[2] As with her solo debut, the singer worked with a wide variety of collaborators for the album, including Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Blac Elvis, Ryan Leslie, Harold Lilly, Bei Maejor, Oak, Soundz, T-Minus, and Tank.

[6] Lady Love is a contemporary R&B album, which Andy Kellman of AllMusic described as '"directed toward the pop market [...] heavier on gleaming synthesizers and in-your-face production.

"[7] The album begins with the "conceited but confident up-tempo" song "Lady Love,"[6] which is followed by the startingly brash,"[7] "electronically soaked"[8] track "She Ain't Got..." on which Luckett displays a "fierce personality,"[8] through her vocals and the lyrics, one line reading "bout to put my foot down on homegirl's neck, to make her see that, she ain't got s*** on me.

"[6] "Regret", featuring rapper Ludacris, has been repeatedly likened to the Mary Mary hit single "God in Me," with its "rat-a-tat snare" and "alternately gliding and prodding vocal attack,"[7] while Luckett's "breathy" vocal performance on the "steamy" and "sensual"[6] song "I Need a U" – complete with a "burning" electric guitar solo – has been likened to the style of Janet Jackson.

"[6] Shortly before closing the album, Luckett "shows off her upper vocal register" on "Don't Need You" which has been herladed as her "best recording to-date" by Timothy Michael Carson of About.com.

[10] The sampler features first single "Not Anymore" and 1 minute 30 second snippets of "Regret", "She Ain't Got...", "Lady Love" and "Matter".

A music video, directed by Bryan Barber was shot on June 3, 2009 and premiered on Yahoo Music on June 30, 2009, featuring guest star Major League Baseball players Orlando Hudson and Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as Baseball Hall of Fame member Dave Winfield.

Though the song failed to chart, a music video directed by makeup artist AJ Crimson and co-starring model-actor Keston Karter was released on February 11, 2010.

"[22] Meanwhile, Timothy Michael Carson from About.com praised Luckett's "versatility" and "soft soprano vocals," but wrote that "many of the songs tend to sound alike" and so "Lady Love can quickly become a tiresome listen."

However, he also noted that Lady Love "isn't a perfect album" and "at times it feels uninspired and overly deliberate" but wrote that "it's clearly the work of a woman coming into her own as an artist" and so promised that he is "not going to attach a “formerly of Destiny's Child” onto LeToya Luckett's name.

"[8] AllMusic editor Andy Kellman gave a more mixed review however, describing the album as being "just as scattered and uneven as LeToya's self-titled debut," but noted that there are no "shortage of high points," listing; "Regret", the "pummeling, startlingly brash" "She Ain't Got..." and "the melancholy" "Take Away Love" as particular stand-outs.