Repentance is the ninth studio album by Esham.

Because much of Smith's most well-known material had contained lyrics that were Satanic in nature, he had long been accused of Satanism and had long attempted to shed such perceptions.

[2] Repentance was produced as an attempt to "set the [...] record straight" and leave his former "Unholy" stage persona behind him.

[5] In his review of the album, Allrovi's Jason Birchmeier wrote that "Repentance is a small step forward for Esham.

He seems very confident here, comfortable with himself as an artist" and that "when he pulls everything together [...] he makes some of the best music of his long, fruitful, yet largely unacknowledged career.