Love in the First is the debut studio album by American R&B artist Latif.

The album's only single, "I Don't Wanna Hurt You" was written by Sean Garrett and Latif.

"[1] 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.