The Big Picture (Da' T.R.U.T.H. album)
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The Big Picture is the fourth studio album from Christian
Christian
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 hip-hop artist Da' T.R.U.T.H. It was released on July 21, 2009 through Cross Movement Records
Cross Movement Records
Cross Movement Records is an American based Christian hip hop record label, founded by and based on the Christian hip hop group, The Cross Movement. CMR, founded in 1997, had an agreement with BEC Recordings. In 2005 they made a license agreement with Reach Records' Lecrae. CMR are to release his...

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Track listing

  1. "U Ready?" - 3:43
  2. "The Big Picture Interlude" (Washington, Lambert) - 1:57
  3. "Legend" - 3:48
  4. "Tree to Tree" - 3:34
  5. "Intermission" - 3:54
  6. "Lost" - 4:45
  7. "Trumpet Blow" - 4:16
  8. "You Made" - 4:23
  9. "Applying the Big Picture" (Washington, Lambert) - 1:18
  10. "My President" - 4:21
  11. "Great Wall" - 5:12
  12. "Fantasy" (Lambert, Pebbles) - 3:46
  13. "Talk to You" (Abramsamadu, Lambert) - 4:29
  14. "That Great Day [Remix]" (Lambert, Peebles, Tribbett) - 3:01
  15. "How Long" (Lambertt, Pittman) - 4:46
  16. "Pain" - 4:24
  17. "Suitcase" (Bell, Elliott, Lambert, Swoope) 5:31

Awards

The album was nominated for a Dove Award for Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards
41st GMA Dove Awards
The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 21, 2010 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2009. The show was held at the The Opry Entertainment Complex in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Bart Millard....

. The song "Lost" was also nominated for Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year. The Big Picture was also nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
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 for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards
52nd Grammy Awards
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Chart performance

The album peaked at #110 on Billboard 200
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, #4 on Billboard
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s Christian Albums, and #2 on Gospel Albums. It spent 52 weeks on the latter chart.

External links

  • Da' T.R.U.T.H. Official Website
  • The Big Picture on Amazon.com
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