Charity Starts at Home

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Charity Starts at Home
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Studio album by
Phonte
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2011 (2011-09-27)
Recorded2011
Genre
Length42:52
Label Foreign Exchange Music
Producer
Phonte chronology
Charity Starts at Home
(2011)		No News Is Good News
(2018)

Charity Starts at Home is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Phonte. The album was released on September 27, 2011 via Foreign Exchange Music. Production was handled by 9th Wonder, E. Jones, Fatin "10" Horton, Khrysis, Stro Elliott, Swiff D, Symbolyc One, Zo! and Phonte, who also served as executive producer together with Nicolay. It features guest appearances from Big K.R.I.T., Carlitta Durand, Elzhi, Eric Roberson, Evidence, Jeanne Jolly, Sy Smith, and fellow Justus League member Median.

Contents

The peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard 200, No. 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, No. 7 on the Top Rap Albums and No. 8 on the Independent Albums with selling nearly 8,000 units in the US in its first week.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 88/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
HipHopDX 4.5/5 [3]
RapReviews7.5/10 [4]
The A.V. Club A− [5]
Tom Hull B+( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [6]
XXL 4/5 (XL) [7]

Charity Starts at Home was met with universal acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 88, based on seven reviews. [1]

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club stated: "with his gloriously grown-up solo debut, one of the smartest, most incisive lyricists alive proves it's possible to grow older in hip-hop while retaining your dignity". [5] William Ketchum III of HipHopDX praised the album, saying: "with its substantial subject matter, solid production and tightly-woven sequencing, Charity Starts At Home does exactly what a solo debut should: showcases the artist's skill set and personality all at once". [3] AllMusic's Andre Barnes resumed: "a well-balanced marriage of all of Phonte's musical inclinations". [2] Adam Fleischer of XXL said: "undeniably, Charity Starts At Home reminds why the rapper has been a darling of the underground for years". [7] Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews.com found the album "overall above average album that needed a little more of something--a little more 9th Wonder, a little more swagger, a little more about the world of today--and possibly just a little less angst". [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dance in the Reign" (featuring Sy Smith)
Swiff D3:54
2."The Good Fight"
 9th Wonder 3:09
3."Everything Is Falling Down" (featuring Jeanne Jolly)
 Khrysis 3:37
4."Not Here Anymore" (featuring Elzhi)
9th Wonder3:49
5."Eternally" (featuring Median)
  • Coleman
  • James Livingston
  • Douthit
9th Wonder4:37
6."Sendin' My Love"
  • Coleman
  • Stro Elliott
 Stro Elliott 3:33
7."Ball and Chain"
  • Coleman
  • Thornton
Swiff D3:56
8."To Be Yours"
  • Coleman
  • Lorenzo Ferguson
1:32
9."Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" (featuring Carlitta Durand)
 Symbolyc One 3:44
10."We Go Off" (featuring Pharoahe Monch)
 Fatin "10" Horton 2:29
11."The Life of Kings" (featuring Evidence and Big K.R.I.T.)
9th Wonder3:27
12."Who Loves You More" (featuring Eric Roberson)
E. Jones5:07
Total length:42:52

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 61
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [10] 8

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  10. ↑ "Phonte Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
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