BobVigneault
Bawberator
I thought I'd start a new thread because I didn't know the Brian Schwertly thread was really about rap music.
My knee jerk response to rap music is that it's not really music and anyone can do it. However, I think that response comes from a reaction to the present and miserable condition of hip hop/rap.
Rap started out as a medium to give young african americans a voice. Being excluded from other forums such as print and tv they turned to rap. The wonderful thing about early rap was these young people really did have things to say, important things, things worth being told.
Unfortunately rap was eventually taken over by the 'gangsta'. We've ended up with super-macho, over-sexual, perverted, violent noise that lacks nearly any redemption.
The guys over at crossmovementrecords.com are trying to bring rap back to it's roots. James Johnson (Black Puritan) turned me on to these guys as a Christian alternative to what my daughter had been listening to.
The lyrics are as powerful as the beat. I particularly like Lecrae and his debut album. Give this stuff a try. I draw inspiration from Lecrae's heartfelt testimony. Call it rap, music or just 'spittin' on the mic', I like it and blessings on these fellows for trying to redeem the right use of words.
My knee jerk response to rap music is that it's not really music and anyone can do it. However, I think that response comes from a reaction to the present and miserable condition of hip hop/rap.
Rap started out as a medium to give young african americans a voice. Being excluded from other forums such as print and tv they turned to rap. The wonderful thing about early rap was these young people really did have things to say, important things, things worth being told.
Unfortunately rap was eventually taken over by the 'gangsta'. We've ended up with super-macho, over-sexual, perverted, violent noise that lacks nearly any redemption.
The guys over at crossmovementrecords.com are trying to bring rap back to it's roots. James Johnson (Black Puritan) turned me on to these guys as a Christian alternative to what my daughter had been listening to.
The lyrics are as powerful as the beat. I particularly like Lecrae and his debut album. Give this stuff a try. I draw inspiration from Lecrae's heartfelt testimony. Call it rap, music or just 'spittin' on the mic', I like it and blessings on these fellows for trying to redeem the right use of words.