Heartbeat (Da' T.R.U.T.H. album)

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Heartbeat
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Studio album by Da' T.R.U.T.H.
Released April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)
Genre Christian hip hop, urban contemporary gospel
Length 72:46
Label Mixed Bag
Producer Black Knight, DJ Corbett, Justin Ebach, Jordin Endow, Epikh Pro, J.R., Joseph Love, Alex Medina, Carlin Muccular, S1
Da' T.R.U.T.H. chronology
Love Hope War
(2013)Love Hope War2013		 Heartbeat
(2014)

Heartbeat is the seventh studio album from Christian hip hop recording artist Da' T.R.U.T.H., released on April 15, 2014 by Da' T.R.U.T.H.'s own label, Mixed Bag Records. It features artists such as Braille, Capital Kings, Chris August, Lecrae, Papa San, and Tedashii, and production by Black Knight, DJ Corbett, Justin Ebach, Jordin Endow, Epikh Pro, J.R., Joseph Love, Alex Medina, Carlin Muccular and S1.[1]

Commercial performance

For the Billboard charting week of May 3, 2014, Heartbeat debuted at No. 84 on the Billboard 200, No. 7 and No. 2 on the Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums charts, respectively, No. 8 on the Rap Albums chart, and No. 16 on the Independent Albums chart.[2]

Style

Da' T.R.U.T.H. experimented with a wide variety of musical styles on Heartbeat. Branden Murphy noted that the tracks "Loud and Clear" and "Compare" feature a very "pop-ish" sound, "Press" contains a "dash of reggae," "Promises" features a CCM style, and "Mixed Bag" has a boom bap sound.[3] Dwayne Lacey listed off rap, electro, Gospel, CCM, and pop as among the styles featured on the album.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[5]
CCM Magazine 4/5 stars[6]
New Release Tuesday 3.5/5 stars[4]

Heartbeat met with generally positive reception from music critics. The four star review by CCM Magazine's Andrew Greer was given for the music coming "With a burden for bearing life-changing spiritual truths through his rhyming prowess over thick jams, the gospel hip-hop forerunner enrolls a list of Grammy-winning producers to distribute a LP that is musically both experimental and highly accessible."[6] David Jeffries of AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, stating that "it's the usual T.R.U.T.H. boldness and brilliance all over again, along with the return of the overabundance issue, although even at 16 tracks, this one only seems overstuffed by about one or two".[5] At New Release Tuesday, Dwayne Lacy rated the album three-and-a-half stars, writing that "this album has so much to offer".[4] Branden Murphy of Wade-O Radio stated that while the album allowed Da' T.R.U.T.H.'s creativity and freedom that comes with recording under his own, newly established label, the wide variety of styles on the album can come across as "scattered" on first listen.[3]

Track listing

Tracklist[1]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Gray" (featuring J.R.) Emanuel Lambert, Courtney "J.R." Peebles J.R. 4:28
2. "Press" (featuring Canon, Papa San) Lambert, J.R. J.R. 4:32
3. "Loud & Clear" (featuring Capital Kings, Tedashii) Lambert, J.R. J.R. 4:24
4. "I Made It" (featuring Black Knight, TC) Lambert Black Knight 4:46
5. "Promises" (featuring Isaac Carree) Lambert, Carlin Muccular, J. Williams Carlin Muccular 3:51
6. "Come Home" (featuring ZG) Lambert, Zack Gaddis, Alex Medina Alex Medina 3:18
7. "Waiting (Interlude)" (featuring Joseph Lindsay)   Joseph Lindsay 1:16
8. "Welcome Home" (featuring James Fortune) Lambert, DJ Corbett DJ Corbett 5:07
9. "Standing O" (featuring TJ Pompeo) Lambert, TJ Pompeo S1 and Epikh Pro 5:42
10. "Mixed Bag"   Lambert, J.R. Joseph Love 2:35
11. "Compare" (featuring Alexis Spight) Lambert, J.R. J.R. 6:09
12. "Bully" (featuring J.R.) Lambert, J.R. Joseph Love and J.R. 4:56
13. "Change the World" (featuring Chris August) Lambert, J. Williams, Mushran Johnson, Mark Mims, Maurice Tonia Justin Ebach and Jordin Endow 4:39
14. "Heartbeat" (featuring Lecrae, Lauren Lee) Lambert, J.R. J.R. 6:42
15. "Rising Sun" (featuring TJ Pompeo, Prayz1, ZG) Lambert, Gaddis, Medina, TJ Pompeo Alex Medina 4:23
16. "Hope (Remix)" (featuring Braille, Derek Minor, and Promise) Lambert, Medina Alex Medina 5:58
Total length:
 72:46

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 84
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[8] 7
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)[9] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[10] 16
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[11] 8

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