"Truth" is the second single released from

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Chiddy Bang Chidera Anamege, now known by his stage name Chiddy Bang, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to its breakup, Chiddy Bang was an American hip hop duo consisting of Anamege, under the stage name Chiddy, and Noah Beresin, ...

. It was released in the

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on 17 May 2010 as a Digital Download and the

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was released the next day. The single samples Passion Pit's "Better Things" from the '' Chunk of Change'' EP that was released in 2008.

Critical reception

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'' Chart Blog gave the song a positive review stating:

"Is anybody there?" shouts a worried Chiddy, while something slowish - namely Passion Pit's 'Better Things' - plays far too fast in the background, "I mean I hope somebody out there can hear this right here. Just listen..." It's a curiously insecure way to start an upbeat pop song, donchathink? It's more the sort of thing you'd expect from a guerilla radio station, broadcasting from the middle of the end of the world, or a last transmission from an abandoned spaceship, set to music, because it's in a sci-fi musical. A hip hop sci-fi musical, no less. And it raises an interesting philosophical question: if a rapper busts rhymes in the forest and there's no-one there to hear him, can he still boast?.

Track listing

;Digital Download #"Truth" – 2:55

Chart performance

"Truth" debuted on the

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on 23 May 2010 at number 50, despite the success of previous single "

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", as well as entering the

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at number 18. The single's time in the singles chart was short lived as it dropped out of the Top 100 on its second week, and fell to number 33 on the R&B chart.

Release history

References

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