Ambassador The Chop Chop Review

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Chopping it up. Politicking. Building. Communication with your people not only strengthens your bonds with them, but also enables everyone in your group to learn something new. This is what The Ambassador provides with his latest release, The Chop Chop: From Milk to Meat, and what God wants us to do for all His people. The songs on this album, largely drenched in many a rugged “kick and a snare that’ll cave your chest in,” are meant to be dialogues with various groups who need a message from God.

“Jesus,” with its epic, string-laden beat, is a perfect introduction to who The Lord is and what He can do in the life of a sinner. “Talk a Lot” asks for the conversation to continue. “I’m hoping you listen/this is nutrition/you and God, how’s that for a new vision?” he pleads to around-the-way girls and guys. The aptly titled “Listen Up,” a certified head-nodder, replete with flashy organs and a recurring drumroll, discusses being on point for God, Christians successfully fighting sin and death, and reaching the unschooled in the streets, or wherever they may be: “Please let me reintroduce myself/I’m nobody/trying to tell everybody/about a Somebody who can save anybody/in the lobby/in the store or at the mall,” he explains, placing his focus back on the Lord. Ambassador, who holds bible and theology degrees and serves as a co-pastor at Epiphany Fellowship, in Philadelphia, delivers his thought-provoking rhymes in a way that enables you to clearly hear the valuable message.

Additional standout tracks: Gimme Dat, The Cost, Love & Grace