Trials & Tribulations
2007 · Real Talk Entertainment
Released September 11, 2007 on Real Talk Entertainment/Koch Records, this was the retail-ready reworking of the same sessions behind Evolution of Elevation. Roughly half the tracks received new production from Vince V. and Big Hollis, while all song titles were changed and one additional track added. The album sits at the crossroads of street rap, gospel rap, and syncretic spirituality, with spiritual references shifting between Christian and Islamic frameworks.
"Rocks are bigger than boulders, Whether it's Colorado or if it's California"
— Explain to Me
01 Ride to This
02 Explain to Me
03 Let the Haters Know
04 You Don't Want It
05 The Block
06 Don't Ask Me Why
07 Lookin the Same
08 A Thugz Prayer
09 Distant
10 I Don't Think You Know
11 Mr. Coke Man
12 Still Lookin the Same
13 Don't Ask Me Why (Remix)
14 Trust & Believe