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Gravity (Lecrae Album)
''Gravity'' is the sixth studio album by American Christian hip hop artist Lecrae, released on September 4, 2012. The album features appearances from Big K.R.I.T., Mathai (singer), Mathai, Ashthon Jones, Sho Baraka and Mali Music (singer), Mali Music, along with labelmates Trip Lee, Andy Mineo, Derek Minor, who was formerly known as PRo, and Tedashii. Producers on the album include DJ Khalil, Street Symphony (producer), Street Symphony along with his production team Heat Academy, and The Watchmen. The first single off the album, "I Know", was released on July 24, 2012, and was followed by "Tell the World" featuring Mali Music on August 15, 2012, and "Mayday (Lecrae song), Mayday" featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Ashthon Jones on August 30, 2012. Reach Records released five music videos for the album: "Lord Have Mercy", featuring Tedashii along with No Malice of Clipse, on August 1, 2012, "Tell the World", featuring Mali Music, on October 19, 2012, "Mayday", featuring Big K.R.I.T. and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lecrae
Lecrae Devaughn Moore (born October 9, 1979) is an American Christian rapper, singer-songwriter, actor, and Record producer, recording producer and Music executive, executive. Since having begun his career in 2004, he has released ten studio albums and four mixtapes as a solo artist, as well as recording with the hip-hop collective 116 (hip-hop group), 116, which he co-founded. Lecrae's first two studio albums, ''Real Talk (Lecrae album), Real Talk'' (2004) and ''After the Music Stops'' (2006), were both released independently and met with critical praise. His third, ''Rebel (Lecrae album), Rebel'' (2008), became the first Christian hip-hop album to peak atop the Top Gospel Albums, ''Billboard'' Top Gospel Albums, and his first to enter the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. After the release of his fourth album, ''Rehab (Lecrae album), Rehab'' (2010), Lecrae began attracting mainstream attention following his performance at the 2011 Black Entertainment Television, BET Hip Hop Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapzilla
Rapzilla is a Christian hip hop online magazine. The website contains recent news, albums reviews, articles, interviews, music downloads, videos, release dates, and columns. History Rapzilla was founded in 2003 by Philip Rood, who was the child of a missionary in Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas .... In 2010, Chad Horton, who ran the similar Christian hip hop site "Hip Hop for the Soul" joined Rapzilla. In 2013, the Gospel Music Association organized the Dove Awards and announced a partnership with Rapzilla. In 2017, Rood sold his ownership of Rapzilla to Horton. In 2019, Rapzilla acquired Christian hip hop blog New H2O. Rating system According to website owner Chad Horton, reviews by Rapzilla include an averaged rating by the staff to weigh against bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confe$$ions
"Confessions", styled "Confe$$ions", is a Christian hip hop song by Lecrae from his album ''Gravity'', released on September 4, 2012. Lyrically, the song critiques the pursuit of wealth and expresses the emptiness and lack of peace that comes with materialism. Lyrics and style StupidDOPE called "Confe$$ions" "a deep, hard hitting, thoughtful number that finds Lecrae speaking from his heart while he hangs out and shows us the wolves", and AllHipHop explained the song as addressing the hollowness wealth without peace. The BoomBox stated that "The old saying 'money can't buy you happiness' isn't further from the truth for Lecrae, who raps about companions who have the game twisted about what's really important". Allmusic described Lecrae as taking on bling culture with a Christian-based message "in the unexpected, brittle style of a beatnik poet or Saul Williams on ''Def Poetry Jam''." Stylistically, the song features a dramatic, slow-tempo beat, and DaSouth described it as carrying " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thi'sl
Travis Tremayne Tyler, (born March 17, 1977) better known by the stage name Thi'sl is an American Christian hip hop producer and songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri. In 2007 Thi'sl was signed to the record label X-Hustler where he recorded three studio albums, ''After This House I Shall Live'', ''Chronicles of an X-Hustler'' and ''Beautiful Monster''. In 2012 he was featured on Lecrae's album Gravity which won a Grammy award. Biography Travis Tremayne Tyler was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on March 17, 1977. As a baby Thi'sl and his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri where at the age of 14 Thi'sl started rapping. Under the name Uncle Y he recorded his first demo, however his album was influenced by the gang activity which he was involved in. After living and rapping about the street life, Thi'sl eventually straightened up his life and devoted it to positive rapping. Thi'sl has been involved helping in the community of Ferguson, Missouri after the shooting of an 18-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clipse
Clipse, also known as the Clipse, is an American hip-hop, hip hop duo from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Formed in 1994, it consists of brothers No Malice, Gene "Malice" and Pusha T, Terrence "Pusha T" Thornton. Pusha T was known as Terrar during the group's early years, while No Malice was originally known as Malicious, but changed his stage name to Malice soon after the group's formation, before changing it to No Malice in 2012 following his conversion to Christianity. As key figures in establishing Virginia as one of the East Coast's strongholds in hip hop, the duo's frequent subject matter is based around illegal drug trade. The two were discovered by producer and fellow Virginia Beach native, Pharrell Williams, who convinced the artists to work in tandem. Williams served as executive and lead producer for their first two albums, as part of the Neptunes and as a frequent guest performer. Williams led Clipse to sign with Elektra Records, for whom they recorded an album, ''Exclusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tedashii
Tedashii Lavoy Anderson (born March 8, 1977), known simply as Tedashii, is an American Christian hip hop artist and member of the hip-hop troupe 116 Clique. He also hosted the NGEN Radio show "Serium". Tedashii has released five solo albums, '' Kingdom People'', '' Identity Crisis'', '' Blacklight'', '' Below Paradise'', and ''Never Fold'', on Reach Records. Tedashii's delivery style is characterized by a deep voice that he can manipulate for rapping a wide range of flow schemes and patterns. In 2008, Tedashii toured with the 116 Clique during the "Unashamed Tour". The "Don't Waste Your Life Tour" followed in 2009, after which he took a brief break. In late 2010 he returned for the "Unashamed: The Movement Tour". As soon as his album ''Blacklight'' was released in 2011 he went on a brief tour to promote it. He joined the "Man Up Tour" in 2011, taking a brief break in early 2012. In late 2012 116 Clique toured 30 cities with the "Unashamed Tour: Come Alive". Then in December, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trip Lee
William Lee Barefield III (born December 17, 1987), better known by his stage name Trip Lee, is an American Christian rapper, singer, songwriter, and poet. Signed to Reach Records, he has recorded both as a solo artist and as a founding member of the 116 (formerly known as the 116 Clique). Originally from Dallas, Texas, he served as a young adult pastor at Concord Church until 2021. His third album, '' Between Two Worlds'' (2010), was nominated for two Dove Awards and won the Stellar Award for Best Hip Hop Album in 2011. Biography Early life William Lee Barefield III was born on December 17, 1987, in Dallas, Texas. As a young boy, Lee had dreams of being a professional athlete or a famous rapper, and he began to hone his lyrical skills at the age of 12. "I rapped about random stuff… how hot I was, how many girls I could pull," Lee says. But upon giving his life to Christ, at age 14, his focus changed from fortune, fame, and women to serving and ministering the Gospel. Lee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mali Music (singer)
Kortney Jamaal Pollard (born January 12, 1988), known professionally as Mali Music, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Savannah, Georgia. His first two studio albums, ''The Coming'' (2008) and ''The 2econd Coming'' (2009) were released independently through ByStorm Records and met with critical acclaim. In 2011, he was the first inspirational artist to be part of BET's "Music Matters" series. He signed with RCA Records to release his first major-label single "Beautiful" the following year, which preceded his third album and major label debut, '' Mali Is...'' (2014). The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Career Pollard was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He learned to play the piano at age 5 and at age 11 was active in the ministry of music in his church. In 2011, he signed a short-lived contract with Akon's label KonLive Distribution Konvict Kulture is a record label founded by R&B singer Akon, Melvin Brown and Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sho Baraka
Amisho Baraka Lewis (born January 10, 1979), better known by his stage name Sho Baraka, is an American Christian hip-hop artist and writer who has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the 116 Clique. He was originally signed to Reach Records until leaving in March 2011. He then co-founded a record label and group known as "High Society" with fellow Christian rappers JR, Swoope, and Suzy Rock. His debut album '' Turn My Life Up'' was released in November 2007. His second album ''Lions and Liars'', was released March 2010. His third album '' Talented Xth'' was released in January 2013. His fourth album, ''The Narrative,'' was released in October 2016. Biography Sho Baraka was born Amisho Baraka Lewis in Alberta, Canada on January 10, 1979. Sho was introduced to hip hop at a young age. He was raised in Southern California during the height of gangsta rap which inspired Sho and some friends from his neighborhood in high school, formed a rap group that bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashthon Jones
Ashthon Jones (born February 27, 1986) is an American singer from Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Jones finished as the 13th place finalist on the tenth season of ''American Idol''. Early life and education Jones was born in 1986 to Michelle Anderson. She grew up in Valdosta, Georgia, before moving to Goodlettsville, Tennessee, when she was 12. She attended W.G. Nunn Elementary School in Valdosta as a child. Her father died when she was 14, and she ran away from home at 15, but returned home after two and a half years. She worked as a retail manager in Nashville before appearing on ''American Idol''. ''American Idol'' Overview Jones auditioned for the tenth season of ''American Idol'' in Nashville, Tennessee. She was not one of the five female vote getters in the semi-final round to advance to the Top 13. She was one of the six selected to sing for a wild card and advanced to the Top 13. She is the third wild card finalist to be the eliminated first in the finals, with the previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathai (singer)
Sharon Mathai, known professionally as Mathai, is an American former singer. She was on the second season of NBC's '' The Voice'' and was one of the top 10 contestants. Trained in jazz during her childhood, Mathai started developing her vocal style around the age of sixteen with a sound reminiscent of Billie Holiday, Norah Jones, Nelly Furtado, and Adele, although two of her biggest influences are Johnny Cash and Amy Winehouse. Early life Sharon Mathai was born on November 27, 1992, in Queens, New York into a Malayali family. Her parents, Samuel and Elsa, are from Kerala, India. She stated that she could understand Malayalam but could not speak very fluently. She adopted the stage name Mathai, which is the name 'Matthew' in Malayalam, as derived from Hebrew. She had started singing at age 3, primarily in church events. When she was 10, her family moved to Dallas, Texas. Mathai attended Coppell High School and Texas Women's University. Career Beginnings During the winter of 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big K
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Big K may refer to: * Kuhn's-Big K, southeast American department store chain, sold out to Wal-Mart in 1981 * A larger store format of Kmart * A store brand used by Kroger (and subsidiaries) for soft drinks * ''Big K'' (magazine), a national UK computer magazine in the 1980s * A nickname for the International Prototype of the Kilogram The International Prototype of the Kilogram (referred to by metrology, metrologists as the IPK or Le Grand K; sometimes called the ''wiktionary:ur-#Prefix, ur-kilogram'', or ''urkilogram'', particularly by German-language authors writing in Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
