Charity Starts at Home

Charity Starts at Home
Studio album by Phonte
Released	September 27, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Length	42:54
Label	Foreign Exchange Music Fontana E1
Producer	9th Wonder, Khrysis, Swiff D, Fatin "10" Horton, Stro Elliott, S1, E. Jones, Zo! & Phonte
Phonte chronology
Charity Starts at Home (2011) No News Is Good News (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	88/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	(91/100)
HipHopDX
Okayplayer	(88/100)
XXL

Charity Starts at Home is debut solo album by Little Brother and The Foreign Exchange member Phonte. The album was released on September 27, 2011, with first week sales reaching nearly 8,000. Charity Starts at Home was met with universal acclaim and given a rating of 88 on Metacritic.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dance in the Reign" (featuring Sy Smith)	Phonte Coleman, Steve Thornton, Sy Smith	Swiff D	3:54
2.	"The Good Fight"	Coleman, Patrick Douthit	9th Wonder	3:09
3.	"Everything Is Falling Down" (featuring Jeanne Jolly)	Christopher Tyson, Coleman	Khrysis	3:37
4.	"Not Here Anymore" (featuring Elzhi)	Coleman, Douthit, Jason Powers	9th Wonder	3:49
5.	"Eternally" (featuring Median)	Coleman, Douthit, James Livingston	9th Wonder	4:37
6.	"Sendin' My Love"	Coleman, Elliot	Stro Elliott	3:33
7.	"Ball and Chain"	Coleman, Thornton	Swiff D	3:56
8.	"To Be Yours"	Lorenzo Ferguson, Coleman	Zo!, Phonte	1:32
9.	"Gonna Be a Beautiful Night" (featuring Carlitta Durand)	Coleman, Larry Griffin, Jr.	S1	3:44
10.	"We Go Off" (featuring Pharoahe Monch)	Coleman, Fatin Horton, Troy Jamerson	Fatin "10" Horton	2:29
11.	"The Life of Kings" (featuring Evidence and Big K.R.I.T.)	Coleman, Douthit, Justin Scott, Michael Perretta	9th Wonder	3:27
12.	"Who Loves You More" (featuring Eric Roberson)	Coleman, Eric Jones, Eric Roberson	E. Jones	5:07
Total length:				42:54

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	61
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	9