More Than Music
{{Infobox album
| name = More Than Music
| type = Studio album
| artist = Promise
| cover = Promise_-_More_Than_Music.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 8, 2008
| recorded = 2006–2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = hip hop
| length = 54:58
| label = DFS Records, Indiepool Distribution
| producer = Dan "DFS" Johnson, Tony Stone, Chizzy, Randy Hood, Soulsearchin'
| prev_title = The Promise That Heaven Kept
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Awakening
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Singles
| name = More Than Music
| type = Studio
| single1 = In God We Trust
| single1date = April 18, 2008
| single2 = Change
| single2date = November 29, 2008
}}
}}
More Than Music is the second studio album by Canadian recording artist Promise, it was released on August 8, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.rapzilla.com/rz/features/reviews/1226-review-promise-more-than-music|title=Review - Promise - More Than Music - Rapzilla|website=Rapzilla.com|accessdate=3 December 2018}} The album features guest appearances from Elzhi (of Slum Village), Shad K, Royce Da 5'9" and others.{{cite web |url=http://thechristianmanifesto.com/archives/music-review/promise-more-than-music |title=Promise | More Than Music | the Christian Manifesto |accessdate=2012-11-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130203182711/http://thechristianmanifesto.com/archives/music-review/promise-more-than-music |archivedate=2013-02-03 }} The album was released by independent record label DFS Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/dxnext/id.80/title.promise|title=Promise|website=Hiphopdx.com|date=10 September 2008 |accessdate=3 December 2018}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Intro
| note1 =
| writer1 = V. Kanhai, A. Bedawl, K. Arzbach, P. Shepherd
| extra1 = Soulsearchin'
| length1 = 0:40
| title2 = Change
| note2 = featuring Mr. Probz, Supastition, Royce Da 5'9"
| writer2 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, R. Montgomery, K. Moye, D. Stehr
| extra2 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length2 = 3.28
| title3 = Shy Guy
| note3 = featuring Shad K and Olskool Ice-Gre
| writer3 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, S. Kabango, G. Lewis, O. Rivero
| extra3 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length3 = 4.42
| title4 = In God We Trust
| note4 = featuring Elzhi (of Slum Village), J. Ivy, Calvin Richardson
| writer4 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, J. Ivy Richardson II, J. Powers
| extra4 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length4 = 4:26
| title5 = Could Be You
| note5 =
| writer5 = M. Williams, P. Shepherd
| extra5 = Chizzy
| length5 = 3:49
| title6 = Girl
| note6 = featuring Mr. Probz, Jon Hope and Famous
| writer6 = V. Kanhai, A. Bedawi, K. Arzbach, P. Shepherd, D. Stehr, A Bishop, H. Grigsby
| extra6 = Soulsearchin'
| length6 = 4:10
| title7 = True Love
| note7 = featuring Ray Robinson
| writer7 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, R. Henry
| extra7 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Spend Some Time
| note8 = featuring Melanie Durrant
| writer8 = T. Shepherd, P. Shepherd, M. Durrant
| extra8 = Tony Stone
| length8 = 3:54
| title9 = It Ain't You
| note9 = featuring Lathun Grady
| writer9 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, L. Grady
| extra9 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length9 = 3:23
| title10 = Black Woman
| note10 = featuring Prestege, Sy Scott and Montell Jordan
| writer10 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, C. Connell, M. London, M. Jordan, S. Scott
| extra10 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length10 = 4:12
| title11 = Whatever Girl
| note11 = featuring Soul P. and Nemesis
| writer11 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, A, Andreson, N. Spence, C. Dailey
| extra11 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length11 = 4:07
| title12 = Much More
| note12 = featuring Darien Brockington and Prestege
| writer12 = R. Hood, P. Shepherd, D. Brockington, M. London
| extra12 = Randy Hood
| length12 = 3:57
| title13 = Maverick
| note13 = featuring Tonex
| writer13 = M. Williams, P. Shepherd, A. Williams
| extra13 = Chizzy
| length13 = 3:36
| title14 = Outro
| note14 =
| writer14 = T. Shepherd, P. Shepherd
| extra14 = Tony Stone
| length14 = 1:40
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Bonus Track
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| collapsed =
| total_length = 54:58
| title15 = Brotherhood
| note15 = featuring Rhymefest, Mikkey and Malik Yusef
| writer15 = D. Johnson, P. Shepherd, C. Smith, M. Nance, M. Yusef
| extra15 = Dan "DFS" Johnson
| length15 = 5:19
}}
Personnel
- Executive producers: Dan Johnson
- Co-executive producers: Andrew James and Promise Shepherd
- Recording and mixing: Dan Johnson
- Mastering: Sterling Sound Mastering, New York
- Photography: Reesee, Zigga Zagga
- Art Direction and Design: Joel Johnson
Awards
- 2009 CGMA Covenant Award winner for "Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year".{{cite web |url=http://www.gmacanada.ca/covenant-awards-archives/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218065318/http://www.gmacanada.ca/covenant-awards-archives/ |archivedate=2014-12-18 }}