Praise is a studio album by Puerto Rican American rapper Emcee N.I.C.E., released on September 14, 2017. Praise is Emcee N.I.C.E's first Christian hip hop album and earned him a Stellar Awards nomination for Best Gospel Rap CD of the Year.
Singles The lead single from the album, called "I Got Angels" was released on July 20, 2017. The song peaked at #1 on both the Billboard Digital Song Sales and Billboard Hot Single Sales Chart. The music video for "I Got Angels" was released on April 19, 2018. "Alright" featuring Stripped, Rahkua & The Georgia All-Stars was sent to the Praise stations on February 2, 2018 as the second single.
Commercial performance Praise peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart and spawned the single "I Got Angels", which reached No. 1 on both the Billboard's Hot Single Sales chart and Gospel Digital Song Sales chart.
Track listing Credits adapted from Tidal.
Credits Executive producers Aulsondro "Novelist" Hamilton Frank DeRozan Jack “De’Jon” Clark Chantal Grayson BJ Luster
Gerard Harmon - Senior VP of A&R
Producers Sam Peezy DJ Fat Jack Richard Smallwood Steven Ford DJ Cube & King Philip (ULP Productions)
Engineering Orlando Gomez @ Beacon Hill Recording Studios, (El Paso, Texas) Tony Touch @ Touch Tone Studios (Riverside, California) Ivan @ Clear Lake Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California) Dan Naim @ The Cave (Woodland Hills, California) Sam Peezy @ Peezy Institute of Technology (Carrollton, Georgia)
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2017–18) Peak position US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) 1
Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Billboard Top Gospel Albums 27
Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Result 2018-2019 34th Annual Stellar Awards Gospel Rap CD of the Year
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