I'd Rather Have a Love
by Joe

Album: Double Back: Evolution of R&B (2013)
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Songfacts®:

  • The lead single from Double Back: Evolution of R&B was penned by Gerald Issac, Derek Allen and Alvin Garret and represents Joe's style and flavor. He told You Know I Got Soul: "I fell in love with the song from the beginning because I felt like it was a song that certainly follows a style like 'I Wanna Know,' 'Good Girls,' 'All That I Am.'" It has that really romantic element to it."

    "It also speaks a lot of guys in a relationship that have a good thing going on but sometimes you know how we are," Joe continued. "We forget what we have and we treat things a little differently. This is just a reminder basically, "I'd rather have love than nothing at all." Who wants to be alone? It's a great song."
  • Rapper Fat Joe recorded vocals for the remix of the song, which is included as a bonus track on the Best Buy track listing of Double Back: Evolution of R&B.

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