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The Truth is the debut solo album by American R&B singer Aaron Hall, lead singer of Guy. The album reached #7 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums, #47 on the Billboards 200, and scored five hit singles: "Don't Be Afraid", "Get a Little Freaky with Me", "Let's Make Love", "I Miss You" and "When You Need Me".
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- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/artist/damion-hall/chart-history/ Billboard
- ↑ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=188552154 Archived October 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Damion Hall's MySpace
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