Trailer for shai linne's fourth album "The Attributes of God" coming out 11/1/11. Enjoy!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Man Up Album Review
Man Up. A project that was eagerly anticipated by many. Although it was disappointing to many that the final outcome was a 7 track EP, it in no way diminished what the project set out to do. Which was, teach this world what it means to be a man in Biblical terms.
This is the fourth overall album by the 116 Clique, (who get their name from Romans 1:16 which calls us to be unashamed of the Gospel), and the first since Sho Baraka's controversial departure from Reach Records as well as the addition of KB, PRo, and Any Mineo. Coupled with a DVD which contains a movie they made, this album is great for anybody who wishes to know what Biblical manhood is.
The album starts off with the Man Up Anthem which has all seven artists of Reach Records (Lecrae, Tedashii, Trip Lee, Sho Baraka, KB, PRo and Andy Mineo) rapping over a hard hitting flow. They each rap a bit about what the world thinks it means to be a man and what God says it means to be a man.
The next song, Authority, speaks about how you can't lead if you've never followed. It tells men that they must take the authority that God has given them as the heads of households, but at the same time, treat the woman as their equal. It also reminds us to submit to all types of authority as God has put them in place.
Responsibility talks about how we as men should be responsible for our actions. I also enjoyed how Lecrae talked about tithing, an action which is often ignored by people now a days. But as he says, most of the stuff we buy costs more than 10% of what we make.
Envy teaches us that we shouldn't be envious of what God has blessed others with while Courage shows that true courage comes from being in Christ.
Temptation was one of my favorites, mostly due to KB's verse where he talks about how he was saved from an early age, but as he grew older, he wondered if he was missing out on life by not going out clubbing or drinking. It's something that I've also often wondered about. But in the end, my mind always goes back to Christ and to the wonders of what He has done. I also loved Tedashii's voice at the beginning of his verse.
Finally, Repentance shows that no matter what you've done, you can always go back to God and He'll be there for you.
Overall this was a well done project highlighting what it means to be a man in Biblical terms. I recommend it for both men and women and I think everybody will find something in it to take away.
This is the fourth overall album by the 116 Clique, (who get their name from Romans 1:16 which calls us to be unashamed of the Gospel), and the first since Sho Baraka's controversial departure from Reach Records as well as the addition of KB, PRo, and Any Mineo. Coupled with a DVD which contains a movie they made, this album is great for anybody who wishes to know what Biblical manhood is.
The album starts off with the Man Up Anthem which has all seven artists of Reach Records (Lecrae, Tedashii, Trip Lee, Sho Baraka, KB, PRo and Andy Mineo) rapping over a hard hitting flow. They each rap a bit about what the world thinks it means to be a man and what God says it means to be a man.
The next song, Authority, speaks about how you can't lead if you've never followed. It tells men that they must take the authority that God has given them as the heads of households, but at the same time, treat the woman as their equal. It also reminds us to submit to all types of authority as God has put them in place.
Responsibility talks about how we as men should be responsible for our actions. I also enjoyed how Lecrae talked about tithing, an action which is often ignored by people now a days. But as he says, most of the stuff we buy costs more than 10% of what we make.
Envy teaches us that we shouldn't be envious of what God has blessed others with while Courage shows that true courage comes from being in Christ.
Temptation was one of my favorites, mostly due to KB's verse where he talks about how he was saved from an early age, but as he grew older, he wondered if he was missing out on life by not going out clubbing or drinking. It's something that I've also often wondered about. But in the end, my mind always goes back to Christ and to the wonders of what He has done. I also loved Tedashii's voice at the beginning of his verse.
Finally, Repentance shows that no matter what you've done, you can always go back to God and He'll be there for you.
Overall this was a well done project highlighting what it means to be a man in Biblical terms. I recommend it for both men and women and I think everybody will find something in it to take away.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
LaFe
As is obviously evident, the majority of UCSD is compromised of Asians/Asian-Americans. While Hispanic people aren't that rare, they're not everywhere either. So when I heard of LaFe, which stands for Latino Fellowship, as well as meaning The Faith in Spanish, I thought it would be interesting to check out. I went and saw Hispanic people as well as some Asian and White people. Basically the leaders told us what their outline for the year was as well as what they hoped to accomplish. One of the things they talked about was finding your identity both in Christ and in your ethnicity.
This was interesting to me as I have always had a bit of an identity crisis in terms of my ethnicity. Last year, for my creative non-fiction class, I wrote about how I have never really embraced my culture and have at times tried to ignore it. However, God throughout my life has spoken to me about who I am and why I am. One of the songs I love to listen to about this is Flame's "Where God Placed You". In it, Flame talks about how he grew up in the ghetto listening to gunshots at night and living off of welfare. He questions his role in life but then realizes that God puts everybody exactly where they need to be. God made no mistake about where He put you.
Your color, ethnicity, race, background. All of that is part of God's bigger plan. When we become ashamed of who we are culturally, we are telling God that we feel He made a mistake. That He put us in the wrong place. That He should have known better. God put us all somewhere so that we may glorify him in the midst of our situation.
If all Christians were the same, it would be hard for them to relate to people who have not yet come to Christ. However God puts us in different situations so that we may know how the world feels. He made some people Black so that they could go into the Black community and preach the Word. He put some people in the midst of the ghetto so they could spread God's word amongst people who seem to have no way out. He made some Christians scientists and others, artists, so that through those people, all kinds of communities might be reached.
So the next time you start thinking about your role in life, think about it through the eyes of God. Why would God put you in that situation, in that community, with that background, and how can you best glorify His name where you are and with what you have been given.
This was interesting to me as I have always had a bit of an identity crisis in terms of my ethnicity. Last year, for my creative non-fiction class, I wrote about how I have never really embraced my culture and have at times tried to ignore it. However, God throughout my life has spoken to me about who I am and why I am. One of the songs I love to listen to about this is Flame's "Where God Placed You". In it, Flame talks about how he grew up in the ghetto listening to gunshots at night and living off of welfare. He questions his role in life but then realizes that God puts everybody exactly where they need to be. God made no mistake about where He put you.
Your color, ethnicity, race, background. All of that is part of God's bigger plan. When we become ashamed of who we are culturally, we are telling God that we feel He made a mistake. That He put us in the wrong place. That He should have known better. God put us all somewhere so that we may glorify him in the midst of our situation.
If all Christians were the same, it would be hard for them to relate to people who have not yet come to Christ. However God puts us in different situations so that we may know how the world feels. He made some people Black so that they could go into the Black community and preach the Word. He put some people in the midst of the ghetto so they could spread God's word amongst people who seem to have no way out. He made some Christians scientists and others, artists, so that through those people, all kinds of communities might be reached.
So the next time you start thinking about your role in life, think about it through the eyes of God. Why would God put you in that situation, in that community, with that background, and how can you best glorify His name where you are and with what you have been given.
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