The Naked Truth (Lil' Kim album)

The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth
Studio album by Lil' Kim
Released	September 27, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Genre	Hip hop
Length	76:31
Label	Queen Bee; Atlantic;
Producer	Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones; Red Spyda; Scott Storch; J. R. Rotem; Fredwreck; Mr. Porter; Channel 7;
Lil' Kim chronology
Singles from The Naked Truth
	"Lighters Up"; Released: July 10, 2005; "Whoa"; Released: February 7, 2006;

The Naked Truth is the fourth studio album by American rapper Lil' Kim, released on September 27, 2005. The album was released the same week she started her year-long prison sentence for perjury and it was her last studio album released by Atlantic Records before deciding to part ways in 2008. Two official singles were released from the album: "Lighters Up" as the lead single, released in September 2005, and "Whoa", as the second and final single, in February 2006. The Naked Truth remains the only album by a female rapper to be rated five mics by The Source. The album has sold nearly 500,000 copies in the United States.^[1]^[2]

^ Fields, Kiah. "HONORING LIL KIM ON HER BIRTHDAY". Retrieved June 9, 2017. Naked Truth was released on the first day of her sentence. This album received the coveted 5 Mics from The Source in 2006 and is to date the only female rap album to receive this honor. The album was certified platinum in the year of its release and ranked in at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015 this album has sold 2.7 million albums worldwide.
^ Tomlinson, Bee. "Baller Alert's Today in Hip-Hop: Lil' Kim Released 'The Naked Truth". Retrieved September 29, 2017. The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, selling 156,000 copies in its first week. To this date, it has sold over 2.7 million copies worldwide.

[Fields-1] Fields, Kiah. "HONORING LIL KIM ON HER BIRTHDAY". Retrieved June 9, 2017. Naked Truth was released on the first day of her sentence. This album received the coveted 5 Mics from The Source in 2006 and is to date the only female rap album to receive this honor. The album was certified platinum in the year of its release and ranked in at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015 this album has sold 2.7 million albums worldwide.

[Tomlinson-2] Tomlinson, Bee. "Baller Alert's Today in Hip-Hop: Lil' Kim Released 'The Naked Truth". Retrieved September 29, 2017. The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, selling 156,000 copies in its first week. To this date, it has sold over 2.7 million copies worldwide.

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