol). One has Ludacris without a bridge and the other one has a bridge and no Ludacris. I really hope they will BOTH appear on the very final version. But I’m scared it will get the same treatment as “All eyes On Me” when she cut her bridge to have Paul Wall instead. So in the lyrics below I’m assuming both will be kept. *Crossing fingers.

Conclusion. Strong lyrics, content, appealing vocals, swag and catchyness of the song makes it a classic and a hit in the making. EVERYBODY can relate to this song and soon (if not already) you will see yourself singing “YOU MUST REGRET THE DAY THAT YOU LEFT ME”!

In one word I’ll end the review by “Regret by @letoyaluckett –> This song is sick” RETWEET” lol

4.5/5

Stay tuned with LNN as we’re reviewing the whole album one song at a time.