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i make beats for a long time but got nobody to rap on them. but if someone should rap on them, it should be to praise god.

i make all kinds of trap beats. hmu

Get ready for a special musical treat mis amigos, since ProduKt from Concept7 just released a remastered version of his other former group, Kenosis, "Transidentity," now titled "Theology in Progress 15th Anniversary Edition."

Why does this matter???

• Fresh Take: these tracks have a new sonic brilliance and just feel more in your face.
• Special Features: Includes two exceptional collaborations with Manchild from Mars ILL. One of which wasn't on the original album.
• And the album is streaming so easy access for all - https://open.spotify.com/album/74yGJY6hDfcM8oyWs31wrL?si=ISoNLcypSOCDikdG6Y-qHw)

I'm really digging this release since I've been a fan of Concept7 since their first release and I'm glad to see this music isnt being lost in the ether! What are your thoughts on this new edition?

Cheers.

His lyricism is too good, but I'm convinced not to listen. Most of CHH these days is just JESUS, JESUS, JESUS and there is no depth to the lyrics. Do any Christian rappers have anything close to Kendrick's lyricism? I'm not saying that the JESUS, JESUS, JESUS rap is bad but it lacks depth in the lyrics and quickly get old. Just thought I would ask.

this might be a long post. i guess i’ll start off by jus sayin it. i think chh or underground chh really corny asf 😪 and this coming from an artist who never really been apart of it and never wanted to be(more so an affiliate to peers inside of) and ain’t grow up on it..but i’ve had eyes on the scene for a good min now. in complete transparency the scene doesn’t affect me, and this could seem like an attack. so if i come off as a hater to you, i get it.

the biggest issue in my opinion is the label itself, and all the politics that come with it. and i’m sure i ain’t the only soul who has these issues either. “christian” hiphop is honestly a box, and i dont believe new artists in the niche really get it. the general claim is they desire to “reach the lost” but end up only creating music for eachother in the same box.

the fear of the world, or at least being percieved as “worldly” or “secular” has a lot of creatives stuck, and its super hilarious and pathetically hypocritical. tbh it pisses me off because without Uzi, Travis, Carti and Yeat y’all would have absolutely no trends to suck off or foundation for your sound at all, yet chh swear that they themselves satan incarnate. (when scripture repeatedly commands us to find common ground with folk who share different beliefs.) go listen to Bones, Black Kray, go listen to Biggie and Pac. go listen to bktherula and Kenny Mason. go listen to metal and post hardcore and indie cause i can tell a lot of artists and fans in the scene, do not. go get some musical foundation first instead of demonize! AND Lupe Fiasco muslim, but we don’t see him constructing an entire subgenre on the basis of his muslim faith, yet he’s accepted in the hiphop space? he don’t call himself a muslim rapper? Kanye made “Jesus Walks” and it was a smash, but he NEVER said he was a “christian” rapper? like tbh lets keep it g, CHH doesn’t want change. y’all don’t want to impact the world fr because the SECOND someone does, they get destroyed for attempting to do so. Lecrae to this day still has to defend himself about what he’s about. Aha Gazelle left reach years ago and got crucified for deciding to smoke a lil weed, and be himself. more recently even Montell Fish (i wouldn’t call him chh, follow me) got massacred for choosing to move away from his bedroom gospel stuff and make the music he desires to make. why? just because he doesn’t have a picket sign that says “this is christian music” performative activism,he’s now backslid and damned to hell?? just cause he wanna sing about heartbreak? his youtube is LITTERED with awful comments about his walk with Christ, from the same folk who cheered him on 2 years ago. like wtf this is bullshit honestly. the entitlement, legalism, contradictions and double standards in the space is beyond horrid, and i don’t blame folk at all for wanting nothing to do with the scene. also lets keep it g the “secular” underground will always be ahead and cutting edge because of they production, aesthetic, and courage to innovate.

that’s another thing.. in regards to “darker” or maybe even moody or melancholy aesthetics, CHH has little to no artists who experiement at all. MAYBE i can consider Mogli the Iceberg?? and no NF doesn’t count lmao like almost every artist is just their name, that’s it. no image, and everything about them is too cool. where the artists who inspired by Bones, Spaceghostpurrp, and Suicide Boys? where’s the production like Clams Casino, xxxtentacion? nobody in CHH listens to them, because they scared. where’s the sonic diversity? where’s the lyrical content about struggles with suicide, or ideas about the afterlife? if you pissed off with the government? no pain, no uncertainty? wheres the world building AROUND your music? everybody too damn busy being a celebrity (even tho nobody outside of chh even knows em) or killing demons. like we get it mane, ya bible a blicky. give it a rest?? we get it, ya love Jesus and he saved you. we get it, you think you a “christian city girl” say something else!

i’m just sick of the mediocrity disguised as humility. i don’t care if you say Jesus in your song 10,000 times, your mix is garbage. your song wack asf. stop with the cringggeyyy diet coke “christian” remixes to jersey club songs. they suck. be better, be original because we serve an almighty God. the best phrase i can use to describe 95% of CHH music is “safe” and that’s why in my opinion the scene will never transcend beyond itself, besides the other points i’ve made. if the main concern is appearing “christian” besides making GOOD music, it’s gon always fall flat. i think the scene would serve its purpose best without the “chh” label behind it.

imma keep it g, all of these issues really bleed into a bigger discussion concerning the secular/sacred divide, the CCM space, and the almost irreversable damage western church culture has done to america as a country. but that’s for another day.

btw if ya read this and said “well then YOU go make music since all you wanna do is piss and moan” the link gon be in the comments below. i hope someone feels the same way i do. why can’t we just make music? why do we HAVE to label everything? end of rant.

https://youtu.be/Bn6Mw3AUVlo?si=da5aqjwMphKukJ6y

https://open.spotify.com/album/3azfJV3IRxQh4KXNWCmFnk?si=f-ZsovU2Ro2A6EKYBClZsA

Anyone else at the PA show? This is my first show, super excited.

I've got 17 songs all different vibes, all for God! Here's a link to my most recent development https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/rivilla/divine-intervention

https://youtu.be/4EJUzUqa4J4?feature=shared

Looking for a DJ pool with mainstream CHH music plentifully available? Artists such as Lecrae, KB, Zauntee, Hulvey, etc. Know anything?

Sites such as BPMSupreme, Direct Music Service, and Beatsource, but with CHH.