Charity Starts At Home CD

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Dance in the Reign ~ Phonte

2. Good Fight, The ~ Phonte

3. Everything Is Falling Down - (featuring Jeanne Jolly) ~ Phonte

4. Not Here Anymore - (featuring eLZhi) ~ Phonte

5. Eternally - (featuring Median) ~ Phonte

6. Sendin My Love ~ Phonte

7. Ball and Chain ~ Phonte

8. To Be Yours ~ Phonte

9. Gonna Be a Beautiful Night - (featuring Carlitta Durand) ~ Phonte

10. We Go Off - (featuring Pharoahe Monch) ~ Phonte

11. Life of Kings, The - (featuring Evidence/Big K.R.I.T.) ~ Phonte

12. Who Loves You More - (featuring Eric Roberson) ~ Phonte

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Audio Mixers: Chris Boerner; Phonte.
	Recording information: East Wing Studios, Silver Spring, MD; The Burlap Palace, Raleigh, NC; The Peanut Gallery.
	Photographer: Chris Charles .
	Phonte Coleman of the defunct North Carolina rap duo Little Brother wears many hats: singer/songwriter, rapper, and, occasionally, comedian. Over the course of his career, it's been questionable which he wears best -- the adult contemporary/R&B outfit the Foreign Exchange pairs Netherlands producer Nicolay's warmly acoustic, Moog-driven production with Phonte's swooning singing vocals, which is quite a contrast from his aggressive, loosely percussive delivery as an MC over the hard-hitting boom-bap production of venerable hip-hop producer 9th Wonder. After three tremendous consecutive albums with the Foreign Exchange, his debut solo outing, Charity Starts at Home, is a well-balanced marriage of all of Phonte's musical inclinations. Phonte the singer, who gravitates to poignant love ballads, and Phonte the MC, who tends to relatable perspectives of family life and the working class, coexist here. It comes across as naturally human with a comedic twist, something that Phonte has always been good at. His brash sense of humor on "Sendin My Love" turns the internal conflicts of a married man into satire, while Phonte admits "I do this all for hip-hop! I'm lying like sh*t. I do this for my bills" on the album's opening track, "Dance in the Reign." Phonte also reunites with former fellow group member 9th Wonder on several occasions, namely on the standout "Not Here Anymore" (featuring rapper extraordinaire eLZhi) and an epic sample of Rose Royce's classic "Love Don't Live Here Anymore." Phonte doesn't stray too far from swooning R&B, though, as he sings a sentimental number over Zo!'s smooth piano riffs on "To Be Yours" and floats in anticipation on the ethereal duet "Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" with Carlita Durand. Charity Starts at Home proves that none of Phonte's talents are obsolete and he can merge all of them into one cohesive project that's as much of a treat as any of his other endeavors, if not more. ~ Andre Barnes
Engineer: Chris Boerner; Phonte
Musical Guests
	Sy Smith
	Jeanne Jolly
	Elzhi
	Median
	Carlita Durand
	Pharoahe Monch
	Evidence
	Big Krit
	Eric Roberson

Artist Overview

A widely respected, down-to-earth rapper and singer -- as well as a producer, arranger, and engineer -- Phonte (aka Percy Miracles, El Tigallo) was a member of Little Brother, a trio that formed during the late `90s at North Carolina Central University. Within years of formation, Little Brother became the leading alternative rap group of their time. While LB were still thriving, Phonte established the Foreign Exchange with Dutch producer Nicolay. Little Brother disbanded in April 2010; within a year and a half, Phonte released his first solo rap album, Charity Starts at Home. ~ Andy Kellman

Artist Followers
Drake (Rapper/Singer)

Compilation Appearances

	Chemistry (Explicit Version)
	How I Got Over (Explicit Version)
	How I Got Over (Explicit Version)
	Stoney Jackson
	Sunstorm
	Wonder Years
	Undun(Explicit Version)
	Undun (Edit)
	Wonder Years
	Manmade
	Upside Down

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/27/2011
	Original Release Date : 2011
	Catalog ID : HBDCDPH 1
	Label : HBD
	Number of Discs : 1
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00616892178064

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Charity Starts At Home (2011)

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