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Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby Seto_Sora » Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:32 am

Does anyone listen to Christian Rap/Holy Hip Hop? I'm personally a big fan of this genera. What artists/groups do you like?

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Postby TopazRaven » Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:44 am

I'm personally not a huge fan of rap, but that's because of what the songs are usually about. Christian rap may be different for me. I'll have to give it a listen!
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Postby Sapphire225 » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:52 pm

TopazRaven (post: 1472623) wrote:I'm personally not a huge fan of rap, but that's because of what the songs are usually about. Christian rap may be different for me. I'll have to give it a listen!


Likewise. I hate secular rap due to the fact most mainly talk about sex, money, drugs, and how good somebody is. But I like christian rap, although I minly prefer christian rock, techno, and gospel.
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Postby Vega » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:02 pm

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Postby Dr.Faust » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:41 pm

Sapphire225 (post: 1472731) wrote:Likewise. I hate secular rap due to the fact most mainly talk about sex, money, drugs, and how good somebody is. But I like christian rap, although I minly prefer christian rock, techno, and gospel.


you need to hear underground rap its much better. Try bus driver

As far as christian rap i lesten to T-bone
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Postby AtmosBreak » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:34 pm

I'm actually a big fan of christian rap and HHH (holy hip-hop). I love Lecrae, Tedashii, the whole 116 Clique, Flame, Cross Movement, Braille, Frontlynaz, K-Drama, the list goes on and on. I used to be really into T-Bone but I dunno, not that into him that much anymore.
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Postby Xeno » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:43 pm

There have been a few Lecrae and Manafest songs I've liked, for the most part I'm not a big fan of the genre though.
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Postby Sheenar » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:32 pm

Lecrae, Da Truth and John Reuben (John Reuben especially) are ones I like in the genre. KJ-52 is another good one.
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Postby Seto_Sora » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:42 pm

LOL Yeah, it seems few who really dig it. So far I've only two friends who do. Topaz, I think Atmos gave you an almost artist for artist exact same recommendation as I was going to! The 116 Clique and Reach Records are the best. I would strongly recommend Lecrae and Sho Baraka. Lecrae has some very deep songs that really touch on our spiritual walk. For instance Praying For You. And Sho is superb with his amazing wordplay and sense of humor; We can be more. I'm telling you, with his new album "Lions and Liars" (a must rap album), you can listen to a song over and over and over and come out with something new every time. Now those are some of my favorites in regards to depth and lyrical quality. But there are way too many just too cool songs like Jesus Muzik. And a few more I'd recommend would be Shai Linne for heavier theology and KJ-52 for more fun (but he can be very relevant to the modern youth). Dwayne Tryumf is yet another I like. But there are so many. These guys should really help in getting started with some good, rock solid rappers who aren't about the paper or the fame, just proclaiming the Name of Jesus Christ.

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Postby AtmosBreak » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:23 pm

Dwayne Tryumf, yes I like him too. If you're into british rappers i'd also recommend Jahaziel and Serene. KJ-52 was actually one of the first people I've heard when I first stwrted getting into music as a kid so I really liked him then but not such a big fan anymore.

A couple other guys i forgot to mention were Grits and also Japhia Life. Grits is one of my all time favourites but I do much prefer their older stuff as to their newer songs
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Postby That Dude » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:18 pm

Some of the ones I enjoy are...

Shai Linne - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hLbQKek3Z0

JSon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEfIBrzRZeM

Alert - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMcRDzs1Ax4 Free download http://humblebeast.com/alert-red-opus-45-ep/

4th Avenue Jones - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpqqf_nilYk

Shad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-mAMH5S6VA

I have a lot more, but those are some good ones that I like. I might post some more later.
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:54 am

Oh, I love Christian rap! I really like the way rap sounds, but yeah, too much secular rap is just filled with trash. I really like the way Eminem's voice sounds, for example, and he's great at rhyming, but...yeah, some of those songs are really icky.

I started off with KJ-52, but I don't like him that much anymore. I still like "Guilty," though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKCQ4pRJvo

But after I found Lecrae, KJ-52 just seems really silly and shallow most of the time. I love Lecrae (and the various people he features), because not only does he sound really cool, he has such depth to his lyrics too! My favorite is "Desperate": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnUL7EEzAKQ ("Praying for You" is also awesome.)

A friend of mine who's white, very conservative, and the last person you'd expect to know about rap introduced me to Shai Linne. I'm not terribly fond of the way he sounds (mainly because I'm spoiled with Lecrae), but he does have awesome lyrics. One that really makes me grin is "Spurgeon." Unfortunately, nobody on YouTube seems to agree :(

And one thing I just love about this whole thing is that they can make music videos that look just like those secular ones, only they're...Christian! For example, Trip Lee's "Invasion": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruDmidiLxQM&feature=fvwrel
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Postby Ninety7keys » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:45 pm

I like listening to DJ Erik, Van Ness Wu, K-praize. You guys should check out this user on YouTube: DJTriune. That user got a lot of good song. Christian, of course. :)
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Postby That Dude » Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:32 pm

the_wolfs_howl (post: 1474057) wrote:A friend of mine who's white, very conservative, and the last person you'd expect to know about rap introduced me to Shai Linne. I'm not terribly fond of the way he sounds (mainly because I'm spoiled with Lecrae), but he does have awesome lyrics. One that really makes me grin is "Spurgeon." Unfortunately, nobody on YouTube seems to agree :(


I just can't get into Lecrea, but I do like Shai Linne a lot, and I also really enjoy "Spurgeon."
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Postby Okami » Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:52 pm

KJ-52, while silly most of the time, has hit me with some of his songs, such as #1 Fan, Fanmail, and End of my Rope. I like a few of Lecrae's song, as well as Grits and Manafest. It's not my top listened-to genre by any means, though. But it is nice on occasion. :)
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Postby MrKrillz0r » Thu May 05, 2011 2:16 pm

Vega I thought I was alone about liking those rappers! High five!
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Postby Seto_Sora » Thu May 05, 2011 2:28 pm

Christian Rap Fans FTW!!! I think its so awesome we have some rap fans here! Really, I thought I was the only one but I kept thinking someone had to be keeping the rappers in business! XD LOL Guys! So nice to meet fellow rap fans!

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Postby Tommy » Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:45 pm

Apologies for the slight gravedig, but this topic caught my eye.
I'm a big fan of Listener and Deepspace Five to name a couple.

I feel like the Christian hip hop scene is viewed as a huge joke because of the highlight artists such as tobyMac or KJ-52.

However, the underground Christian Hip Hop scene has some excellent artists that contribute as well as excellent producers. Deepspace Five is probably my best example.

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Postby AnimeGirl » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:02 am

I used to thought I hated rap and hip-hop. Then I realized it was only the secular stuff I didn't like. When I discovered the Christian groups, I was amazed at myself "Oh my, I actually like a Rap/Hip-Hop song?!"

Some of meh faves...

Flame
LeCrae
Group 1 Crew
KJ-52
John Reuben

...just to name a few. The others slip my mind for some reason XD!!
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Postby Tommy » Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:57 pm

You should check out Deespace Five.

And take back what you said about secular rap.
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Postby AdriTan » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:18 pm

I like Cristian Rap. I can't remember all the peeps names but here are a few I know of. Toby-Mack, KJ-52 (checkout his song Cartoon Network :P) and from there my mond goes blank..... wait one is coming to mind.... um... shoot.. sheesh my brain ill check later i have a cd.
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Postby rocklobster » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:43 pm

I like all 3 members of DC Talk, both in the stuff they did together, and their solo stuff.
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Re: Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby Tigerchu » Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:36 am

Tobymac's ok. I'm not too into him, but he's usually the Christian rapper I listen to. I prefer my rappers to spit more.
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Re: Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby Tommy » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:38 am

i prefer my rappers to spit more

What does that even mean?
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Postby MrKrillz0r » Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:13 am

Tommy wrote:You should check out Deespace Five.

And take back what you said about secular rap.
The new Drake album rules.


Deepspace Five is sick! Though there is A LOT more to discover as far as (Christian/Positive) underground rap goes. If you are into Deepspace 5 you should definitely check out the youtube channel "sphereofhiphop". They have loads of extremely skilled rappers featuared there
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Re: Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby Vega » Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:34 pm

I listen to mostly secular rap but I think lecrae is pretty good
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Re: Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:28 am

I think Christian rap is pretty kitschy. There isn't much I listen to but I really like Lupe Fiasco and Immortal Technique. And of course Tupac is a prophet and a poet.
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Re: Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby Never thirsty! » Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:07 pm

Heath Mcnease, Lacrae, tadashi as in the artist of the song "Dumb" those are my faves
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Re: Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby FreddyCast » Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:03 pm

Tommy wrote:
i prefer my rappers to spit more

What does that even mean?

He means he's more into the lyricism. The lyrical rhyming and flow. The substance of the music more than the beats.
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Also, I'd recommend you watch my Eminem vs. Lecrae Series. You'll see the difference between Secular Rap and Christian Rap.
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Re: Christian Rap Anyone?

Postby LastLfan » Sat May 11, 2013 4:37 am

I saw toby mac, KJ-52 and a more local rapper humble tip at a concert back in december
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