{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Blind Elephant | type = studio | artist = Gemstones | cover = Blind Elephant by Gemstones.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2015|5|5}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Christian hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=50|s=18}} | label = Malaco, Xist | producer = J.R., RavO, Stanley Meeks | prev_title = Troubles of the World | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = | next_year = }} '''''Blind Elephant''''' is the second studio album by Gemstones. Malaco Records alongside Xist Music released the album on May 5, 2015.
==Background== He worked with J.R., RavO (Raven-Tiffany Alishia McGriff), and Stanley Meeks.<ref name="RO">{{cite web |first=TJ |last=Armour |title= Gemstones talks Lupe Fiasco, refocusing on rap, and his new album, 'Blind Elephant'|url=http://rollingout.com/2015/05/05/gemstones-talks-lupe-fiasco-re-focusing-rap-new-album-blind-elephant/ |publisher=Rolling Out |accessdate=December 26, 2015 |date=May 5, 2015}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = New Release Today | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="NRT">{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=McNeese |title=Long-Awaited! |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=23075&user_id=49 |publisher=New Release Today |accessdate=December 26, 2015 |date=May 12, 2015}}</ref> | rev2 = Rapzilla | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Rapzilla">{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Spadine |title=Review: Gemstones - Blind Elephant |url=http://www.rapzilla.com/rz/features/reviews/10841-review-gemstones-blind-elephant |publisher=Rapzilla |accessdate=December 26, 2015 |date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> }}
Awarding the album three and a half stars from New Release Today, Kevin McNeese states, "''Blind Elephant'' is an album that fans have waited a long time for. While lyrically he didn't disappoint, I definitely think the mixing and production could have been better."<ref name="NRT"/> Richard Spadine, giving the album three stars at Rapzilla, writes, "Contrary to the hype, ''Blind Elephant'' is simply a good album. Not a magnum opus, but an impressive, if uneven effort from an artist still in the process of defining himself."<ref name="Rapzilla"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | collapsed = | headline = | extra_column = | total_length = 50:18
| all_writing = | all_lyrics = | all_music =
| title1 = Quick Go In | note1 = featuring RavO | writer1 = Demarco Lamonte Castle, Raven-Tiffany Alishia McGriff | lyrics1 = | music1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 3:04
| title2 = Believe | note2 = | writer2 = Castle, Cardell Hardiman, Stanley Meeks, Mark Whitaker, Luther Riley Woodruff | lyrics2 = | music2 = | extra2 = | length2 = 4:35
| title3 = Lyrical Miracle | note3 = | writer3 = Castle, McGriff | lyrics3 = | music3 = | extra3 = | length3 = 3:46
| title4 = Press Harder | note4 = | writer4 = Castle, Hardiman, Whitaker, Woodruff | lyrics4 = | music4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 4:19
| title5 = New World | note5 = | writer5 = Castle, David James Miller, Courtney Orlando Peebles | lyrics5 = | music5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 4:25
| title6 = Mama | note6 = | writer6 = Castle, Peebles | lyrics6 = | music6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 3:39
| title7 = Temple | note7 = | writer7 = Castley, McGriff, Stanley Meeks, Thomas Michael Morris | lyrics7 = | music7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 5:11
| title8 = Selfish | note8 = featuring Precious | writer8 = Castle, Hardiman, Meeks, Whitaker, Woodruff | lyrics8 = | music8 = | extra8 = | length8 = 5:28
| title9 = Almost Home | note9 = | writer9 = Castle, Marcus A. Davis | lyrics9 = | music9 = | extra9 = | length9 = 4:08
| title10 = Don't Let Me Fall | note10 = featuring Annie Castle | writer10 = Castle, Meeks, Morris | lyrics10 = | music10 = | extra10 = | length10 = 3:42
| title11 = Circles | note11 = | writer11 = Castle, Peebles | lyrics11 = | music11 = | extra11 = | length11 = 3:16
| title12 = Rapture | note12 = featuring Demya | writer12 = Castle, Peebles | lyrics12 = | music12 = | extra12 = | length12 = 4:45 }}
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{Album chart|rowheader=true|BillboardChristian|20|M|title=Gemstones Album & Song Chart History|publisher=Billboard Christian Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6562236/gemstones/chart?f=310|accessdate=December 26, 2015}} |- {{Album chart|rowheader=true|BillboardHeatseekers|14|M|title=Gemstones Album & Song Chart History|publisher=Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6562236/gemstones/chart?f=324|accessdate=November 13, 2015}} |- {{Album chart|rowheader=true|BillboardIndependent|36|M|title=Gemstones Album & Song Chart History|publisher=Billboard Independent Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6562236/gemstones/chart?f=326|accessdate=December 26, 2015}} |- {{Album chart|rowheader=true|BillboardRap|24|M|title=Gemstones Album & Song Chart History|publisher=Billboard Top Rap Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6562236/gemstones/chart?f=335|accessdate=November 13, 2015}} |}
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