Notes & Personnel Info |  | Performers include: Urban Life, Tragedy, Son Of Jesse, Nuwine, Tre-9, Brian wilson, Astrid, Tha Truth, Gary Mayes. | | Personnel: Simon Cullins (drum programming). | | Audio Mixer: Simon Cullins. | | A collection of urban gospel from Soul Muzick Records, an independent gospel label that mixes hip-hop, urban contemporary, and CCM styles in an effort to bring a younger and hipper audience to Christian music, Street Gospel, Vol. 1, succeeds best on the straight rap tracks, which tend not to telegraph every punch. Lil Raskull's "Stick Ya Neck Out," Tragedy's speed-rapping "Diamonds in the Rough," and "Ghetto Streets" by Son of Jesse all draw the ears in long before delivering their messages, and do so, for the most part, without resorting to platitudes. Too many tracks here, like "After You Call His Name" by Brian Wilson (no, not the Brian Wilson of "Good Vibrations"), work the urban contemporary neo-soul side of the street, and end up too bland to support any real spiritual aspirations. Truthfully, old-style Southern gospel sounds much more radical than most of what is included on this disc. ~ Steve Leggett | | A collection of urban gospel from Soul Muzick Records, an independent gospel label that mixes hip- hop, urban contemporary and CCM styles in an effort to bring a younger and hipper audience to Christian music, Street Gospel, Vol. 1 succeeds best on the straight up rap tracks, which tend not to telegraph every punch. Lil Raskull's "Stick Ya Neck Out," Tragedy's speed-rapping "Diamonds in the Rough," and "Ghetto Streets" by Son of Jesse all draw the ears in long before delivering their messages, and do so, for the most part, without resorting to platitudes. ~ Steve Leggett |
Producer: Drathoven; Simon Cullins; Amonedaues; Pastor Luciose Lewis; Gary Mayes; Glenn Piper; Bruce Takara |
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