Brutha is the debut studio album by American R&B group Brutha, released on December 21, 2008, by Def Jam Recordings. It peaked at number 81 on the US Billboard 200 and number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and remains the group's only full-length project to be released. Brutha was supported by one single, "I Can't Hear The Music" featuring rapper Fabolous.
AllMusic wrote that Brutha's "self-titled debut album shows them to be adept at conjuring up romantic moods atop arrangements that neatly avoid the usual slow-jam cliches." DJBooth.net noted that Brutha was "punctuated by club ready tracks like "Can't Hear" and the Ne-Yo-esque "What If," but the bulk of the album is filled with mid-tempo crooning about love sought after and lost. In fact, the true measure of a black male R&B group is how hotly they inspire sweet love-making [...] and on that count Brutha comes out somewhere in between Day26 and Jagged Edge."
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