Shachah's sophomore effort, "Let the Light In," came out on Tuesday this past week. Coinciding with the release was the debut of a video for "Deliver Us," the song the group cut with John Wells, aka The Tonic.
I'm excited to hear this release! Shachah churns out a tasty mix of hip-hop, rock and funk, a nice departure from straight-ahead HHH. Just downloaded it today. I'll be posting a Music Brief on it soon.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Music Brief: Teddy P: Word & Deed
An emcee can be as fresh as he wants to be, but when rhyming on an uninspired beat, the results will never reach their full potential.
That's why producer-led albums are usually an ear-pleasing win-win. With one gifted person behind the boards and a stable of hand-selected, talented rappers, you have the makings of a textbook-proper hip-hop set, when many folks are on a death watch for the genre.
Teddy P's "Word & Deed," featuring Eddie Nigma, Rhema Soul, Nina Del, Wonder Brown, Braille, Young Joshua, Phien-X Zekarayah, EKO, Ackdavis, J. Griff, Conviction, Believin’ Stephen, Average Joe, and B. Morr, proves hip-hop is not dead, and that God is alive. The cerebral, jazz- and soul-fueled beats push the emcees to dopeness. This is "Soundbombing," a la Rawkus Records or, better yet, soul bombing--napalming the devil's lies with ether lyrics.
My Top Tracks:
- Long Way to Go: Giving thanks for growing pains.
- Grace: Bringing beauty out of ruins.
- Love: Vintage beat and everlasting grace.
- The Gospel: Bold bars for Christ.
- Ride: Lifting Son up 'til sundown.
- Free Write: All souls need an extension.
- Set Free: Romans 9: The release papers.
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