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Everyday Process: The Process of Illumination & Elimination
2007-07-23 09:35:00
Out of Chester, Pennsylvania, (just south of Philadelphia) come some young guys bringing hip-hop with a difference, turning it on its head in order to reach the people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.The Process (a.k.a. Mac the doulos and C-anos) is on a mission. That mission is to use hip-hop as a means to an end, and that end being impacting people with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Especially those that normally wouldn't set foot in a "spiritual" setting like church. "Music is just a vehicle for us. It's simple; hip hop is a genre of music with mass appeal. It's just another way to move a vital message to the masses. We see it as an extremely effective method. This music draws so much attention and reaches so many ears; agendas can be pushed through it. So we use it as a platform to say what we need to say because it's definitely what people need to hear. This is bigger than music. We want to put people on to the truth. And not just general truth, but rather the gospel of Jesus...
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Fuzzy Taylor: Glad to be
2007-07-19 10:07:00
I wanted to mix things up a bit so I though who better to mix things up than Fuzzy Taylor . Fuzzy's music is mixture of R&B soul and traditional gospel. Following in the footsteps of his father's quartet members like Gospel/R&B legends Sam Cooke and Lou Rawls there's no better word to describe Fuzzy's success as an artist - than destiny! Fuzzy's smooth soulful, vocals wrap effortlessly around contemporary rhythms for a signature sound that is sure to ignite broad appeal among both new and die-hard gospel buyers when his MCG RECORDS titled GLAD TO BE is introduced on January 16, 2007. The road to gospel greatness began in Washington D.C., for young Lynn "Fuzzy" Taylor as he first listened to and then traveled and sang with his father, Spencer Taylor's nationally renowned gospel quartet, the Highway QC's, which included his late uncle R&B superstar, Johnny Taylor. After becoming sidetracked for a while by R&B music during his Howard University days, "Fuzzy" turned an impromptu...
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Song Of the week: Good Man by Kevin Gray
2007-07-18 08:45:00
This songs says that there still some good men out there. Men who love the Lord, and their Family's. I believe this is true, but what do you think?Discuss at ForumGood Man by Kevin Gray Kevin Gray MySpace
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Video Pop off: Jamie Jones 'Rise'
2007-07-17 09:00:00
Here is a touching and inspirational song and video, from Jamie Jones (best known from the quartet All-4-One) self titled solo release, JAMIE JONES.Rise by Jamie JonesJamie Jones MySpace
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Jacob Izrael: Even Louder
2007-07-16 08:01:00
Jacob Izrael is a God fearing gentleman who truly believes in the word of God. Jacob Izrael inherited such a name from the Holy Bible. Genesis 32:28 states, " Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and men and have overcome. "Iz" represents the prefix of the word Israel. According to Hebrew language the word Israel means to Struggle with God. The young inspiring/trend-setting Hip-hop artist, is back in action with his new full length disc "Even Louder". "Even Louder" is the follow up disc from Jacob Izrael's earlier Ep "Louder"(dropped 1st quarter of 2006). After creating such a buzz on the Internet and in the streets, J.I. decided to add more hits to this street classic "Louder". "I figured it was too early to give the public another Lp, so I came up with the concept of getting "Even Louder", Jacob Izrael. The earlier released featured artist such as: Playdough of DeepSpace 5, Knine, Sharlok Poems of L.A. Symphony. Adding more songs to this ...
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Niyoki: My Everything
2007-07-13 10:50:00
NIYOKI (pronounced Nie-oh-kee): Her powerful name foretold her purpose in life. Her mother, who teaches high school students French and Spanish, gave each of her children meaningful names and this daughter was set on a path of purpose. NIYOKI means ?serious minded and responsible? and this anointed songstress is serious about her commitment to spreading the gospel through song. With ?MY EVERYTHING,? her solo debut as a gospel artist, NIYOKI is clear that she has been preparing for this project her entire life. This PK (Preacher?s Kid) who was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, began singing at the tender age of six years old. She comes from gospel?s The White Family, who not only sang for years all around the country, but also recorded five albums. Over time, Niyoki gleaned important vocal and performance skills, and has put this excellent training to good use. After years with the family?s gospel group, Niyoki and her sisters decided to venture out on their own, even changing m...
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Song Of the week: 2 Hard by Mr. Del
2007-07-11 12:20:00
I have decided to start trying to put up a song of the week.I find so many new, unsigned, and/or independent artists out there that are very talented. Sometimes they don't have much info on them, they just have their song. And some times I have purchased an album that I think is so underrated and unappreciated. Or I feel that this artist is so talented, that they need to be showcased, or just have a wider audience. And Sometimes, I may just love that particular song. So with out Further Ado. Here is my first song of the week. Its off the newly released Album 'Hope Dealer' by Mr. Del which I personally think is a awesome album.Enjoy!Mr. Del MySpace
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New Advertising Section And Top Site For Urban Christian Artists
2007-07-11 12:15:00
Photosource:Mari-GotoI've added a new advertising section on the Forum. I really want to help Urban Christian Artists get the word out about their music. But, I am not doing this for the Artist themselves. Even though I love this music, and support it, and feel that there are many talented, and anointed Artists. I am doing this for the youth, for God's young people. I want young people to know that there is all types of good, clean, and Inspirational music out there for them. And in my HONEST opinion, most of the urban Christian music is a lot more banging and soulful then the non-Christian. It just needs to be put out there more, it needs more avenues to showcase real "God Given" talent.Growing up I was really blessed to have a mother, who supported my music choices, she felt that as long as it was Inspirational, and positive, and (because there wasn't gonna be no cursing up in her house), then who cares if it was rap, or soul, or whatever else. And that in turn made me more ope...
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Madea Goes to Jail!!
2007-07-10 12:35:00
Well it seems Mr. Tyler Perry Is having a very very busy year. Which is very very good for fans of his plays (including myself *smiles*).According to the Tyler Perry Website, "Madea Goes to Jail " will be the next play to be made into a motion picture after "Why Did I Get Married?" and "Meet The Browns". It's set to be released in 2008.The story is about an African-American grandmother named Mabel Simmons (Madea) who must deal with a succession of trying events after she ends up in jail for the night.I am so excited about all of the movies that he is doing that I decided to add a little Tyler Perry Trivia.ENJOY!Tyler Perry Has been writing plays since he was 18. As of March 2005, his eight plays have grossed over US$75 million in tickets and DVD sales.His first movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, produced on a budget of $5.5 million, became an unexpected hit, prompting widespread discussion among industry watchers about whether middle-class African Americans were simply not being add...

Video Pop Off: Soul P
2007-07-09 10:35:00
Whoa! Whoa! By Soul PI'm the Street by Soul PSoul P Myspace
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Video Pop Off: Lecrae - Prayin For You
2007-07-06 09:01:00
Have you ever felt Like you wanna give up.Throw in the towel.Well Remember Somebody's Out there praying for you.Have a great Weekend!Pray in for You by Lecrae
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For our Soldiers: Happy 4th of July
2007-07-04 10:45:00
Lest We ForgetThese men and womenSold iers all;They served us proudTheir duty call.They gave their livesFor us to beSafe from harmAnd living free.-Anonymous I Pray by R-Swift
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More "Not Easily Broken" Cast News
2007-07-03 09:28:00
According to Variety, Taraji Henson will be joining the cast of the drama Not Easily Broken .Henson will be acting opposite Morris Chestnut in adaptation of the religious novel by Bishop T.D. Jakes. It is the powerful tale of a couple's attempt to survive a car accident, a fractured marriage, and temptation. Bill Dukes is directing a screenplay written by The Last Sin Eater's Brian Bird. Dukes has already begun shooting the film in Los Angeles.
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Khul Rhema: What the World Needs Now
2007-07-02 09:13:00
Tico Hudson, aka Khul Rhema of the Grammy-nominated ?Dem ZiklagBoyz? will release his debut solo album "What The World Needs Now' on July 3, 2007 through Provident-Integrity/SONY BMG. Gozpul Music, LLC (President ?Big Earl? Franklin and VP Terry ?Did?um? Bolen) signed Khul Rhema in the winter of 2006 for the release of the album, which was produced by Khul Rhema?s Powwerhouse Productions.Khul Rhema (pronounced 'kool ray-mah') the founding member of the group Ziklag Boyz has added maturity to his characteristic energetic crunk sound on this new album. Rhema which literally means ?keeper of the word? in ancient Aramaic, is his goal and also to maintain thesame party feel he?s known for while including God?s greatest commandment?to love Him with all our heart, mind, and soul, and to love our neighbors as ourselves?throughout the entire project.The group ?Ziklag Boyz? (one of the originators of infusing the crunk sound into Holy Hip Hop)was also nominated for a Stellar Award in 2005 ...
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Tyler Perry having a allstar cast?
2007-06-29 13:38:00
Former NBA player Rick Fox and Jenifer Lewis will be joing Angela Bassett and Tyler Perry in Perry's film adaptation of his stage plage, "Meet The Browns".A single mother (Bassett) living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time -- until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed ... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.Lewis will reprise her role that she played in "Madea's Family Reunion" as Milay Jenay Lori. Meet the Browns is scheduled for an early 2008 releaseS...
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Angelo Mario Ray, Jr
2007-06-27 12:25:00
Hailing from Atlanta GA, Angelo Mari o Ray, Jr. is hot and currently unsigned Urban Gospel artist. Not only can he sing but he can rap as well.At the age of six, Angelo demonstrated that he had enormous musical talent. He would perform in his home for friends and family, vividly mimicking Michael Jackson?s vocals and movements. Angelo?s parents recognized early that their son had an amazing gift in singing and performing and encouraged him to continue to improve his singing as a result of the continued encouragement and discipline from both parents, Angelo evolved into a very experienced vocalist and songwriter by the age of 16.As Angelo continued to develop his singing, songwriting and dancing skills, he realized Gospel was the type of music he wanted to do. He knew that if he became a R&B or Hip-Hop artist that he might gain a lot more exposure, however, he felt that was not his calling. He and those who supported him knew that he had the ability to have a more positive impact just...
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So far
2007-06-26 11:32:00
flickr.comI have found some great new Independent and Unsigned Artists. These people are barely known in mainstream Urban Gospel. I am just, as of now, waiting for them to send me their press kit or at least some type of response. Yet, it is hard doing this sometimes, you want to help people and spotlight them but no one wants to take you seriously. *sighs* It's so funny because the artists who are more known are much more friendly then the lesser or barely known. And they are more willing and much more quicker to respond back. I didn't think it would be that way, I expected the more known to be busy and not really pay me much attention, but I got quick responses, and lots of thank yous for spotlighting them. Maybe that is why God blessed them in the first place. They didn't let their ego and their fame get the better of them. They are continuously humble, and give God the glory for their sucess. (Mike Shelton is definitely one of my positive experiences with humble artists). So...

Angela Bassett to Meet the Browns
2007-06-25 12:53:00
Angela Bassett will co-star with Tyler Perry in Lionsgate's Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, says The Hollywood Reporter.This is Perry's fifth film for the studio and his fourth as director. Production begins this summer at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. "Browns" is slated for release early next year.In this story about love and family, Bassett will play Brenda, a single mother living in inner-city Chicago who takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father, whom she never met. There, she is introduced to the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. Brenda also finds romance along the way.The story is adapted by Perry from his stage play "Meet the Browns." Perry will portray Madea and Uncle Joe in the film.Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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The Forum
2007-06-22 14:15:00
Hello all,I am just bringing up the some Forum News.I tweaked it a little, added a few new things. I also added a music player that launches in another window. I have about 15 songs, but the problem now is that it only plays one song on Loop. I will have to find a better code for that. Sorry folks.I really hope to start seeing people over there soon. And I almost forgot, I also added a new chat room. So you can come over and chat whenever you want, but of course you have to be a member.I will be bringing the forum up from time to time, so that people who don't know about it can. So to all my faithful readers please don't get mad at me for any repetitiveness. And I hope to also see YOU there.Thanks and God Bless!

Video Pop Off: Out Of eden
2007-06-22 11:24:00
Out Of Eden by Love Peace and HappinessFrom the Album of the same name.
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Video Pop Off: Vickie Winans
2007-06-22 11:22:00
Madly In Love by Vick ie WinansFrom the Album 'Woman To Woman: Songs Of Life'.
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V3
2007-06-21 10:07:00
V3 are three young women (sisters LaToya, Sacha and Shelley Vinson) who deliver smooth R&B grooves, to slammin hip-hop and gorgeous ballads. With an ear to the street, and eyes always focused on their higher calling, V3 delivers a message of relevance and urgency. Raised in Atlanta, the children of a pastor/father, and a mother who was a professional singer, songwriter and recording artist, the sisters grew up singing under their mothers careful tutelage, and guided by the spiritual teachings and example set for them by their dad. V3s musical influences lean heavily toward the progressive Gospel acts of their youthCommissioned, the Clark Sisters, BeBe & CeCe Winans, and Andrae Crouch, among othersas they fuse the inspirations of their mentors with cutting-edge, 21st-century sensibilities to create a sound both exciting and entirely their own. V3 the album (released in Aug 2006) is a profound journey into that rare, anointed place where entertainment, inspiration and worship ...

Flame new Video, from new album, 'Our Fallen World'
2007-06-20 08:48:00
"Goodness to Repentance" by Flame
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Welcome to A New Forum and Store!
2007-06-19 09:51:00
Photo From Flickr.comI have two new aspects to my 'Hipe Hope Urban Blog'. If you look in the Navigation section you will see that there is a New Forum and Store .The forum is so that all who come here and read can get acquainted with each other, as well as with of course, myself. I felt that it would also be great, for people who have like tastes in gospel music to come and talk and fellowship.I know that in some places Christian Hip hop, and sometimes even Urban Gospel, are still not accepted in the church, which is sad because all forms of black gospel, even some of the original, has touched on and represented that generation of people and their music tastes. *sighs* It seems that generation through generation of Christian musical artists and their listeners have been subjected to persecution and struggling to find acceptance in the church. And that is why the older generation of Christian musical artists are much much more acceptable of their younger counterparts then the peopl...
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A 'GOOD MAN'
2007-06-18 13:19:00
The Rev. David Payton stage play "A Good Man is Hard to Find," will be adapted into a feature film by Codeblack Entertainment under its deal with 20th Century Fox's new faith-based label, FoxFaith. The film, already in production in Baton Rouge, La, follows three women who each deal with spiritual challenges and drama in their love lives. Golden Brooks ("Girlfriends"), R&B singer Deborah Cox and Melissa De Sousa ("One on One") will star in the movie opposite Darrin Dewitt Henson ("Stomp the Yard") and Hill Harper ("CSI: NY"). Source: Blackflix.com

Mr. Del New Album 'Hope Dealer'
2007-06-15 11:07:00
Rapper/song-writer/producer Mr. Del is on a mission to change the face of Hip Hop, Gospel music, and he is doing it with his untraditional approach to Gospel. He meets society's need for a REAL Hip Hop artist BOLD enough to proclaim the pure, uncut, unadulterated word of God in his music. With the purpose of taking his message "to the streets," God's anointed Hip Hop Apostle, Mr. Del, is committed to sharing the Gospel in a way unknown to most secular and non-secular audiences. Formerly a member of the Oscar winning, platinum selling secular rap group Three-Six-Mafia, Mr. Del has rededicated his life to Christ and changed his message to one that promotes righteousness rather than sin. Mr. Del's music, most widely recognized as Holy Hip Hop, is laced with beats that range from southern street to east coast bounce. He has released three albums on his independent label, Holy South (of which he is President and CEO). In 2005, Mr. Del fulfilled his dream of being on a major label and ...
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TYLER PERRY TO FILM 'MEET THE BROWNS'
2007-06-14 10:04:00
Lionsgate has announced that Tyler Perry will return to the big screen, portraying Madea and Uncle Joe in ?Tyler Perry 's Meet The Browns,? Perry's fifth film for the studio and his fourth as director. Adapted by Perry from his stage play "Meet the Browns," ?Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns? will begin production this summer at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta. Due in early 2008 for Lionsgate. The story follows a single mother in Chicago who takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father, whom she never met. There, she is introduced to her father's crude-yet-fun-loving Brown family.
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Surel - For My Good
2007-06-13 09:22:00
Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Sure l is the youngest daughter in a Christian family that instilled in her, from an early age, the importance of a life centered on Christ. She considers herself a true southern woman, boldly independent and committed, first and foremost, to God and family.Even as a child, Surel followed her own path, unwilling to chase the hollow promise of popular trends. She joined the church choir at 5 and has sung lead in the church band for most of her life. Always drawn to writing poetry, she began penning her own songs during her years at Desoto High School, where she advanced with honors as a top Southwest scholar.After graduation, she continued her education at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she earned her B.A. in speech communication and psychology. This course of study offered her new insights into human thought and behavior, and how to connect with the heart.Surel writes about everyday experiencesreal life drama and romantic relationshipsbu...
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Why Did I get married
2007-06-12 09:25:00
Tyler Perry's stage play "Why did I get married", a motion picture by Lions Gate Entertainment, Will open in theaters in November 16, 2007. The feature film version stars Jill Scott, Janet Jackson and Sharon Leal. Malik Yoba, Michael Jai White and Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith, Denise Boutte and Keesha Sharp are also playing roles in the film.The movie revolves around a couple who go away with friends every winter to examine their marriages in a group setting. One of the wives brings along a sexy young temptress who causes plenty of trouble for the couples.
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Morris Chestnut to star in "Not Easily Broken"
2007-06-11 09:10:00
© 2007 Wire Image Morris Chestnut has signed on to star in Screen Gems' faith-themed drama "Not Easily Broken ."Bill Duke will helm the film, which is based on a book by T.D. Jakes ("Woman Thou Art Loosed").Brian Bird penned the adaptation, which revolves around a couple whose strength and faith are tested after the wife is injured in a car crash and the husband becomes attracted to another woman. Jakes and Curtis Wallace are producing. Chestnut is executive producing. Shooting is scheduled to begin June 11 in Los Angeles.Read the First Chapter of the Book
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