Christian Rapper Releases New Album
Candi
Marshall
Staff Writer
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Founder and front man of Reach Records uses
rap in its purest form to convey the message of Jesus Christ, the
coming Messiah.
Lecrae Moore, publicly known as Lecrae, uses
his God given ability to make music that not only informs a person
about Christ, but it also empowers those living and desiring to live
the life Christ intends for his people. His third album, entitled
“Rebel,” follows suit and will have you saying to Christ “Take Me As I
Am.”
The strongest messages on “Rebel” speak about
being different and not conforming to the world and its view.
Take “Indwelling Sin” for example, a story in
which Lecrae converses with sin which tries to get the artist to do
things not pleasing to God. The track begins with Lecrae being tempted
by lust, smoking marijuana and drinking. Sin begins to talk and
attempts to persuade him by bringing up his past life of chasing
women/getting drunk/and getting high/stacking money/staying fly/living
up the playas life. Although the sin appears to be tempting, Lecrae
takes authority and reminds sin of the trouble he got into making the
statement “what I look like trying ta gratify this disease in
me.”
This album features all artists from the Reach
Records family.
Tedashii is featured on “Go Hard.” This song,
with its southern influence, makes a bold statement beginning with
“Lord kill me if I don’t preach the gospel.” It expresses the need for
the people of God to begin compelling nonbelievers to follow
Christ.
On “Live Free,” Sho Baraka, also featured on
“Rebel,” brings his techno style along for the ride.
Trip Lee comes through clearly on “Fall Back,”
a track that talks about being aware of the messages embedded in the
media. Lecrae says, “Be a rebel let the word of God lead you/Satan uses
media to tempt you and deceive you/he will lead ya/leach ya/and leave
ya/so be careful as you navigate thru media.”
Lecrae's message becomes evident through the
“Rebel Intro,” he informs listeners of the need to rebel. Lecrae said
we no longer rebel if the culture agrees. His overall statement, bold
like the album title, informs listeners of the past when rebellion
meant sinner; now everyone sins so it is no longer rebellious to
sin.
To find out more about Lecrae and other Reach
Records artists visit their Web site at reach records.
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