Truthfully Speaking

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r595906|pure_url=yes|access-date=February 13, 2016}}

| rev2 = HipHopDX

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.188/title.truth-hurts-truthfully-speaking|title=Truth Hurts - Truthfully Speaking|work=HipHopDX|access-date=16 July 2002}}

| rev3 = Slant Magazine

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web | last = Cinquemani | first = Sal | title = Thuth Hurts: Truthfully Speaking | publisher = Slant Magazine | access-date = 2018-01-21 | url = https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/truth-hurts-truthfully-speaking | date = June 16, 2002}}

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Truthfully Speaking earned generally mixed reviews from music critics. BBC Music critic Emmy Perry called the album a "quality debut performance with solid production and Truth's considerable talents as a songwriter making up for the fact that few tracks match up to the originality of the first single. There is however no questioning the calibre and tone of her operatic voice, which appears to convey the harsh sound of the streets whilst keeping the church firmly in mind."{{cite web|first=Emmy|last=Perry|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/f354/|title=Truth Hurts, Truthfully Speaking Review |work=BBC Music|access-date=February 21, 2023}} Sal Cinquemani, writing for Slant Magazine, called Truthfully Speaking a "slow burner that draws on more traditional hip-hop and R&B sound structures and displays Truth’s versatile, often coquettish, vocal (think a less socially-conscious Jill Scott)."

PopMatters described Truthfully Speaking as a "a simple album filled with plenty of vocal potential but misses the mark with its overall simplicity."{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/truthhurts-truthfully-2496092849.htm/|title=Truth Hurts: Truthfully Speaking|work=PopMatters|date=August 5, 2002 |access-date=February 21, 2023}} AllMusic editor John Bush found that despite a "star-studded credit list, Truthfully Speaking is a bland record; Truth Hurts' vocals, while evocative and rangy, aren't incredibly strong (especially when she's stretching a note), and she usually needs a backup chorus to keep the songs sounding good [...] A few of the productions make for good tracks, though most of the time Truth Hurts struggles to keep up with the best in the contemporary R&B field."

The album debuted at five on the US Billboard 200, selling 89,000 copies.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/75207/nellyville-boots-eminem-out-of-no-1|title='Nellyville' Boots Eminem Out Of No. 1|last=Ellis|first=Michael|author2=Martens, Todd|date=July 4, 2002|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=August 4, 2013}} By October 2003, Truthfully Speaking had sold 338,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billboard-bits-truth-hurtsjoi-hendrix-queer-eye-68666/|title=Billboard Bits: Truth Hurts/Joi, Hendrix, 'Queer Eye'|date=February 2, 2023|website=Billboard.com|access-date=February 21, 2023}}

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

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| title1 = Push Play

| note1 = featuring Dr. Dre

| writer1 = {{hlist|Truth Hurts|Andre Young|KRS-One}}

| extra1 = Dr. Dre

| length1 = 2:42

| title2 = Addictive

| note2 = featuring Rakim

| writer2 = {{hlist|David Blake|Stephen Garrett|William Griffin|Billy Nichols}}

| extra2 = DJ Quik

| length2 = 3:46

| title3 = Next to Me

| writer3 = {{hlist|Watson|Bernard Edwards, Jr.}}

| extra3 = Focus...

| length3 = 3:35

| title4 = Jimmy

| writer4 = {{hlist|Watson|Young|Mike Elizondo}}

| extra4 = Dr. Dre

| length4 = 3:49

| title5 = Grown

| writer5 = {{hlist|Watson|Darren "Limitless" Henson|Keith "Keshon" Pelzer}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Henson|Pelzer}}

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = This Feeling

| writer6 = {{hlist|Watson|Errol "Poppi" McCalla}}

| extra6 = McCalla

| length6 = 5:55

| title7 = Tired

| writer7 = {{hlist|Watson|Melvin Bradford|Elizondo}}

| extra7 = Mel-Man

| length7 = 4:32

| title8 = I'm Not Really Lookin{{'-}}

| note8 = featuring DJ Quik

| writer8 = {{hlist|Watson|Blake}}

| extra8 = DJ Quik

| length8 = 3:57

| title9 = B S (Bullshit)

| note9 = featuring Big Rube

| writer9 = {{hlist|Watson|Brandon Bennett|Mike Hardnett|Marvin Parkman|Ray Murray|Ruben Bailey|Taura Jackson}}

| extra9 = Murray

| length9 = 4:47

| title10 = Queen of the Ghetto

| note10 = featuring Kittie

| writer10 = {{hlist|Watson|Young}}

| extra10 = Dr. Dre

| length10 = 2:46

| title11 = The Truth

| writer11 = Robert Kelly

| extra11 = R. Kelly

| length11 = 3:53

| title12 = Real

| writer12 = {{hlist|Scott Storch|Stephen Garrett|Tim Mosley}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Timbaland}}

| length12 = 4:32

| title13 = Hollywood

| note13 = featuring Dr. Dre

| writer13 = {{hlist|Watson|Tony Cotrell|Varick Smith}}

| extra13 = Hi-Tek

| length13 = 3:21

| title14 = Do Me

| writer14 = {{hlist|Watson|Edwards}}

| extra14 = Focus...

| length14 = 3:44

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japan and UK bonus trackhttps://music.apple.com/jp/album/truthfully-speaking-uk-japan-version/1442374728

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length =

| title15 = Benefit of the Doubt

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Notes

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Sample credits

• "Push Play" contains a portion of "I'm Still #1" as performed by KRS-One.
• "Addictive" contains a sample from "Do It (Til You're Satisfied)" as written by Billy Nichols.

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