Heartbeat (Da' T.R.U.T.H. album)

Da' T.R.U.T.H. experimented with a wide variety of musical styles on Heartbeat. Branden Murphy noted that the tracks "Loud and Clear" and "Compare" feature a very "pop-ish" sound, "Press" contains a "dash of reggae," "Promises" features a Contemporary Christian music style, and "Mixed Bag" has a boom bap sound. Dwayne Lacey listed off rap, electro, Gospel, CCM, and pop as among the styles featured on the album.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/heartbeat-mw0002621259 |title=Heartbeat - Da' T.R.U.T.H. | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |last=Jeffries |first=David |date=April 15, 2014 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=May 10, 2014 }}

| rev2 = CCM Magazine

| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/digital/2014/jul15/index.html |title=DA' T.R.U.T.H.: Heartbeat |last1=Greer |first1=Andrew Greer |date=July 15, 2014 |website=ccmmagazine.com |publisher=CCM Magazine |accessdate=July 14, 2014}}

| rev3 = New Release Tuesday

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.newreleasetuesday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=22352&user_id=43067 |title=A New Chapter |last=Lacy |first=Dwayne |date=May 1, 2014 |publisher=New Release Tuesday |accessdate=May 10, 2014 }}

}}

Heartbeat met with generally positive reception from music critics. The four star review by CCM Magazine's Andrew Greer was given for the music coming "With a burden for bearing life-changing spiritual truths through his rhyming prowess over thick jams, the gospel hip-hop forerunner enrolls a list of Grammy-winning producers to distribute an LP that is musically both experimental and highly accessible." David Jeffries of AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, stating that "it's the usual T.R.U.T.H. boldness and brilliance all over again, along with the return of the overabundance issue, although even at 16 tracks, this one only seems overstuffed by about one or two". At New Release Tuesday, Dwayne Lacy rated the album three-and-a-half stars, writing that "this album has so much to offer". Branden Murphy of Wade-O Radio stated that while the album allowed Da' T.R.U.T.H.'s creativity and freedom that comes with recording under his own, newly established label, the wide variety of styles on the album can come across as "scattered" on first listen.{{Cite web|url = http://wadeoradio.com/album-review-da-t-r-u-t-h-heartbeat-2/|title = Album Review: Da' T.R.U.T.H. – Heartbeat|date = April 14, 2014|accessdate = May 12, 2014|website = Wade-O Radio|publisher = DJ Wade O|last = Murphy|first = Branden}}

For the Billboard charting week of May 3, 2014, Heartbeat debuted at No. 84 on the Billboard 200, No. 7 and No. 2 on the Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums charts, respectively, No. 8 on the Rap Albums chart, and No. 16 on the Independent Albums chart.{{cite web|title=Heartbeat - Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/heartbeat-mw0002621259/awards|website=AllMusic|accessdate=May 18, 2014}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Heartbeat

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 72:46

| title1 = Gray

| note1 = featuring J.R.

| writer1 = Emanuel Lambert, Courtney "J.R." Peebles

| extra1 = J.R.

| length1 = 4:28

| title2 = Press

| note2 = featuring Canon, Papa San

| extra2 = J.R.

| writer2 = Lambert, J.R.

| length2 = 4:32

| title3 = Loud & Clear

| note3 = featuring Capital Kings, Tedashii

| extra3 = J.R.

| writer3 = Lambert, J.R.

| length3 = 4:24

| title4 = I Made It

| note4 = featuring Black Knight, TC

| writer4 = Lambert

| extra4 = Black Knight

| length4 = 4:46

| title5 = Promises

| note5 = featuring Isaac Carree

| writer5 = Lambert, Carlin Muccular, J. Williams

| extra5 = Carlin Muccular

| length5 = 3:51

| title6 = Come Home

| note6 = featuring ZG

| writer6 = Lambert, Zack Gaddis, Alex Medina

| extra6 = Alex Medina

| length6 = 3:18

| title7 = Waiting (Interlude)

| note7 = featuring Joseph Lindsay

| extra7 = Joseph Lindsay

| length7 = 1:16

| title8 = Welcome Home

| note8 = featuring James Fortune

| extra8 = DJ Corbett

| writer8 = Lambert, DJ Corbett

| length8 = 5:07

| title9 = Standing O

| note9 = featuring TJ Pompeo

| writer9 = Lambert, TJ Pompeo

| extra9 = S1 and Epikh Pro

| length9 = 5:42

| title10 = Mixed Bag

| writer10 = Lambert, J.R.

| extra10 = Joseph Love

| length10 = 2:35

| title11 = Compare

| note11 = featuring Alexis Spight

| writer11 = Lambert, J.R.

| extra11 = J.R.

| length11 = 6:09

| title12 = Bully

| note12 = featuring J.R.

| writer12 = Lambert, J.R.

| extra12 = Joseph Love and J.R.

| length12 = 4:56

| title13 = Change the World

| note13 = featuring Chris August

| writer13 = Lambert, J. Williams, Mushran Johnson, Mark Mims, Maurice Tonia

| extra13 = Justin Ebach and Jordin Endow

| length13 = 4:39

| title14 = Heartbeat

| note14 = featuring Lecrae, Lauren Lee

| writer14 = Lambert, J.R.

| extra14 = J.R.

| length14 = 6:42

| title15 = Rising Sun

| note15 = featuring TJ Pompeo, Prayz1, ZG

| extra15 = Alex Medina

| writer15 = Lambert, Gaddis, Medina, TJ Pompeo

| length15 = 4:23

| title16 = Hope (Remix)

| note16 = featuring Braille, Derek Minor, and Promise

| writer16 = Lambert, Medina

| extra16 = Alex Medina

| length16 = 5:58

}}

{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:2014 albums

Category:Da' T.R.U.T.H. albums

Category:Albums produced by Symbolyc One