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Over 20 artists from around the globe collaborated with Official to give us a look at what it means to follow God as a people on mission to reflect His love to the world. featuring Lecrae, Flame, Sho Baraka, JR, Tedashii, Trip Lee, R-Swift, Thi’sl, Jahaziel, and more!
Label: Reach Records
Release Date: December 26, 2009
DJ Official is one of Holy Hip Hop’s most notable producers. Widely known for being The Cross Movements DJ in the late 90″s, he has been wracking up production credits fo
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Heath McNease and Playdough dropped a free mixtape together, with each track borrowing a beat either from a Wu Tang track or a track from one of Wu's solo projects.
Heath McNease and Playdough are two of the dopest emcees around right now. They've each had several releases in the past year, each high quality releases, and they've showed no signs of slowing down. They keep it up with Wed, White & Wu.
Wu Tang beats are known for being pretty raw, and to keep the
The hip-hop duo of the incredible Manchild and spectacular DJ Sean P did it again... for FREE! They do it for the people! Get more free music at phatmass.bandcamp.com movemerchants.com
“Move Merchants II”, has a 70’s action movie theme and contains 11 tracks. The guest appearances include Krum (Playdough, Deepspace5, Ill Harmonics), Jurny Big (Tunnel Rats), Elias (Scribbling Idiots, Dafuniks), and newcomer Le, from Austin, TX.
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In a nod to DJ’s and pr
‘Thr3e’ is the third album in the Lord Fire series by Scribbling Idiot member Theory Hazit. Entirely produced by Dert, this album is full of storytelling, verbal action and dope beats. Ch3ck it out!
Theory Hazit was born and raised in Winchester Kentucky with the support of his granny, an aunt and two uncles. He always had a vivid imagination, enjoying cartoons more than music videos. He grew up with a love for New Edition, Kid ‘n’ Play, and dancing like Big Daddy Kane.
The opening track,
You took a break from recording and stepped away and you’re back now. I know all of the fans are excited. We’ve got 19 cuts on The Restoration. Where’s that title come from? Is that the whole theme of the project, or is that a personal theme?
Good question. The answer is yes to both of those questions. Restoration comes from seeing it in the word, understanding that the gospel is God’s restoration of messed up people. Before I got married I thought I was a pretty Godly guy, as a lot of us sing
Sinema embraces a theatrical-like plot between Allen Swoope and Mya Desirae (My Desire) smothered in temptation while overshadowed by the daily battle men struggle with in lust as the starring role. Swoope’s third full release portrays a summer blockbuster tagged as one of the most prolific concept albums released since the likes of Sho Baraka’s Talented 10th. This project intertwines tracks seamlessly together like movie scenes building the relationship between Swoope and Mya similar to a twi
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Street Date: December, 2004When news dropped that Mars Ill's sophomore Gotee release would be delayed yet again, hip-hop fans were undoubtedly left disappointed. A lot of fans were eagerly anticipating the release of Pro Pain, so its delay meant that Mars Ill would have several months of dead air to fill before its release. So the problem arises: what does a critically acclaimed hip-hop duo do to appease fans in the months before the release of a highly anticipated project? Well if you're
Hailing from Lafayette, Louisiana, DJ Maj (aka Mike Allen) has acquired a knack for "spicing" things
In 1992, Maj’s love for music lead him to relocate to Nashville, Tennesse where he composed his self-released mix tape, Sabbatical Transit. As with DJ Maj's first national release on Gotee Records(Wax Museum, see review), his bistro artistically describes the skill of blending a recipe of individual tracks together by ad libbing cuts, other sound effects and beats to formulate a seamless, perp
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Thi’sl is the type of artist that only comes around every once in a while. Raw, hardcore and has experienced enough ups and downs in life to really not care whether or not you like him or what he has to say. An individual that is as polarizing and influential as a 2Pac, while still being a figure who has clearly been transformed and refined by the grace of God. Fallen King is as much a story of the old Thi’sl as it is the current young thug on the corner in your local hood. It’s a story th
There are three reasons you may not know Jurny Big: he’s a gritty battle rapper, he’s old, and he’s Christian. Praised by his fans as the best Christian rapper ever, Jurny Big is known for his one-on-one competitions -- where one MC proves they're more skilled than another with intricate rhyme patterns, metaphors, and punchlines. The Southern California native got his start as a founding member of The Tunnel Rats, a supergroup collective of Christian battle rappers that formed after the Los Ange
It is a worship and rap project based on Hillsong tracks. The iLLSong Project was my first encounter with worship of the Hip Hop version. This was worship that I could actually relate to. I was introduced to this tape by my pastor at the time, Pastor Grant Farah. He was one of those few pastors who embraced Christian Rap from its infancy and understood how important it would be in reaching the young generation. The sad truth is that up until this point I felt rather disjointed when I sang wo
Check this dope remix project that Freddie Bruno did for Sivion‘s Butterfly Sessionsproject.
“Butterfly Sessions: Remixed by Freddie Bruno” is a release from Dallas TX emcee Sivion. It’s his 4th release and is a complete remix of his album “Butterfly Sessions”. The project gets a remix treatment by fellow Dallas TX artist/producer Freddie Bruno. Both represent the Deepspace5 crew (Mars ILL, Playdough, Sev Statik, Sintax the Terrific among others).
“When I first thought about remixing Butte
Before Jesus walked for Kanye West and hip hop fans were welcoming back Reverend Mase, Bronx resident Corey Red and his Staten Island cohort Precise were revolutionizing the industry with their form of Christian Rap.
The duo's album, Resistance Iz Futile, delivers a positive message of inspiration based on deep Christian values, mixed with the hard thumping beats people have come to expect from established hip hop acts. While not shying away from the raw and emotional street lyrics
Swoope cemented himself as one of the most celebrated lyricists in Christian hip hop after Wake Up dropped in 2012.
“Swoope’s album the Wake Up woke me up,” Lecrae told Rapzilla. “That album just slapped me man. This dude is raising the bar.”
When an album is so excellent it shocks a future Grammy Award-winner, certain expectations are created. But as Swoope prepared to write his next solo album, Sinema, he suffered from a condition that jeopardized
