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
BRVNDONP/RPSMGCover for BrvndonP's 2018 album Better Late Than Never
BrvndonP released his latest album, Better Late Than Never, on RPSMG. Produced by himself, the artist also enlisted the help of Yaahn Hunter Jr., along with an impressive list of guest appearances and cowrites, including fellow artists Mission, V. Rose, Derek Minor, and Eris Ford.
Ahead of the album drop, BrvndonP shared a bit about the work behind the new album via social media.
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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
The purpose of this project is to give the listener an overview of the writings of the Apostle Paul that are found in the Bible with an album appropriately titled 13 Letters. You see, we have 13 Letters written by Paul in the New Testament, thus the albums name, as each book is summarized in the form of a hip-hop song.
When I first got my hands on this album, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I knew for a fact that I was going to be listening to some quality hip-hop music, but other than that I d
In 2008, hip hop artist Braille got a chance to put out his fourth album, The IV Edition, to a wider audience through Syntax Records. It gained him a bigger fanbase as he went back into the independent music realm after its release. In 2009, he teamed up with a producer named Symbolyc One for a collaboration called Cloud Nineteen, and a year later, Braille released his solo album Weapon Aid. For his seventh studio album, this time through t
“Eternal”. Seamlessly weave ship hop instrumentals with live instrumentation and sampled records with string quartets, The Upside Eternal is the duo’s most confident and mature work to date, all while keeping the ethnic and percussive core that has branded their music since the beginning.
There are few groups that really capture the original artistry of hip-hop better than Alert312. The Chicago based duo are vets in CHH and have made some beautiful music throughout their ca
Enock delivers an impressive solo debut that is chock full of his usual flow, some dance tracks, rugged hip hop beats and songs of honesty and restoration.
It all gets started with the banging “Liberation”. Stikk, who handles most of the production on the album, lays down a dope, but simple beat, which allows Enock to express his new liberation in Christ.
Issues of sexual addiction are tackled on “Truth Be Told”, a song that explains Enock’s struggles and the fact that everyone has something th
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. Bucking t
Collision Records duo Dre Murray and Alex Faith teamed up to create music’s first ever visual album, Southern Lights: Overexposed. Using the visual aspect can really allow an artist to tell a story through more than just the song, which can be a huge plus. They just have to make sure not to slack on the sound while they’re at it.
The first track on the album, “Overexposed” (feat. Sean C. Johnson) starts with two masked men jumping a man at his house. Alex Faith starts with a really cool
The Battery’s Two is essentially a concept album about an aging (but still dope) rapper/producer combo who love Jesus and hip hop, but are on a “jurny” to make “peace” with the results of choosing to simultaneously pursue both of those passions.
Its soundtrack is textured with spacey boom bap that recalls their classic Earthworm catalog and is more accessible than The Battery’s first team effort (appropriately titled: One). Often, after Jurny Big concludes his surgically-prec
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The hip hop of today is multi-faceted, with many different artists and a variety of styles.
Mars Ill is a group that captures hip hop in its purest form: honest lyrics, dope beats with guitar, horn and eerie samples together with two turntables.
Dust provides the beats and Manchild, the lyrics, as they explain what they are about on the horn-filled, “Breathe Slow”. That definition is “Aristotle mixed with Krush Groove”.
The always entertaining and zany Pigeon John guests on “Plains and Trai
With a super fast flow and rich lyrics penned from a love for the gospel, Humble Beast artist Jackie Hill Perry is about to drop new album The Art of Joy. The record is a very joyous affair, although it’s one of those albums that you need to listen through a number of times to understand the bigger picture of what’s happening, and discover that Jackie’s true joy is found in the gospel.
Jackie is a gun storyteller and a master poet, and has an ability to transport you into the tales she spins,
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Having heard countless tales of violence and sex throughout my years listening to hip-hop, I'm almost n
This, the third segment flowing from the camp, is titled Christology - In Laymen’s Terms, and serves as the solo debut from Cross Movement member, the Ambassador(aka William Branch).
The first track (let’s call it an ‘introlude’) sums up the overriding theme of the project, as the Ambassador declares in prayer, “I deliberately focus on your Person, and the work of your Son, Jesus Christ.” He elaborates in a subsequent interlude, “We focus in on Christ, the Person, the work, the pre-existenc
Human Emergency is Crossmovement's third group release. It shows that they have experience in how Human Emergency is very well put together.
"The Light" and "Know Me," have bangin beats and are delivered very well. Especially on the song "The Light" where TRUT Hcomes to show that not only Crossmovement members have skills. "What Do You See?" is also a very captivating track. In which the Ambassador tells the story of the crusifixion of Christ, and have you reflect on your life to see if you are
