The Naked Truth | ||||
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Studio album by Lil' Kim | ||||
Released | September 27, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, Dirty rap, East coast hip hop, R&B | |||
Length | 76:31 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Scott Storch, Denaun Porter, 7 Aurelius, J. R. Rotem | |||
Lil' Kim chronology | ||||
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The Naked Truth is the fourth studio album by rapper Lil' Kim, released on September 27, 2005. This album was released on the first day of Kim's sentencing, in which she went to jail for nearly a year on perjury charges.
Compared to her previous three albums, The Naked Truth is Lil' Kim's least successful and last album to date.
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The Naked Truth was released on September 27, 2005 in the United States. The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200, and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with selling 109,000 copies in its first week of release.[1] The album also became her shortest run on the album charts, falling out of the 200 albums chart in just eight weeks. According to Nielsen Soundscan, the album was not as successful as her first three albums. This led to the separation between Kim and Atlantic records, after a ten year relationship.[2] Correct number of the total sales is unknown.
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (66/100)[3] |
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Source | Rating |
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The A.V. Club | (favorable)[5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[6] |
New York Times | (unfavorable)[7] |
Pitchfork Media | (7.8/10)[8] |
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Village Voice | (favorable)[13] |
The album received positive reviews and was given a score of 66 out of 100 by Metacritic,[3] with 5 star ratings from The Source (in which she became the first female rapper to ever receive the 5 mics rating), Vibe Magazine, and The Village Voice and less than favorable reviews from The New York Times and Allmusic. Blender Magazine gave the album four stars calling it her 'strongest work since her pheromone-thick 1996 debut'. While the album did receive several 5 star ratings, Pitchfork Media journalist Jess Harvell, who gave the album a positive 7.8 rating stated "The Naked Truth may be better than 80% of the other rap albums to be released in 2005, but that doesn't make it another Ready to Die."[8] Robert Christgau gave the album a two-star honorable mention () and said that it "Throws her voice around more and her pussy down hardly at all." [14]
No. | Title | Producer | Length | |
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1. | "Intro" | Dan The Man for "DaMan" Productions & "Big Hill" for Queen Bee Entertainment | 0:39 | |
2. | "Spell Check" | Red Spyda for House of Spydas | 3:39 | |
3. | "Lighters Up" | Scott Storch | 4:23 | |
4. | "Shut Up Bitch Intro" | 0:56 | ||
5. | "Shut Up Bitch" | Michael "Mr. Williams" Williams & Roger "Mista Raja" Greene for Associ Industries | 4:19 | |
6. | "Whoa" | Jonathan "J.R." Rotem for Networth Entertainment | 4:08 | |
7. | "Slippin'" | Denaun Porter | 4:16 | |
8. | "Answering Machine Skit 1" | 2:27 | ||
9. | "All Good" | Jeekyman for Darlock Entertainment | 4:31 | |
10. | "I Know You See Me ft Tiny(Xscape)" | Kevin "Khao" Cates for Grand Hustle Entertainment | 3:53 | |
11. | "W.P.I.M.P. Skit" | Dan The Man | 0:30 | |
12. | "Quiet" (featuring Game)" | Michael "Mr. Williams" Williams & Roger "Mista Raja" Greene for Associ Industries | 4:02 | |
13. | "Durty" | Terrance "Hot Runner" Lovelace for Hot Runners Entertainment | 4:10 | |
14. | "Answering Machine Skit 2" | 2:23 | ||
15. | "We Don't Give a F*** (featuring Bun B & Twista)" | Terrance "Hot Runner" Lovelace for Hot Runners Entertainment | 4:22 | |
16. | "Gimme That (featuring Maino)" | Jeekyman for Darlock Entertainment | 4:27 | |
17. | "Kitty Box" | 7 for Aurelius Productions | 3:49 | |
18. | "Kronik (featuring Snoop Dogg)" | "Fredwreck" Nassar for DoggyStyle Productions | 4:32 | |
19. | "Winners and Losers Skit" | 0:57 | ||
20. | "Get Yours (featuring T.I. and Sha-Dash)" | Kevin "Kaho" Cates for Grand Hustle Entertainment | 4:09 | |
21. | "Last Day" | Jonathan "J.R." Rotem for Networth Entertainment | 4:29 | |
22. | "Last Day Skit" | 5:30 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Japan Albums Chart[15] | 46 |
US Billboard 200 | 6 |
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 3 |
US Billboard Rap Albums | 2 |
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As the rain washes distance from her voice
Something stirs beneath us
And hope awakens to the calm
In the depth of her eyes a promise sleeps
Resting soft, unspoken
In dormant dreams as blue as dawm
May sees the first light shine again
Into a night without an end
And the fear echoes deep within the heart
As I tempt forever
To find her way into my arms
With the dark comes another sleepless night
Longing for the moment
That two wil stand against the world
And through the years one night remains
As clear as trust beneath the rain
In your eyes see this life
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
Let us cry, let us try
We are one within the night
And ever more
We are one, you and I
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
I can see all the fears that lie inside
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
In your eyes see this life
Please don't turn away tonight
Or ever more
Let us cry, let us try
We are one within the night
And ever more