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Everything Is Everything is the first by artist , which was released on July 1, 1970 on the Atlantic Records' subsidiary, .

The album was Hathaway's first release after being signed to Atlantic in 1969. Hathaway had already built a reputation early in his life, first as a gospel crooner as a child under the name Donny Pitts. Raised in , with religious influences, his grandmother Martha Crumwell was herself an accomplished gospel singer and guitarist. After dropping out of in 1967, Hathaway moved to , his birthplace, and started working on music for 's Curtom Records label where he was a songwriter, producer, arranger, composer, conductor and session player.

Everything Is Everything was produced by Hathaway and Ric Powell, who plays drums and percussion on the album; Hathaway wrote or co-wrote five of the album's nine songs. Hathaway had met Powell while at Howard University, as well as the future lead singer, , who jointly wrote the hit song that would eventually make it on the album, "". The track was mostly an instrumental, except for Hathaway's vocal ad-libs and his singing of the chorus. Hathaway and Hutson composed another socially conscious song for the album, titled "Tryin' Times". Other songs were split between covers ('s "I Believe to My Soul" and 's ""), spiritual affairs ("Thank You Master for My Soul") and love songs ("Je Vous Aime (I Love You)").

Released in July 1970, the album peaked at #73 on the and #33 on the .

Critics have since called Hathaway's debut his finest album. wrote that the album was the artist's best and that it had, "a certain innocence to it. Afterwards, he was a genius, but right then, he was just another guy tryin'" It would be one of four solo studio albums, including the soundtrack for , that Hathaway released in his lifetime.

Track listing

Side One "Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)" (Richard Evans, Ric Powell, ) – 3:28 - 'especially dedicated to Herb Kent of ' - according to Ric Powell "Je Vous Aime (I Love You)" (Donny Hathaway, , Edward Kennedy) – 3:31 - 'dedicated to Mrs. Eulaulah Hathaway, Donny's wife and the background voice in addition to the three parts that Donny sang himself to create the background voices' "I Believe to My Soul" () – 3:51 "" (, ) – 3:38 "Sugar Lee" (Hathaway, Powell) – 4:05 "Tryin' Times" (Hathaway, Hutson) – 3:15 - ' a message song already recorded by both and "Pops" Staples' Side Two "Thank You Master (For My Soul)" (Hathaway) – 5:50 "" (Hathaway, Hutson) – 6:50 "" (, ) – 6:43 ' to the proud and defiant lyrics of Nina Simone's tribute to , Donny has added a new message - a lament for the many young, gifted and blacks who are trapped by lack of opportunity'- Ric Powell