"S U I C I D E, S U I C I D E"



TOMORROW WE LIVE

This past April 21, college student, Dwight Ford from Valor Christian University wanted to take his own life after a severe depression that was brought after his mother committed suicide herself. 



Ford, being a Christian and recently losing her mother went into a completely break down and thought to himself that there was no more reasons to be live in this situation. That day of his suicidal thoughts he decided to listen to KB's new album "Tomorrow We Live" to his surprise after hearing the first part and coming to the song "Calling You" that talks about suicide he began to pay attention to the lyrics which speaks of KB trying to help a friend from committing suicide.

The next song "Save me" and "Drowning" from the album made him change his mind and call God for help. His road to recovery did not went from one day to another but it did help him realize how much he needed God. This spring he just graduated with an interdisciplinary associates degree and is pursing to minister to others through his music just like KB minister to his life.

Hearts Up!

 

V. Rose just recently signed to Inpop Records Label few months ago and is now about to drop her first EP this October 30.

Track list:

1. Fairytale Ending

2. Love Shaped Heart

3. Take A Broken Heart (Ft. Derek Minor)

4. Bottom To The Top

Being part of Clear sight since 2011 was a great experience for her as she shared with her fans and her former label thanking them for making her part of it and believing in her vision. She is excited to start this new opportunity with Inpop Records.




For V's fans lets see what the new EP brings!

B A N N E D

#SEPARATED AT BIRTH

DEE-1'S MIXTAPE SEPARATED BY BIRTH WAS SCHEDULED  TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 BUT IT WAS CANCELLED.

The reason that it was cancelled was because in the mixtape Dee-1 is rapping to Lil Wayne's most known songs using the same beats, but instead he changes the lyrics to a positive matter.

Dee 1 has frequently times confessed that growing up he looked up to Lil Wayne and everything he will do, knowing that they both come from New Orleans. As he became a Christian and changed now he claims that Lil Wayne's music has a negative impact in the culture we have today.

In Sway in the morning he recalls when they told him not to release the mixtape and it was going to be how the banned.
To summarize it, the day of the release he got a call from his label RCA Inspiration suggesting him not to release the mixtape. The reason being was because Cash Money Records had find out and now RCA had to deal with legal issues, also that it was best for him not to because they could be some physical harm. There was few songs that were able to put out from the mixtape "Separated by Birth."




Call Yo Bluff

Can't Ban The Hopeman



Tha Block Is Hot

The Last words we heard from @dee1music..



What about Christian Hip-hop?

When Christian Hip hop started it was known as holy hip hop because of the spiritual background it has referring to Christ. It became known in the middle of 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee and all the way to Los Angeles. As they started few of the singles that they made were M.C. Sweet’s Jesus Christ (The Gospel Beat) and Stephen Wiley’s Bible Break. Unfortunately, the birth of Christian Hip hop was not a success like the actual hip hop had encountered, because they had to deal with being accepted by the church and unbelievers.

Suddenly, a group called DC talk was form in the 1990s composed of Toby McKeehan (Toby Mac), Michael Tait, and Kevin Max Smith in were rap and pop were mixed genre became accepted in the Christian population. Shortly after, Texas initiates invest in growing the Christian Hip Hop label that then was followed by the South and the East Coast of the United States. The invention of the Internet really boost its growth because it was an easier access to the music and its artists.

Now in 2015, we can see  the platform that Christian Hip hop has in the culture artists such as Flame, R-swift and Lecrae and many others have gone more outside audience than just the church. Lecrae recently won a Grammy as the Best Gospel Album and has been featured in not only Christian related shows but also in others like The Jimmy Fallon show, Good Morning America and  many others.







 

Uncomfortable Review

 Andy Mineo's Second album, is definitely something different as mention in blogs before. After listening to his album it surely talks about some of Andy's past experiences and things he has recently encountered that we as listeners can relate and even learn from it.

His first track, that is also named after the album "Uncomfortable"  speaks of the conformity that we people are in and there is a world dying out there.

Here are part of the lyrics "We got legal weed that will keep us high...Where on earth is my Wi-Fi? Stomachs full and our pockets fat, I need love, there's a site for that.. I had more when I had less." sometimes material things or just simple opportunities that we are offered become so important and the things that should be important in our lives become secondary like our relationship with God.

In other of his songs such as "Uptown" he talks about his hometown and his feelings towards it, not to mention his song "Now I Know" how when being a child you are very innocent believing everything society tells you until you find out it was lie or people just playing with you.

His song "Hear my heart" dedicates it to his deaf sister and how he never got to understood her situation but now that his grown he apologizes for his ignorance and understands her.

Something that was never heard in any of the Reach Records artists is this new form of salsa singer that is brought on the song "David's Roof." Ghost is represented by his long past friend experience were it ended as strangers. Love and strange motions talks about his love life and how some people can love money or put other priorities in top of God of love.

 

Finally it ends with Make a believer, which is one of my favorite songs because its like a prayer it talks about how he keeps messing up with God but he is there for him when he repents. Then he compares how he messes up with people and they in return leave him, but God does not. This song is just great and his feature Mac Powell lead singer for Third Day made a combination.