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{{Short description|Single by E-40 featuring Leviti}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = 1-Luv
| type       = single
| artist     = [[E-40]] featuring Leviti
| album      = [[In a Major Way]]
| released   = February 25, 1995
| genre      = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| length     = 5:08
| label      = [[Jive Records]], [[Sick Wid It]]
| writer     = {{hlist|[[E-40|Earl Stevens]]|Louis King|Marvin Whitemon|Darryl Cash}}
| producer   = Studio Ton
| chronology = [[E-40]]
| prev_title = [[Captain Save a Hoe]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[Sprinkle Me]]
| next_year  = 1995
| misc       =  {{Extra chronology
| artist     = Leviti
| type       = single
| title      = 1-Luv
| year       = 1995
| next_title = Get Right
| next_year  = 1996
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|cuM2nzz2PmQ|"1-Luv"}}}}
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"'''1-Luv'''" is a song by American rapper [[E-40]], and the second single from his second studio album ''[[In a Major Way]]'' (1995). It features R&B artist Leviti and interpolates "One Love" by [[Whodini]]. The song charted at number 71 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].
==Background==
A phone call is heard in the beginning of the song. In an interview with [[Complex Networks|''Complex'']], E-40 revealed that it was an actual call, from his cousin Kaveo, who had been telling E-40 about his time in penitentiary. E-40 dedicated the song to "the struggle and all the people that's incarcerated", and used it to explain the hard times in his life.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staley|first=Willy|date=April 1, 2011|title=E-40 Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2011/04/e-40-essentials/|url-status=live|website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404095610/http://www.complex.com:80/music/2011/04/e-40-essentials/ |archive-date=2011-04-04 }}</ref>
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1995)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|71|artist=E-40}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|51|artist=E-40}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|4|artist=E-40}}
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{E-40}}
[[Category:1995 singles]]
[[Category:1995 songs]]
[[Category:E-40 songs]]
[[Category:Jive Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by E-40]]
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