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| - %22Your Love%22 is a song by Trinidadian-born recording artist Nicki Minaj, taken from her debut studio album Pink Friday (2010). It was released on June 1, 2010 by Young Money, Cash Money, and Universal Motown as the lead single of the album. The song was written by Minaj, Joseph Hughes, David Freedman, and Andrew %22Pop%22 Wansel, and was produced by the latter. Minaj originally intended to release %22Massive Attack%22 as the lead single from Pink Friday, though its release was scrapped after an underwhelming commercial performance.Described as a %22rap ballad%22, the song is a change of tempo compared to Minaj's previous work, and according to Mariel Concepcion of Billboard, the song contains a %22new brand of hood majesty.%22 The song heavily samples Annie Lennox's 1995 cover version of the song %22No More I Love You's%22 (1986) by The Lover Speaks, using its background vocals with additional bass, hip-hop backbeats and drum loops added.The song received mostly positive reviews from critics, complimenting Minaj's singing and rapping flexibility, and the use of the Lennox sample. The song peaked at numbers 14 and four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, respectively.
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