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{{Infobox album
| name       = Nu Thang
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[DC Talk (band)|DC Talk]]
| cover      = Nuthang.jpg|border=yes
| released   = September 1990
| recorded   = 
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Golden age hip hop]]|[[Christian hip hop]]}}
| length     = 43:50
| label      = [[ForeFront Records|ForeFront]]
| producer   = {{hlist|Mark Heimermann|[[Toby McKeehan]]}}
| prev_title = [[DC Talk (album)|DC Talk]]
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [[Free at Last (DC Talk album)|Free at Last]]
| next_year  = 1992
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r90435|}}</ref>
| rev2      = [[Cross Rhythms]]
| rev2Score = {{rating|10|10}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/dc_Talk/Nu_Thang/6340/|title=Review: Nu Thang – dc Talk – Cross Rhythms|website=www.crossrhythms.co.uk|accessdate=January 5, 2018}}</ref>
| rev3      = Jesus Freak Hideout
| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/NuThang.asp|title=dc Talk, "Nu Thang" Review|website=www.jesusfreakhideout.com|accessdate=January 5, 2018}}</ref>
| rev4      = [[CCM Magazine]]
| rev4Score = No score<ref name="CCM_13_5">{{cite journal |last=Rake |first=Jamie Lee |date=November 1990 |title=Reviews / ''NU Thang'' |journal=[[CCM Magazine]] |issn=1524-7848 |volume=13 |issue=5 |pages=50–51 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Nu Thang''''' is the second studio album from [[DC Talk]], which was released in 1990. It was certified Gold by RIAA. Almost two decades later, the single "Nu Thang" and its YouTube video gained more recognition after a [[viral video]] was put up known as "The Nu Thang Kid". It is a video of a boy from the 1990s [[rapping]] "Nu Thang", and the video was used on an episode of [[Equals Three]].

==Track listing==
#"When DC Talks"&nbsp; – 2:28
#"He Works"&nbsp; – 3:39
#"I Luv Rap Music"&nbsp; – 3:49
#"No More"&nbsp; – 3:37
#"Nu Thang"&nbsp; – 4:12
#"Things of This World"&nbsp; – 5:11
#"Walls"&nbsp; – 4:10
#"Talk It Out"&nbsp; – 3:59
#"Take It to the Lord"&nbsp; – 4:20
#"Children Can Live (Without It)"&nbsp; – 3:56
#"Can I Get a Witness"&nbsp; – 4:25

==Singles==
*"I Luv Rap Music"
*"Can I Get A Witness"

==Music videos==
*"I Luv Rap Music"
*"Nu Thang"
*"Walls"

== Personnel ==

'''DC Talk'''
* [[Toby McKeehan]] – lead and backing vocals, rap, drum programming, samples, scratches
* [[Kevin Max Smith]] – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
* [[Michael Tait]] – lead and backing vocals

'''Musicians'''
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* Mark Heimermann – keyboards, backing vocals 
* Tony Thomas – keyboards
* Jerry McPherson – guitar
* Greg Redding – guitar
* [[Chris Rodriguez (singer)|Chris Rodriguez]] – guitar, backing vocals
* Steve Taylor – guitar
* Jackie Street – bass
* Joel Dobbins – drum programming 
* Joe Hogue – drum programming, backing vocals
* Tom Lonardo – drum programming
* Gary Lunn – drum programming
* Todd Collins – backing vocals, samples, scratches
* Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
* Chris Harris – backing vocals
* Chris Hogue – backing vocals
* Lisa Rodriguez – backing vocals
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'''Production'''
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* Mark Heimermann – producer
* Toby McKeehan – producer
* Dan Brock – executive producer
* Ron W. Griffin – executive producer
* Chris Harris – executive producer 
* Joe Baldridge – engineer
* Lynn Fuston – engineer
* Rusty McFarland – engineer
* [[Greg Morrow]] – engineer
* Randy Garmon – assistant engineer 
* Ray Gaston – assistant engineer
* Gregg Jampol – assistant engineer
* Bret Teegarden – mixing
* Ken Love – mastering
* Buddy Jackson – art direction
* Beth Middleworth – design
* Mark Tucker – photography
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==References==
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[[Category:1990 albums]]
[[Category:ForeFront Records albums]]