By Jason Dennis,
Christian rap is a musical genre that is being severely over looked.
Maybe it’s because people are scared to get Jesus and “religion” shoved down their throats, but Christian rap topics are very diverse and do not necessarily involve biblical references.
The music is phenomenal. From the two time grammy award winning artist Lecrae, Alex Faith, Social Club, and Andy Mineo, they all have a good sound and their craft is great.
The songs have catchy beats and clever hooks. The live shows are crazy. And the best part is it is all good clean music.
Even though the lyrics are clean, they can be as interesting and provoking as any talented rapper.
There is music for every situation in life. If a loved one passed away, Tedashii’s “Darker Days” is a comforting, yet aggressively positive song with a gripping and powerful hook that delivers the main message of the song.
If it is a friday night and you have that feeling of just wanting to do something different, Lecrae’s “Say I Won’t” is a fun and creative song that will motivate you.
The punchlines of Christian rap can be as taunting as battle-rap,but challenges listeners to be better than the person that existed yesterday.
The message behind the music is really uplifting and isn’t glorifying violence, sex, or drugs. This music culture does not use women as objects or accessories like the mainstream secular rap music does.
TakeDaftPunk’s“GetLucky,” a song about getting lucky and idolizing trying to have sex.“TalkingBody” by ToveLo makes sex out to be the only pleasure people should chase.
There are root sat SFCC for the Christian music scene.
DestinyWallace,an SFCC student and Christian emcee, said the music changed her life.
“It went from booty shaking to bible believing,”Wallace said. According to Wallace, she has had her fair share of secular music rapping about marijuana, booty shaking, and glorying the party life.
The christian hip hop culture is bold and different. It can help with tough times, changing lifestyles and finding motivation to wanna be different and make better life choices.
Zawatti Clark a student here at SFCC said the music on the radio is the best garbage he’s ever heard.
According When listening to three Christian rap songs Clark didn’t get the feeling of religion being shoved down his throat. Being exposed to gospel music growing up he could relate to the music and bob his head.
“The music had soul and I enjoyed it” Clark said.
The three songs Clark was shown were three different hip hop styles, much like the ones that are played on the radio, but different as far as content and lyrics.
Now a days the radio plays everything that has to do with sex, drugs, and money. Quite frankly it’s not something that brings any value to today’s generation.