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The Seventh Seal was released on November 17, 2009, after several delays on Rakim's own Ra Records, TVM, and SMC Recordings and distributed through Fontana and Universal Music Group.

Considered a comeback album after a ten-year gap between releases, the album features the two singles: " Holy Are You ", which was released on July 14, 2009, and " Walk These Streets " which was released on October 7, 2009.

It features production from several renowned hip hop artists, including Nottz, Needlz, Jake One, and Nick Wiz The album sold 12, 000 copies in the United States by November 22, 2009, according to SoundScan.

Upon its release, The Seventh Seal received generally mixed or average reviews from most music critics ; it holds an aggregate score of 59 / 100 at Metacritic.