Gravity (Lecrae album)

Gravity
Gravity
Studio album by Lecrae
Released	September 4, 2012
Recorded	February–July 2012
Studio	Music House Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre	Christian hip hop
Length	56:28
Label	Reach Records
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;
Lecrae chronology
Singles from Gravity
	"I Know"; Released: July 24, 2012; "Lord Have Mercy"; Released: August 1, 2012; "Tell the World"; Released: August 15, 2012; "Mayday"; Released: August 30, 2012;

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, Sho Baraka 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 along with his production team 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.

^ "Lecrae – I Know – New Song from Gravity". Rapzilla. Philip Rood and Chad Horton. July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
^ Administrator. "Lecrae ft. Tedashii – "Lord Have Mercy" (video)". Parlé Magazine. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
^ "Lecrae "Tell the World" ft. Mali Music". Rapzilla. Philip Rood and Chad Horton. August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference mayday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[iknow-1] "Lecrae – I Know – New Song from Gravity". Rapzilla. Philip Rood and Chad Horton. July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

[2] Administrator. "Lecrae ft. Tedashii – "Lord Have Mercy" (video)". Parlé Magazine. Retrieved August 3, 2012.

[tell_the_world-3] "Lecrae "Tell the World" ft. Mali Music". Rapzilla. Philip Rood and Chad Horton. August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

[mayday-4] Cite error: The named reference mayday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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