The Birth of a Nation: The Inspired By Album

The Birth of a Nation: The Inspired By Album
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released September 30, 2016
Genre
Length 56:41
Label
Producer
  • Nate Parker (album producer)
  • Craig Kallman (album producer)
  • Kevin Weaver (album producer)
  • Lanre Gaba (album co-producer)
  • Danielle Diego (Executive album producer)
  • David Pramik
  • Jesse “Corparal” Wilson
  • Wheezy
  • DJ Frank E
  • Sir The Baptist
  • Royal Z
  • Greg Cohen
  • Elliot “STROUD” Stroud
  • Tearse “Kizzo” Persons (co.)
  • DJ Money
  • Kamau Agyeman
  • Joe Pascoe
  • Brandon Black
  • Toby Gad
  • Deputy
  • Ely Rise (co.)

The Birth of a Nation: The Inspired by Album is the companion album to the 2016 movie The Birth of a Nation. It was released on Atlantic Records on September 30, 2016, one week prior to the film’s theatrical release.[1]

Background

The album was curated by the film's star and director Nate Parker, Atlantic Records CEO Craig Kallman, and Atlantic Records President of Film & Television Kevin Weaver as a platform for lyrical content inspired by the film's protagonist Nat Turner, an enslaved preacher from Virginia who led a rebellion against slave owners.[2][3] It features a number of prominent R&B and Hip-Hop artists, including Nas, Wale, K. Michelle, Ne-Yo, Pusha T, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne and Meek Mill.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Go Tell ‘Em" (Vic Mensa)
  • Vic Mensa
  • David Andrew Pramik
  • Mike Eyal Aljadeff
  • Brice Fox
  • David Pramik
  • Michael Jade (add.)
2:59
2."Black Moses" (Meek Mill and Pusha T featuring Priscilla Renea)
  • Jesse “Corparal” Wilson
4:03
3."Whip a Chain" (2 Chainz)
  • Corparal
3:21
4."Oh Lord" (Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne)
  • Wheezy
3:00
5."On My Own" (Lecrae and Leon Bridges)
3:33
6."Raise Hell" (Sir the Baptist featuring Killer Mike and Churchpeople)
  • William James Stokes
  • Jaberi Rayford
  • Bryan Stovall
  • Rob L. Woolridge, Jr.
  • Sir the Baptist
3:41
7."Bloodline" (Georgia Ku)
  • Natalie Hinds
  • Adam “Royal Z” Waldman
  • Georgia Ku
  • Thomas Lumkins
  • Kelly Lumkins
  • Royal Z
4:12
8."Stand" (Trey Songz)
  • Greg Cohen
  • Henry Jackman
  • Elliot Stroud
  • Jirou Williams
  • Greg Cohen
  • Elliot “STROUD” Stroud
3:23
9."Queen" (Ne-Yo)
  • Corparal
  • Tearce “Kizzo” Persons (add.)
3:24
10."Live Forever" (Wale and Anthony Hamilton)
  • DJ Money
3:25
11."The Icarus" (Kamau)
  • K. Agyeman
  • Kamau Agyeman
  • Joe Pascoe
  • Brandon Black
  • Mo Kheir
3:25
12."Sins of Our Fathers" (The Game and Marsha Ambrosius)
  • Corparal
3:43
13."Firebird" (Marko Penn and Janine)
  • Toby Gad
  • Titus “Marko Penn” Stubblefield
  • Toby Gad
3:49
14."Forward" (K. Michelle)
  • Royal Z
3:57
15."War" (Nas featuring Raye)
  • Deputy
3:54
16."Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray" (Wiley College Choir)
 5:17
Total length:59:17

References

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