Yours, Mine & The Truth


Yours, Mine & The Truth is the debut album by the American R&B singer Sterling Simms. It was released on December 23, 2008, by Def Jam Recordings. The album was formerly known as Worth Your While, before being renamed.

Promotion

The album's first single was "Vicky Gets Fired" featuring Sean P was released in April 2006. It peaking at number 56 on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Yours, Mine & The Truths second single, "Nasty Girl", was released in April 2007 but it only hit number 17 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. As a result, "Nasty Girl" was removed from the album, resulting in a delay. The next single off the album was "All I Need," featuring then-labelmates The-Dream and Jadakiss. Sampling from Method Man's "I Need Love," it pealed at number 23 on the Bubbling Under chart. Though not announced as a single, a music video for "Boom Boom Room" was filmd. It co-stars Sarah Rosete from the girl group Electrik Red.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor David Jeffries called the album "uneven." He found that while Yours, Mine & The Truth "starts on a high note Simms' convincing, almost Usher delivery overcoming the song's shortcomings, the problem lies with tracks like the completely irresponsible "DUI," which tries to seduce the ladies with a story of outrunning the cops just to get the panties. It plays out like a Dave Chappelle skit." SoulTrackss L. Michael Gipson wrote: "Run as fast as you can in the opposite direction of this project, unless you like your R&B cynical and calculated. Even the tone deaf teens this perpetrator targets would be hard pressed to find a decent performance here. His Knightwraitz production team membership makes this annoying project even more confusing. Opportunity lost."

Commercial performance

Yours, Mine & The Truth debuted at number 100 on Billboards US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while missing the Billboard 200 altogether. Two weeks later, the album rose to and peaked at number 89.

Track listing

Notes
  • denotes additional producer