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Release date in the infobox is not sourced in the body; you need to write it was released as well as played on radio
It is stated in the background section that there was no official release date, only that it was played in radio during the time. Per Template:Infobox song#released, do I indicate the album release date in the lead? — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 01:00, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You are using the single template though; should you actually switch to the standard song one or did radio play indicate single releases in 2004? If the former, then add the album release date but this doesn't need to be directly written in the lead since the year is in brackets. --K. Peake 08:34, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have seen sources indicate that it is a single from the album. I will include the album release date with a hidden note. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 12:38, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I changed this back to the year 2004 since if there's no exact date for a single, use the year that is known for it. --K. Peake 06:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Remove the recording date since it is only sourced for Usher's parts
Comment: this was in reference to the performing artists on the song; Sterling was not overlinked so re-add that pipe. --K. Peake 08:34, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Re-added wikilink for Michael Sterling. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 12:38, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Move the R&B slow jam part of the release sentence to being in the sentence mentioning the melody and hook instead; start by writing it was released here in this new revision
You should use current tense instead for terms like "altered" and "was" because the song and album are still available
Changed words in section to present tense. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 13:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Are you sure it shouldn't be written they said the introduction is Chris Rock-styled since he doesn't actually perform it?
They seemed to acknowledge that Chris Rock performed the song. It is also confirmed on a December 2, 2004 article by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution here: "[...] movie star Chris Rock provides --- or more specifically, yells --- three kind-of-funny interludes" — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 13:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn't his actual contribution be mentioned in comp then, keeping the review here though since this is an opinion? --K. Peake 06:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Chris Rock skit is a recurring interlude on Crunk Juice, similar to those from Eminem albums and The College Dropout. They are not part of this song. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 08:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The review is unclear; specify the contrast was, i.e was one of the songs compared positively to "Yeah!" or was it mentioned as a song that "Lovers and Friends" should've resembled?
Most of the review is contained in this sentence: "Jon shows off his new stature with big-name guests. Ice Cube is in form on Real N---a Roll Call, and Rick Rubin helms the Slayer- sampling Stop F---in' Wit' Me. The only downside? Jon reunites with Usher and Ludacris for Lovers and Friends, which, unfortunately, is closer to Usher's balladic B-side Red Light than Yeah!". I am not sure how to word this in the section without including the other guest appearances. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 13:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Change to something like ""Red Light", expressing a desire for it to be more similar to "Yeah!"." --K. Peake 06:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I did not know about the inclusion of guitar until getting to this section; add to comp that the song includes guitar and then write who contributed it
Added guitar and keyboard contributors to composition section. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 14:01, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Removed caps from ref 4, not sure how to do so in ref 20 when there is an article here with the same style. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 14:13, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Removed caps in Los Angeles Times if it was initially ref 20. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 15:21, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I checked the old revision and saw that this was ref 20, but things do get confusing when refs are moved around in articles. --K. Peake 06:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
On hold until all of the issues are fixed; shouldn't long since you're relatively active and the article isn't very large! --K. Peake 08:34, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Kyle Peake: I made changes to most of the article but there are a few questions mainly in the composition section. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 14:35, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Angryjoe1111: Thanks for putting the effort into this; I have left comments wherever relevant. --K. Peake 06:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Angryjoe1111:✓Pass now, I appreciate the well-timed responses! --K. Peake 08:29, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Kyle Peake: Thanks again for reviewing the article. I noticed your edits during the process of expanding Slow Jamz and thought you might be interested in nominating the article to GA one day. Most of the article is thoroughly sourced, but there are some issues in the accolades, music video and popular culture sections, as well as determining whether keeping both covers in the infobox violates WP:NFCC#3a and WP:NFCC#8. I am perfectly fine if you want to promote the article without me, but there are still a lot of issues which I do not immediately intend to fix at the moment such as WP:INDISCRIMINATE award nominations, and limited information in the music video and popular culture sections. If you need to verify or find more information in each citation, all the citations in the article are from ProQuest, which needs WP:LIBRARY account to access. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 10:44, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Angryjoe1111 I may nominate the article one day but it is not on my radar currently, though I'll get the account for ProQuest if the nomination becomes something of my significant interest. That song really is a tune though, do you think maybe we could nominate together eventually? --K. Peake 14:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Kyle Peake: Sure, I'm happy to help. Feel free to reach out once you are ready to nominate the song. — Angryjoe1111 (talk) 05:00, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment: this was in reference to the performing artists on the song; Sterling was not overlinked so re-add that pipe. --K. Peake 08:34, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
On hold until all of the issues are fixed; shouldn't long since you're relatively active and the article isn't very large! --K. Peake 08:34, 13 July 2021 (UTC)