Formerly Known is Andy Mineo’s second mixtape and first project under the Reach Records label and features artists such as Lecrae and KB, among others. It was released as a free download on DatPiff on September 9, 2011.
The album title is based on three concepts, the first being Andy was formerly known as “C-Lite,” his now personally hated stage name of old. The second concept is Andy was formerly an enemy of God before his adoption into God’s family. The third and final concept is God intimately foreknows all of humanity before birth, which comes from Jeremiah 1:5:
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee…