Church Clothes 2
| Church Clothes, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Mixtape by Lecrae | ||||
| Released | November 7, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–13 | |||
| Genre | Christian hip hop | |||
| Length | 52:12 | |||
| Label | Reach, Datpiff.com | |||
| Producer | 5PMG, 808&Elite, Boi-1da, David Banner, Dirty Rice, DJ Burn One, DJ Official, Don Cannon, Dunlap, Héctor Delgado, Jon Jon Traxx, Justin Kahler, Mike DZL, K.E. on the Track, Street Symphony (also exec.), ThaInnaCircle, The Bridge (DJ Efechto and D. Steele), Tone Jonez, Tyshane | |||
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| Singles from Church Clothes, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Christian Music Zine | 5/5 |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | |
| Jesus Wired | 4.5/5 |
Church Clothes 2, officially Church Clothes, Vol. 2, is the second mixtape by Christian hip hop artist Lecrae, released on November 7, 2013 by Reach Records. Hosted by Don Cannon, it follows Lecrae's previous mixtape, Church Clothes, and Grammy Award-winning full-length album Gravity, both of which came out in 2012. Two versions of the album were released, a free version with host Don Cannon, and a commercial version off iTunes without the DJ. The first single off the album, "Round of Applause", was released on May 14, 2013. On May 21, a remixed version of the song, featuring rapper B.o.B., was released. A second single off the album, "I'm Turnt", dropped on October 18, 2013. The mixtape was downloaded over 100,000 times on DatPiff.com in the first two weeks and debuted at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart, No. 1 on the Top Christian and Gospel charts, and No. 3 on the Top Rap chart.
Church Clothes 2 is the second of Lecrae's mixtape and a sequel to the tape he released the previous year, Church Clothes, which also saw Don Cannon as the host. The tape was downloaded 100,000 times off Datpiff.com in only 48 hours, and was hailed as possibly "the most important Christian hip hop album in history." However, the mixtape also generated controversy in Christian circles due to Lecrae's collaboration with the "secular" producer Don Cannon, concerns of him "selling-out" to a mainstream audience, and perceptions that Lecrae took a harsh view of the church in the mixtape's single, "Church Clothes". Following the success of Church Clothes, on September 4, 2012, Lecrae released his sixth studio album, Gravity, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 72,000 units sold. This album also was hailed as the most important in Christian hip-hop album in history, and garnered a Grammy Award in the Gospel at the 2013 Grammy Awards, the first time a Christian hip hop artist ever won a Grammy.
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