It's a Beautiful Thing (album)

It's a Beautiful Thing
Studio album by Keith Murray
Released	October 13, 1999
Recorded	1997-1998
Genre	Hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Length	51:50
Label	Jive
Producer	Erick Sermon (exec.)
Keith Murray chronology
Enigma (1996) It's a Beautiful Thing (1998) The Most Beautifullest Hits (1999) Singles from It's a Beautiful Thing "Incredible" Released: June 16, 1998

It's a Beautiful Thing is the third studio album from American hip hop artist Keith Murray, released October 13, 1999 on Jive Records.

The album peaked at number thirty-nine on the Billboard 200 chart.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album peaked at thirty-nine on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the ninth spot on the R&B Albums chart.^[2]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic considered the album to be a rather indistinctive one in Murray's discography, but did state that "there's enough to make It's a Beautiful Thing a reasonably entertaining listen, even if they aren't enough to make it memorable."^[1]

Track listing

• All tracks produced by Erick Sermon

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Intro"	Kawasaki, Sermon	0:53
2.	"When I Rap"	Murray, Sermon, Simmons, Smith, Smith, Williams	3:21
3.	"Incredible" (feat. LL Cool J)	Bobbit, Brown, Murray, Sermon, Smith, Wesley	3:03
4.	"Some Shit" (feat. Canibus and Déjà Vu)	Everett, Morricone, Murray, Sermon, Williams	3:14
5.	"Bodega Skit"	Murray, Sermon	0:40
6.	"Slap Somebody"	Murray, Sermon	3:57
7.	"Secret Indictment"	Murray, Raeford, Sermon	3:41
8.	"Radio"	Davis, Debarge, Debarge, Gatling, Griffin, Hall, Jordan, Murray, Sermon	3:50
9.	"Intersection"	Murray, Sermon, Smith	3:35
10.	"Shut the Fuck Up"	Murray, Sermon	2:15
11.	"Interlude"	Murray	0:36
12.	"Media"	Hancock, Murray, Noble, Ousley, Sermon	3:30
13.	"Life on the Street"	Jennings, Sample	4:04
14.	"Ride Wit Us" (feat. Erick Sermon, Redman, and Too Short)	Murray, Noble, Sermon, Shaw	3:51
15.	"Jungle Boogie"	Bell, Boyce, Brown, Mickens, Smith, Thomas, Westfield	0:56
16.	"High as Hell"	Jackson, Murray, Sermon	3:22
17.	"Bad Day"	Isley, Isley, Isley, Isley, Jasper, Murray, Sermon	3:55
18.	"A Message from Keith"	Murray	2:05
19.	"My Life" (feat. Déjà Vu)	Dozier, Everett, Holland, Holland, Murray, Sermon	3:45

Chart history

Album

Chart (1999)[2]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	39
U.S. R&B Albums	9

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[3]
		U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	U.S. Hot Rap Singles
1998	"Incredible"	70	36

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.^[4]

• arranging – Keith Murray, Erick Sermon
• assistant engineering – Dave O'Donnell
• engineering – Mark Berto, Troy Hightower
• executive production – Erick Sermon
• mixing – Troy Hightower, Ivan Doc Rodriguez
• performer(s) – Canibus, LL Cool J, Redman, Erick Sermon, Too Short
• production – Erick Sermon
• project coordination – Chris Tricarico

Notes

1. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "allmusic ((( It's a Beautiful Thing > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
2. "allmusic ((( It's a Beautiful Thing > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
3. "allmusic ((( It's a Beautiful Thing > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
4. "allmusic ((( It's a Beautiful Thing > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-12-09.

External links

• It's a Beautiful Thing at AllMusic
• It's a Beautiful Thing at Discogs