Brutha (album)

Brutha
Brutha
Studio album by Brutha
Released	December 21, 2008
Length	38:36
Label	Def Jam
Producer	Eric Crawford; Blac Elvis; Jermaine Dupri; Chuck Harmony; Heavyweights; Daron Jones; Dwayne Nesmith; Jazze Pha; Soundz; Shea Taylor; Curtis "Sauce" Wilson;
Brutha chronology
Singles from Brutha
	"I Can't Hear the Music"; Released: September 23, 2008; "She's Gone (It's To Late)"; Released: March 21, 2009;

Brutha is the debut studio album by American R&B group Brutha, released on December 21, 2008, by Def Jam Recordings.^[1] It peaked at number 81 on the US Billboard 200 and number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and remains the group's only full-length project to be released. Brutha was supported by one single, "I Can't Hear The Music" featuring rapper Fabolous.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
DJBooth.net	^[2]

AllMusic wrote that Brutha's "self-titled debut album shows them to be adept at conjuring up romantic moods atop arrangements that neatly avoid the usual slow-jam cliches."^[3] DJBooth.net noted that Brutha was "punctuated by club ready tracks like "Can't Hear" and the Ne-Yo-esque "What If," but the bulk of the album is filled with mid-tempo crooning about love sought after and lost. In fact, the true measure of a black male R&B group is how hotly they inspire sweet love-making [...] and on that count Brutha comes out somewhere in between Day26 and Jagged Edge."^[2]

Track listing

*Brutha* track listing
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Bang Bang"	Chuck Harmony Curtis "Sauce" Wilson Ne-Yo^[a]	3:58
2.	"I Can't Hear the Music" (featuring Fabolous)	Blac Elvis Eric Crawford	4:22
3.	"She's Gone"	Dwayne Nesmith	4:23
4.	"Set It Off"	Heavyweights Ne-Yo^[a]	4:21
5.	"Like This"	Daron Jones	3:49
6.	"Afraid of Love"	Blac Elvis Crawford	3:32
7.	"Ghost"	Soundz	3:11
8.	"What If"	Nesmith	3:58
9.	"Just Being Honest"	Shea Taylor	3:18
10.	"Make You Love It"	Jazze Pha	3:49

Notes

^{^[a]} denotes additional producer(s)

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Brutha*
Chart (2008–09)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	81
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	15

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Brutha*
Chart (2009)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	86

References

^ "Brutha". Amazon. 2008.
^ ^a ^b S., Nathan. "Brutha – Brutha Review". DJBooth.net. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
^ "Brutha – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
^ "Brutha, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^ "Brutha, BLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

[1] "Brutha". Amazon. 2008.

[DJBooth-2] S., Nathan. "Brutha – Brutha Review". DJBooth.net. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2025.

[AllMusic-3] "Brutha – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2025.

[4] "Brutha, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

[5] "Brutha, BLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

[6] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

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