<![CDATA[    (editor’s note: this post was originally written about a year ago, and I”m just now getting around to posting it.) Artist: Ashmont Hill Album: Ashmont Hill Song: “Blessed Be Your Name” Despite being a worship leader (and thus, professional Christian) whose job includes assessing and incorporating popular praise-and-worship choruses into our weekly church music…

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<![CDATA[ Artist: DJ Maj Album: Speckled Goats II Track: So Free DJ Maj, one of my favorite producers and personalities in music today, penned a great song in 2007 about relaxing, enjoying the ride and being free. And it’s still one of my favorites. It’s great during the summer, of course, but also helpful in…

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<![CDATA[ Put away your money, I’ll buy you a slice / you ain’t gotta worry how high is the price / don’t dine with this world, you’ll die on their diet / they’re like, “sit down, eat your slice of pizza, and be quiet” Put away your money, I’ll buy you a slice / Who…

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<![CDATA[Artist: Chaka KhanAlbum: I Feel For YouSong: I Feel For You This song make me giddy. Yes, absolutely giddy. I love everything about “I Feel For You.” I love the staccato sample intro of Grandmaster Melle Mel’s voice saying, “Cha-Cha-Ch-Ch-Chaka Khan.” As an 8-year-old budding rapper, I probably repeated this phrase incessantly. (Perhaps my sister…

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<![CDATA[So I decided my site needs a regular feature besides the longer-form stuff that I do either for UrbanFaith or for sermon adaptations. Once upon a time, I fancied myself a blogger extraordinaire when I started my last blog, Mixing It Up. But I never quite figured out how to do shorter posts. Even when…

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