Brutha (album)

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Brutha
BruthaBand.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 21, 2008 (2008-12-21)
Length38:36
Label Def Jam
Producer
Brutha chronology
Brutha
(2008)
Vacancy
(2010)
Singles from Brutha
  1. "I Can't Hear the Music"
    Released: September 23, 2008
  2. "She's Gone (It's To Late)"
    Released: March 21, 2009

Brutha is the debut studio album by American R&B group Brutha, released on December 21, 2008, by Def Jam Recordings. [1] It peaked at number 81 on the US Billboard 200 and number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and remains the group's only full-length project to be released. Brutha was supported by one single, "I Can't Hear The Music" featuring rapper Fabolous.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic wrote that Brutha's "self-titled debut album shows them to be adept at conjuring up romantic moods atop arrangements that neatly avoid the usual slow-jam cliches." [3] DJBooth.net noted that Brutha was "punctuated by club ready tracks like "Can't Hear" and the Ne-Yo-esque "What If," but the bulk of the album is filled with mid-tempo crooning about love sought after and lost. In fact, the true measure of a black male R&B group is how hotly they inspire sweet love-making [...] and on that count Brutha comes out somewhere in between Day26 and Jagged Edge." [2]

Track listing

Brutha track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Bang Bang"3:58
2."I Can't Hear the Music" (featuring Fabolous)
4:22
3."She's Gone"Dwayne Nesmith4:23
4."Set It Off"
  • Heavyweights
  • Ne-Yo [a]
4:21
5."Like This" Daron Jones 3:49
6."Afraid of Love"
3:32
7."Ghost" Soundz 3:11
8."What If"Nesmith3:58
9."Just Being Honest" Shea Taylor 3:18
10."Make You Love It" Jazze Pha 3:49

Notes

Charts

References

  1. "Brutha". Amazon. 2008.
  2. 1 2 S., Nathan. "Brutha – Brutha Review". DJBooth.net. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  3. "Brutha – AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  4. "Brutha, TLP" . Billboard . Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  5. "Brutha, BLP" . Billboard . Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  6. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2020.