February 2012
13 posts
Looking For a Wife? (Manhood)-by Paul Washer
Manhood.
by Paul Washer
First of all, a young woman may pursue a relationship with the opposite sex only after she has embraced adulthood and it’s responsibilities. You’re going to be looking for a woman that’s not just beautiful, because she might just have no character whatsoever, but someone who has embraced adulthood. Biblical adulthood, she doesn’t want to be a child. She doesn’t...
Suffering Servant Part II (NT)- Listener's Guide
Suffering Servant Part II (NT)
Background
Originally I had intended to just make one title track called The Suffering Servant. After I wrote the long verse based off of Isaiah 53 I start coming up with more lines about the suffering Christ went through. I noticed that most of these lines were based off of New Testament passages. I considered making one super long song with the Isaiah 53 references...
Lin- Perseverance →
Great story of perseverance and waiting to finally get a chance.
Suffering Interlude featuring C.J. Mahaney-...
Suffering Interlude featuring C.J. Mahaney
I bought this beat off K-Drama in late 2009 and was hoping to actually write the “Grief Observed” song to this beat. However, after listening to it over and over again I felt it would fit better as an interlude track and would go well with a sermon clip. Over the past three to four years I listened to numerous sermons on the topic of suffering. Many...
"Grief Observed" - Listener's Guide Entry
Grief Observed featuring Deadmanwalking, B-Doe, and Average Joe
Background
I came up with the concept for this song after I moved back to Pittsburgh in late 2009. I wanted to study as much material as possible on the topic of suffering before I wrote most of the songs for the album. The book “A Grief Observed” by C.S. Lewis was a book I knew I had to read to help me understand the topic of pain...
The Suffering Servant- Nomination- Most Underrated →
The Suffering Servant has been nominated for most underrated album of the year in 2011 by Holy Culture. Please help me out by voting. Gametime!
Nominated for Most Underrated Artist on HCR →
I’ve been nominated as a finalist for HCR’s Most Underrated Christian Hip-Hop artist of 2011. Please help me out by voting! Thanks
'Joseph's Story' Listener's Guide
Joseph’s Story
Background
I strategically placed this song after “Walk With A Limp”. The third verse of “Walk With a Limp” is about how Jacob wrestled with God and walked with a limp following his encounter with God. Since Jacob was the father of Joseph I saw it fitting to place the song “Joseph’s Story” after Walk With a Limp. Joseph’s story inspires me so much and he is a great example of...
Walk With a Limp- Listener's Guide Entry
Walk With a Limp
Background
After telling people to take the mask off on track 10 I figured this song would fit well as the following song on the album. On this song I talk about my struggles as a believer and take my own mask off. I wrote this song shortly after I moved to Pittsburgh in the fall of 2009. It was tough for me to move from Philly that summer and go back to my hometown. One of the...
January 2012
33 posts
Take the Mask Off Listener's Guide Entry
Take the Mask Off featuring Average Joe
Background
This is one of my favorite beats on the whole album. My sister in-law has two brothers who make beats. They had one particular beat on their music page that I liked a whole lot but for whatever reason they weren’t able to send me the beat. I played the beat for Average Joe and he said he thought he could make something that sounded similar so...
Teddy's Story featuring Calm One- Listener's Guide
Teddy’s Story featuring Calm One
Background
This song is one part of a trilogy series I wrote. The other two related story songs are “Jenny’s Story” and “Lenny’s Story”. The Suffering Servant is my first full length album but it is my third overall project. On the What I Believe EP there is a song called “Jenny’s Story”. The song is about a girl named Jenny who is the prototypical teenager. She...
"Teddy's Story" feat. Calm One Listener's Guide...
Christ Can Relate- Listener's Guide Entry
Christ Can Relate
Background
All the stories on this song are true stories. I changed some of the names to protect the identies’ of a few of the people. I wanted to include stories of people whose stories often get overlooked. I strategically placed this song after Suffering Servant Part I so that Christ’s suffering and anguish would be fresh in the listeners’ minds. Often times we get so...
Unbreakable featuring Josue →
Check out this jam off Josue’s Zealous Mixtape called Unbreakable- based off Romans 8:31-39
Josue's Zealous Mixtape is Now Out!! →
Suffering Servant Part 1 (Isaiah 53) Listener's...
Suffering Servant Part I (Isaiah 53)
Background
This is the title track of the album. Having the album with a title of The Suffering Servant I felt it was vital to bring the listener to focus on THE SUFFERING SERVANT- who is Christ. The song is like 40 bars straight and then the 8 bar hook. On this song I basically let the Word speak for itself and broke down Isaiah 53 in a didactic manner, line...
"Suffering and God's Sovereignty" Listener's Guide
Suffering and God’s Sovereignty featuring Angela Board
I start off the song talking about God’s sovereignty from the gate. Many people like the line, “Where was God on 9/11? / The same place he was on 9/10” I have to admit I got that line from a sermon by my man R.C Sproul. R.C got it straight from Scripture. The following texts should be pondered on when considering God’s...
Is Religion Bad? Does Christ hate religion?
In light of a recent YouTube video that has gone viral by a brother named Jeff from Washington I wanted to share my thoughts on religion. More importantly I wanted to share what Scripture says about religion.
1 Timothy 5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their RELIGION (caps for emphasis) into practice by caring for their own family and so...
His Purpose is Gracious feat. Timothy Brindle -...
His Purpose is Gracious featuring Timothy Brindle
Background
My brother was at a season in his walk where things were going well for him and he decided he told me he would like to be a part of The Suffering Servant album. Prior to this the only song in the past three years he had been on was “Blood Brothers” off the What I Believe EP. Needless to say I was excited about doing another song with...
My Life Story- Listener's Guide Entry
My Life Story featuring Average Joe
Background
I lived at the Lamp Lounge from early 2008 to the late summer of 2009. While living there I would often go into the basement and hear Average Joe making different beats or playing different ones he had just made. As soon as I heard this one on a certain night I knew that I wanted it. I’m a big fan of beats that hit me emotionally right off the bat,...
Suicide feat. Japhia Life and Leah Smith-...
Suicide featuring Japhia Life and Leah Smith
Background
I got this beat from my man Mike Beats about three years ago. The day I heard it I knew I was going to do a song about suicide over it. The beat had that emotional vibe and the topic of suicide was heavy on my heart. One of the rappers that I enjoy listening to the most is Japhia Life. He’s a talented artist who paints vivid pictures with his...
Surprised by Suffering- Listener's Guide Entry
Surprised by Suffering?
Background
Big Juice from Cleveland produced this anthem like beat and I chose for it to be the first actual song on the album due to its energy and adventurous feel. I felt this song was fitting for starting the journey of talking about suffering. Some people questioned if I abandoned by underground boom bap roots on this song and I don’t feel I did. I think it is good...
Problem of Pain- Listener's Guide Entry
Problem of Pain
Background
In August of 2006 Stephen the Levite dropped the “To Die is Gain” album. Some brothers who were living in Virginia at the time came up to stay in Philly for that whole weekend. One of those dudes is named Pete Coley and he let me hear some of the beats he had made. He gave me a CD with about 8 beats on it and the first track stood out to me! The piano loop was very...
The Suffering Servant Listener's Guide
Within the next week 3 weeks I will be posting excerpts from The Suffering Servant Listener’s Guide for each song on the album. I will also post the video links for you to listen along to the song as your read.
December 2011
10 posts
The Suffering Servant Album
Dropped one year ago today. Thanks to everyone who supported this project!! You can check it out on iTunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-suffering-servant/id403916781