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I love stealing from John Piper's Desiring God ministry. It wouldn't be hard to convict me of these crimes against them. So, why stop now. I saw the below video over there and I liked it, so in good total depravity form, I stole it. Enjoy. Desiring God's Description of video: In this interview, Thab...

In my years I have been a huge fan of everything urban, the scene, the people, the music, etc. The problem is that the music was so obscene I have had to stop listening to most of it. I had given up on the Christian scene within hip-hop after someone tried to convince me that DC Talk was a good alte...

Editor’s Note: As part of our Year in Review, we’ve asked our resident DVDologist Brian Gibson to lay down his 15 favorite releases from 2008. For more of Brian’s DVD picks be sure to check out his DVDs I Bought This Week column every Tuesday. It’s that time of year again, th...

And save for a couple sluggish exceptions (“I did it for you�), ATMS’ beats knock harder than a mob of Jehovah’s Witnesses on E. Ever wonder what hyped dancehall emcees like Sizzla might sound like spittin’ scripture? Listen to “Run�. Even “It’s your world� (feat. Sho, who stole ...

Over the next 15 tracks, Rebel wages a raucous lyrical assault against every emotion and worldly struggle imaginable—fear and self-doubt, sloth and gluttony, materialism, lust, love, image, false gods, beauty standards, and religious tradition. Now if Lecrae were a lesser artist, Rebel would be a ...

LecraeREBELReach Records/Cross Movement Records(2008) “They’re not rebels, they’re all a bunch of conformists.� Back in high school, my English teacher made this observation about some of our friends as they walked by his classroom one day. “The Mohawks and piercings… the boots, the tech...

Consider this a mini-discography brought to life, thanks to the miracle of mp3s. Jihad Records released only three albums during its existence, but at least a couple of those recordings are well-sought-after by fans of the jazz avant-garde. Each of these albums is radically different from the others...

JESUS STILL WALKS: THE MATURATION OF CHRISTIAN HIP HOP By: Black Canseco [“I speak to schools because they say I'm intelligent/no it's 'cuz I’m dope—if I was wack, I’d be relevant.� (Talib Kweli)] There’s a new movement afoot in music—and no, I’m not talking about pushing units, fash...