In 2013, Sho Baraka veered away from the Christian hip-hop (“CHH”) playbook and dropped Talented 10th, an album that broke new ground for a faith-based rapper by challenging systemic racism and other social issues head-on. From that point forward, the rest of CHH spat lines they’d previously held back.
But courage often comes with a price. Two years later, Baraka released The Narrative, an
So Sareem Poems is not your typical rapper. While others in hip hop celebrate sinning, he raps about living righteously. You could almost call him a Christian rapper, given that he is Christian and a rapper, but that seems like too constraining a label, especially since "Christian rap" isn't exactly a quality cue. You could call him a conscious rapper, and that description fits better. However, he doesn't sound like a conscious rapper, or at least the mellow, bohemian variety. They all smoke
Syntax Records does it again. Last November, the San Diego-based hip-hop label dropped The Wages of Syntax Volume 2, a compilation bringing fans the best of its roster. Spun by DJ Promote, Wages mixes several of Syntax Records’ hottest songs featuring over 15 artists.
This album was produced with hip-hop lovers in mind. DJ Promote remixes 60 minutes worth of street-worthy beats and rhymes. “There’s never been a mixta
Syntax Records does it again. Last November, the San Diego-based hip-hop label dropped The Wages of Syntax Volume 2, a compilation bringing fans the best of its roster. Spun by DJ Promote, Wages mixes several of Syntax Records’ hottest songs featuring over 15 artists.
This album was produced with hip-hop lovers in mind. DJ Promote remixes 60 minutes worth of street-worthy beats and rhymes. “There’s never been a mixta
RedCloud has satisfied with his sophomore release in ‘Traveling Circus.’ Featuring guest spots from Braille of Lightheaded, Kaitlyn Cassels of Sackcloth Fashion and Sherwin Gardner, among others. The LP is produced almost entirely by Syntax head man Rocdomz.
The LP begins with the title track, in which RedCloud drops three random verses in company with a hook saying nothing courtesy of Sam Hart. It’s an impressionable track, but for the leadoff cut, it felt out of place. Sackcloth Fashion’s K
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Reconcile is one of the most authentic "street Christian rappers".
The name "street rapper" fits him so well, because his sound and lyrics reflect the harshness and rawness of the street,.
In contrast to his secular colleagues, Reconcile is not concerned with glorifying what he has experienced, but graphically pointing out grievances and, consequently, a solution.
With an emotionally charged voice, Rec 'raps mainly on brutal trap beats and does not shy away from uncomfortable topics, such as
Right off the bat with the first track, Corey Red, the listener should realize that this is not one of those albums that’s going to be a feel good album. It’s not one you’re going to walk away saying it’s a hot album because of the beats or anything surface level. Psalms of War is an album you have to receive both intellectually and spiritually. What I mean is that this album challenges both your faith as well as have the listener consider why we do what we do.
Psalms of War is a charge to
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I stumbled across a mixtape from them called Social x Club – Royale Deluxe (Hosted by DJ Destiny). It features songs from older projects, as well as some unreleased items.
The mixtape is a classic in my mind, from beginning to end. The playfulness of Martymar, the businesslike approach from F.E.R.N. It’s the perfect balance. My favorite song from the album, one I still play
NomiS “The Wretched: A Soundtrack of Justice & Redemption” track list
1. The Wretched
2. Look Down
3. End of the Day
4. Eponine Scream (Plumet Attack)
5. 24601 (Valjean’s Soliloquy)
6. Castle On A Cloud
7. The Blood of Angry Men (Look Down Prt. 2)
8. Barricades Arise
9. Thief’s Theme (Valjean Forgiven)
10. Who Am I
11. I Dreamed a Dream Deferred
All tracks composed & produced by NomiS
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The title of the first cut on this double CD could describe the project in one word, "Unique." Recording veterans, Sackcloth Fashion put together the basic beats for the whole record and then recruited the best in today's hip hop talent to come into the studio and rap over the rough tracks. The acts picked from the assorted music tracks already laid down by Sackcloth Fashion, then wrote and performed their own rhymes. The pair of brothers that is Sackcloth Fashion took those studio tapes and
So alongside members of Syntax's roster, such as Future Shock, Luke Geraty, etc, they showcase underground favourites such as LA Symphony and new acts such as Science Project and JustMe (formerly Sage of Solseekers).
We get the humourous punchline-filled tracks like "Apples And Oranges" by Chuck Dimes, or the remix of "Somebody Broke Wind" from his Neighbourhood Watch compadre, Nomadic The Journeyman, the deep and emotive cuts such as SintaxTheTerrific (Deepspace 5 member)'s "Dramamine" or L
Black operations or black ops are covert operations that take place in secret and have no records. A key factor in making an operation "black" is that it is carried out with great secrecy. There’s a war going on that you and I can’t see. Our enemy is not flesh and blood. We mistakenly think people are our enemies; our boss, our husband, our wife, our children, people we work with, whoever.
We think if we can defeat them in some way, if we can get rid of them, we can have peace and victory. If
“If Wu-Tang can spit 5 Percent gems, I can rap about Him who died for my sins.” This line from “Co-Sign” summarizes everything I dig about Lecrae’s new mixtape Church Clothes conceptually.
The Houston native not only sticks true to his message of faith and divine intervention, but manages to break down that wretched “secular/sacred” barrier that people tend to place upon rappers in his lane by referencing one of the most openly mystic hip hop acts ever. In a more func
New Breed —consisting of brother and sister duo Rosario "Macho" Ortega and Elsie Vanclief— shocked the world with their brilliant premiere album, Stop The Music, belting out such trademark hits as the Latin salute, "My People" and the club banger, "Verse of The City" Defying odds, New Breed now drops a second set, Nine, that raises the bar even higher.
These Boston natives emerged on the scene over a fifteen years ago and have remarkably exhaled another collection of incredible music. Bucki
I ain’t gonna lie, homie make you wanna go back and revisit some stuff. I’m here trying to figure out, how come I haven’t grabbed none of his work yet. He killing it…a couple years younger than me, with a huge catalog. He signed with Bizzle’s, God Over Money last year. Sevin got like, 17 albums. I don’t have none of them…but this one. This mug go hard. He run a camp called HogMob. That’s actually the HogMob logo on the Purple Heart cover. Its a group of artist with the
