Gravity (Lecrae album)
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| Studio album by Lecrae | ||||
| Released | September 4, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | February–July 2012 | |||
| Studio | Music House Studios, Atlanta, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Christian hip hop, reggae, soul | |||
| Length | 56:28 | |||
| Label | Reach | |||
| Producer | Andy Mineo (add.), Big Juice, The Bridge, Courtland Urbano, Dirty Rice, DJ Efechto, DJ Khalil, DJ Official, Dru Castro, Street Symphony/Heat Academy, Joseph Prielozny, Lecrae (exec.), Lincoln "Bar-None" Morris (vocal), PRo (add.), Rudy Currence, Tha Kracken, ThaInnaCircle, Tyshane, Uforo Ebong, The Watchmen (J.R., Alex Medina & Wit), Zach Crowell | |||
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The single "Mayday" received praised for its production work by DJ Khalil and the sung vocals by Ashthon Jones.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllHipHop | 8.5/10 |
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| Cross Rhythms |  |
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| Jesus Freak Hideout |
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| RapReviews.com | 8/10 |
| Rapzilla | |
| Gravity: The Remix EP | |
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| Remix album by DJ Official and Alex Medina | |
| Released | December 26, 2012 |
| Genre | Christian hip hop |
| Label | Reach |
| Producer | Alex Medina, Big Juice, Black Knight, D-Flow, DJ Official, GAWVI, Tyshane |
Gravity is the sixth studio album by American Christian hip hop artist Lecrae, released on September 4, 2012. The album features appearances from Big K.R.I.T., Mathai, Ashthon Jones, and Mali Music, along with labelmates Trip Lee, Andy Mineo, Derek Minor, who was formerly known as PRo, and Tedashii. Producers on the album include DJ Khalil, Street Symphony's Heat Academy, and The Watchmen. The first single off the album, "I Know", was released on July 24, 2012, and was followed by "Tell the World" featuring Mali Music on August 15, 2012, and "Mayday" featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Ashthon Jones on August 30, 2012. Reach Records released five music videos for the album: "Lord Have Mercy", featuring Tedashii along with No Malice of Clipse, on August 1, 2012, "Tell the World", featuring Mali Music, on October 19, 2012, "Mayday", featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Ashthon Jones, on December 13, 2012, "Fakin'", featuring Thi'sl, on February 1, 2013, and "Confe$$ions", featuring David Banner, on April 30, 2013.
The first week of sales for the album set a new record for Lecrae, with Gravity debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 72,000 units sold, and was the biggest sales week ever for a Christian hip hop album. The bonus track "Fuego" featuring KB and Suzy Rock from the iTunes deluxe edition of the album peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Songs, No. 13 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital charts, and No. 64 on the Hot Digital Songs charts. Critically, Gravity was very well received, and is considered Lecrae's strongest, most mainstream work to date. It won Best Gospel Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards and Best Rap/Hip Hop Album at the 2013 Dove Awards.
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