| The Urban Hymnal | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Aristocrat of Bands |
| Cover: | Aristocrat of Bands - The Urban Hymnal.jpg |
| Alt: | The band and several cheerleaders lined up on bleachers |
| Recorded: | 2022 |
| Venue: | Tennessee State University campus, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genre: | Gospel |
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The Urban Hymnal is a 2022 debut album by Tennessee State University (TSU) marching band Aristocrat of Bands (AOB).
The album came about when Sir the Baptist visited the TSU campus and saw AOB performing. He suggested that he could record the group during an artist residency, and the recording took place on campus, with final editing being completed in mid-2022. Dallas Austin came in to produce the album with Sir. Word spread in the Gospel music community, leading to several established pop Gospel artists appearing on the album, as well as faculty and staff of the university. The Aristocrat of Bands submitted the recording for Grammy consideration in August 2022, in the category Best Gospel Roots Album. The band promoted the album by performing at the half-time show of a Tennessee Titans game.
Jewly Hight of WNXP named this the album of the week for September 27, 2022, praising the showmanship on the recording and how difficult it is to capture on record.
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