Love Sick is the third studio album by American rapper and singer Don Toliver. It was released through Cactus Jack and Atlantic Records on February 24, 2023. The album features guest appearances from James Blake, Lil Durk, GloRilla, Kali Uchis, TisaKorean, Justin Bieber, Future, Wizkid, Charlie Wilson, Brent Faiyaz, and Toro y Moi. The deluxe version of the album four days later and features additional guest appearances from Travis Scott and Teezo Touchdown. Production of the album was handled by multiple producers, including Blake and TisaKorean themselves, Cardo, DJ Burn One, Oz, Wheezy, Hit-Boy, Nez, Rodaidh McDonald, Kaytranada, Sevn Thomas, Boi-1da, DJ Dahi, Ronny J, and DJ Fresh, among others.

Love Sick was supported by four singles: "Do It Right", "4 Me", "Leave the Club", and "Private Landing". The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 40,500 album-equivalent units in its first week.^[1]

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Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	8/10[3]
AllMusic	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
HipHopDX	2.8/5[6]

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According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Love Sick received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. Clash magazine wrote that Love Sick "often thrills when Don is left on his own" and that he uses "flows that blur the lines between rap and R&B."^[3] Rolling Stone wrote about Toliver, "it's worth considering his superficiality more of a feature than a bug. He's developed a reputation as a sort of Diet Travis due to the artists’ close association, but there are worse things to be than reliable."^[5]

Love Sick debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 40,500 album-equivalent units (including 1,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week.^[1] The album also accumulated a total of 51.23 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.^[1]

Sample Credits

• "4 Me" contains samples from "Girls Dem Sugar", written by Moses Davis, Pharrell Williams, Charles Hugo, and Cleveland Browne, as performed by Beenie Man.
• "Go Down" contains samples from "Backseat", written by Domonic Patten, as performed by TisaKorean.
• "Leather Coat" contains an interpolation from "All Around the World", written by Lisa Stansfield, Andrew Morris, and Ian Devaney, as performed by Stansfield.
• "Do It Right" contains interpolations from "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", written by Harold Clayton, Malcolm Perry, and Sigidi Abdullah, as performed by the S.O.S. Band.
• "If I Had" contains samples from "Do You Love Her Now", written and performed by Jai Paul.
• "Bus Stop" contains samples from "I Can't Get You (Out of My Mind)", written by Edward Riley, Eric Williams, Grover Washington, Jr., Clifton Lighty, James Simmons, and Wesley Hogges, as performed by Blackstreet.

Performers

• Don Toliver – vocals
• James Blake – vocals (2)
• Lil Durk – vocals (3)
• GloRilla – vocals (3)
• Kali Uchis – vocals (4)
• TisaKorean – vocals (5)
• Justin Bieber – vocals (9)
• Future – vocals (9)
• Wizkid – vocals (10)
• Charlie Wilson – vocals (12)
• Brent Faiyaz – vocals (14)
• Toro y Moi – vocals (15)

Technical

• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Derek "206derek" Anderson – mixing, engineering
• Jaycen Joshua – mixing
• Austin Jux Chandler – engineering (4)
• Ryan Mellow – engineering (9)
• Leandro "Dro" Higaldo – engineering (10)
• Jimmy Cash – engineering (13)
• Damon Riggins Jr. – mixing assistance
• Jacob Richards – mixing assistance
• Mike Seaberg – mixing assistance
• Rachael Blum – mixing assistance
• Jonathan Lopez – engineering assistance (1, 3, 10, 15)
• Hayden Duncan – engineering assistance (2)
• Dominic Vicario – engineering assistance (9)
• Justin "Jusvibes" Gibson – additional vocal recording (3)
• Eric Manco – additional vocals recording (9)
• Josh Gudwin – additional vocal recording (9)
• Itai Schwartz – additional vocal recording (14)