Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Lecrae, Church Clothes, and Mainstream Attention
[Update: My Audio Review for The Christian Manifesto]
Over at XXL Mag, a hip-hop oriented magazine, Lecrae was interviewed about his mixtape Church Clothes, which is set to release today, May 10th. I’ve watched a couple of debates on the topic already. People tend to land in one of two places:...
May 10th, 2012 | Culture, Featured, Music, Religion, The Gospel | Read More
Grooveshark, Free Music, and the Future of the Music Industry
That title may be a bit much. More specifically, the title may sound like it is speaking to a lot of things, but I think it may actually all be one thing. With the recent lawsuits against Grooveshark by all of the major music labels, the folks over at Gizmodo sat down with the CEO of the little company,...
April 26th, 2012 | Culture, Featured, Music | Read More
The Return of Five Iron Frenzy; Wait, What?
This will be old news to most of you. The discussions that can come from it are still necessary, however. As such, it bears repeating and then considering: Five Iron Frenzy is back.
April 25th, 2012 | Culture, Featured, Music | Read More
Giving Music Away
Over at his personal blog, music artist Derek Webb has a rather lengthy post detailing why he believes that giving away music for free is actually a good thing for the artist. Besides giving some insight concerning streaming services like Spotify or even purchasing albums from services like iTunes...
December 12th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Music | Read More
“Christian” Music? Try Theological Hip-Hop
Yesterday, Christian hip-hop artist Shai Linne released a much-awaited album called The Attributes of God. The album can be purchased on its own (either via iTunes or Lampmode Recording’s website) or, at least during the pre-order period, alongside A.W. Pink’s book of the same name.
November 2nd, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Music, Protestant, Religion | Read More
Lecrae Performs in a BET Cypher
I know I wrote extensively on Christian Hip-Hop for a week or two, and perhaps some of you are tired of it already. But if you found any legitimacy in the genre, here’s some great news. Earlier this week, BET had their annual awards ceremony. In fact, ever since 2001 the show has been a coveted...
October 12th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Music, Religion | Read More
Christian Hip-Hop: One Last Issue
We have come to the close of this series on Christian hip-hop. Surely there is much more to say, but for now we shall allow these last three pieces, in addition to this one, to suffice.
September 5th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Music, Religion | Read More
“Christian” Hip-Hop: What Does That Even Mean?
Last week, we talked a bit about the importance of Christian hip-hop/rap as a genre, and then provided numerous examples of theologically-influenced lyrics from within the genre. Hopefully you’ve taken a few minutes to check some of those artists out. What follows today is a discussion of a debate...
August 30th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Music, Religion | Read More
Christian Hip-Hop: Some Content May Surprise You
In my undergraduate education, I was a student of Biblical studies. I was also an avid rap fan.
Many people can hardly put those two things together. I’d often find myself writing out a theology paper while listening to the latest rap album I had purchased. While I did listen to some rap (and other...
August 26th, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Music, Religion | Read More
A Primer: Why Christian Hip-Hop is Here to Stay
If you haven’t been following the Christian music scene for awhile, I can’t really say that I blame you. Much of the music we label as “Christian” is, frankly, boring. If a particular band or album is beautifully done, it is usually either considered a step away from the “Christian...
August 23rd, 2011 | Culture, Featured, Music, Religion | Read More
