Lecrae - Gravity
If there is any Christian recording artist at the moment who is in no need of an introduction surely it would be Lecrae… but for those of you who are starting to scratch your heads nervously and shift in your chair, fear not we can fill you in! Lecrae is the co-founder and co-owner of Reach Records… which would be enough to keep most people busy, but he’s also their headline artist. I can remember where I was when I first heard the 116 clique sample CD, I can remember putting it on the sound system at work and thinking “OK, now this is good”. Funnily enough back then the artists that first jumped out to me were Sho Baraka and Trip Lee… but Lecrae is very hard to overlook!
The album Gravity has a special place in my CD collection… not least because I actually own it on CD which is a rarity these days! My brother (and fellow #MusicWeLove reviewer) happened to be out in the States on holiday back in 2013 and asked me if there was anything I wanted him to pick up - Gravity was my request!
Gravity has got real longevity, it’s easy to see why it won a Grammy for Best Gospel Album in 2013. It has real musical breadth and is certainly not just a run-of-the-mill album. The lilting piano on Lucky Ones and the pounding bassline of Lord Have Mercy are just two ways that quickly show there is no simple pigeon hole to place Lecrae in. One of the things I remember noticing when I first listened to Gravity was the number of cool one liners that Lecrae has packed in… in fact you could tweet almost any line from “Free from it all” and people would think you were some kind of leadership guru. In fact “You live for their acceptance, you die from their rejection” @Lecrae is something I regularly spy in my newsfeed!
The whole album is good, but stand out tracks for me would include:
Tell The World
Confessions
Buttons
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So if you’re anything like me if you find an album you like, a good old fashioned remix EP is definitely worth a listen! Rapzilla are giving away a FREE remix EP of Lecrae’s Gravity featuring remixes from the likes of Black Knight, Alex Medina and DJ Official.
Check out these lovely links:
facebook.com/Lecrae
twitter.com/Lecrae
instagram.com/Lecrae
#MusicWeLove by Dave Hellyer
