Holy Culture

[SOLAFIDE]

This has gotta be my favorite christian rap cd....as always with CM CDs the rhymes are ill, the message is tight...this is a must peep for any christian rap fan!

(1) Holy Culture- This Phanatik solo track is about using your life for Christ instead of doing sins and stuff...track is pretty nice, it has a good message and Phanatik spits straight truth.

you know this can't be the way, this canvas we paint can't jus be blamed on the powers that be
the artists are us, we draw what we lust and cause the corruption and problems we see

(2) When I Flow...(It's Gospel)- This song is pretty tight, it's got all of CM on it, i love the beat on this track, it's mainly about how they rhyme for God to see souls saved

The whole crew wanted true G-O-D in rap
we got a view, it's a minority like bein black
but we've agreed to feed and lead the pack
hip hop's the key jus like some cheese to rats

(4) In Not Of- Tonic solo track...talkin bout flowin for God, pretty nice, not my favorite, but pretty nice...

we grind for souls forget what the liar told
we're tradin throwback jerseys in for chior robes

(5) It's Goin Down- T.R.U.-L.I.F.E. solo track, not really a clear message in this one, it's got a rockish beat which I like, it's prolly one of my favorites on the cd...not as ill as some CM tracks, but it's cool...i like it

(7) Free- Ambassador solo track...best track, if I was rating the tracks this would be 10/10...the message is get free from sin...vocab is tight, message is tight...it asks some tough questions for this generation...every hip hop fan would love this song

who you wanna be like?
a man or woman with vision to see right?
do you have any passion to be right or be light
shinin like your a diamond or would it be tight
to roll wit a cat who holds a gat and lets the weed light?

(8 ) Forever- Tonic solo track...one of my other favorites...talkin about Christians living forever, and inspiring sinners to get saved so they can live forever too...I love the "we're gonna live foreeeeeeeever" thing on the hook lol.

(9) Cry No More- I'm pretty sure this is Ambassador...liking this track...talkin about all the troubles in life and how they're all gonna be gone when we get to heaven, tight rhymes and good message.

(10) Start Somethin'- Phanatik solo track..not sure of the message, but it's still a tight track, this is more like a party song i think...but it's still by CM which automatically makes it tight. I'd prolly give this a 6/10.

(11) Times Table- T.R.U.-L.I.F.E. song...short track...it's aight...one I usually skip...I'd prolly give it 5/10.

(13) Rise Up- Ambassador solo...he sounds like Nelly so much in the beginning when he says "You know what it is derrty, Cross Movement" my favorite favorite Ambassador track...it's ok but the hook kinda gets on my nerves, it's kinda repetitive...some nice rhymes though

you know the squad is a collection artists
blessin our God regardless of the fact that we're engulfed in this godless
world that's spiritually "broke" like when folks are jobless "no" spiritual "ear" like when corn is cob-less

(14) Driven- Phanatik solo (right now i'm wondering why CM doesn't do more songs together) not really liking this track...I usually skip it

(15) Closer To You- an all of CM track ...tight song about how good God is and wanting to get closer to him... Ambassador raps...

:You get pushed to the side like when i'm thingyin a brim
it's like we're on the couch but we're on opposite ends
Lord come and put a stop to the trend

and later Phanatik comes in with...

ever since the day you and i hooked up
like has been "Superfly" like Jimmy Snuka

tight track, good message

(16) L.L.R.P.- T.R.U.-L.I.F.E. solo...I've never listened to this one lol..talkin about how the christian life isn't easy..it's cool...I like the "It's Goin Down" track from T.R.U.-L.I.F.E. better...

(17)Live It- nice track form Ambassador...message is live for Christ (as if you couldn't tell by the title)...not as good as "Forever" but i like it better than "Rise Up" so it's like in the middle.

(19) Eternal Cypha- the other 10/10 track...the CM cyphas are always ill...T.R.U.T.H., J-Silas, Phanatik, Todd Bangz, TRU-LIFE, R-Swift, Ambassador, Flame, and Tonic all freestyling for the Lord...straight FIRE...

Overall- This CD gets a 9/10 to me...this CD is a beast...CM brings the heat like always...rhymes are awesome, message is tight, I recommend this to any Christian rap fan!!! (Fireproof's Review)

pZ
SOLAFIDE

[kobe]

this is one of the worst albums i own. i'd say its the worst "professional" album i own, because its still decent and high quality, better than some of the amateur garbage i have, lol.

i bought it when it first came out and is my only CM album. i likeded 2 tracks from it, "Cry no more" and "Closer to you" and that was it. i wasnt feelin nothin else, but alot of that may be because i'm from da Souf! :-D

[daysky03]

KOBE, check out Lecrae.

[kobe]

i checked out Lecrae 2 years ago, the rest of ya'll is mad late!! :-)

he's one of my favorite rappers, i think he's awesome! and so are his production skills! :-D i was amazed and impressed to find out most of his beats came from himself. i liked his first cd, but i thought his 116clique compilation was even much better! :-D

he was one of the main people i wanted to see at FlavorFest a couple weeks ago, but he was a no-show. :-(

[daysky03]

what do you think of Pettidee? I want to check out the 116 Clique but I'm not gonna lie. I'm not a big fan of that down south flavor. Got a thing for the east coast sound. I loved those beats on Lecrae's album CMR was promoting. you know of any other good southern style lyrisist?

[kobe]

well, Lecrae doesnt even claim the South nor does 116clique. they rep the midwest, though i can see why many peepes think its "southern" style. and some of it is, but it aint DIRTY south ya know, lol, like Mike Shelton and them boys from Texas.

i never really liked Pettidee. some of his songs kinda jam, and yes, he does TRY to be dirty south, and yes, he's from FLA, but i never really liked his style. he's not much into lyricism at all either...

that 116clique is HOT though man, just sample it somewhere and if u like what you hear, cop it. i dont think its any more "southern" than Lecrae's solo album (Real Talk, the one CMR is now promotin, but came out like 2 years ago), but i do think its even much better than Lecrae's solo joint.

to me, the best southern lyricist has to be The Anointed Lyrical Wiz, who came out with an album in 2003. he's affiliated with holyhiphop.com and not too many people know of him or heard of him, but his album is the best rap album i've ever owned. :-) his beats are southern yes, but as versatile and complex as i've ever heard. none of the tracks sound like each other, and the complexity will have you even catching new things just in the beat, much less the dope lyricism.

also, the homie Mike Shelton is blowing things up with his group TrippleThreat, but thats REAL dirty south, and most of it is evangelical stuff about the street life. i guess i just mention him because he has nice word play, like the Corey Red of the South. ;-) (though not as nice as Corey. Corey is the greatest lyricist on the planet, IMHO)

thats about it man, and those are really the only artists i think are good enough to promote (Lecrae and 116clique, Corey Red n Precise, Anointed Lyrical Wiz, and Mike Shelton)

most of the other "good" stuff from the South is targeted towards the streets and not heavy on lyricism. i'd say Wiz is the deepest one lyrically. even alot of Lecrae's stuff is geared towards the streets. lol, so is almost all of Corey Red n Precise for that matter. :-)

OH! have you heard of Knine? he's gotten some exposure now with his recent national release, "Born Again". he's a DOPE lyricist from the Midwest. on his mixtapes, he samples alot of eastcoast stuff, and even some westcoast sometimes, but i cant think of any South tracks he's rapped over. i dont have his full album yet (just some of his mixtapes), but i've sampled it and it sounds very eastcoast/midwest-ish to me.

you can hear Mike Shelton, Tripple Threat, and Knine on soundclick.com (you probably wont like Mike and Tripple though).

Wiz has only like 30 second samples of his songs, i think on amazon.com, but it doesnt do it any justice. God bless

[daysky03]

thank you, thank you. I'm gonna check them out.

[jesusdisciple]

man...lampmodes where it's at, CMs best album was House Of Reps