MVM Special Edition: #PlatVnyl7 Rap Video of The Year Nominees

We continue with our announcement of the #PlatVnyl7 genre based Video of The Year Nominees. We are progressing slower than I would like, but we are progressing nonetheless. The nominees are: Everyone Eats by Alert312; Go To Work by Benjah; Hey Girl by Nicole C. Mullen; I Just Wanna Know by NF; and Nothing But the Blood ft Deitrick Haddon by GuvnaB. One note. Sometimes you can get your way to the top by being somewhat disturbing. So a warning is in order for NF. It is not a happy video. The Playlist of the nominees.

Next up is metal. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Mistletunes: The 2016 1st Quarter - Rap

If you've been counting you know which genre has won this quarters prize for the most entries. The Penultimate genre is Rap, as well as its bouncier sibling Hip-Hop. Hip Hop is getting swallowed up by Dance and Synthpop these days, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. There were an even dozen entries into the pool this quarter.

Rap/Hip-Hop

• Alert 312 - The Upside Eternal
• Benjah - Motives
• GuvnaB - Secret World
• Alex Faith - Bloodlines
• Hollyn - Hollyn
• Monolog - Transparency
• Dre Murray - 34
• Puntin - Gold
• Rawsrvnt - Game Changer
• Skrip - Show and Tell
• Tru Serva - Eyes Open
• Various Artists - Holy Hip Hop (Vol. 20)

A nice mix of artists here. Most of them are veterans here, with the exception of Hollyn, who is debuting. Modern Worship Is next. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Music Video Monday: Criminals and Kings

Welcome back to our regularly scheduled edition of Music Video Monday. We are all done with the Video Nominee announcements and will progress to the 2nd Quarter 2014 Pool Announcement.

We begin on a Hard Rocking note, with August Burns Red. This is Provision.

Moving on to Hip Hop. This is Benjah and Blanca formerly of Group 1 Crew. This is the Rainbow Remix.

Finally we hop on our Stellar Kart and Criminals and Kings.

That's it for this edition of Music Video Monday. We will have more videos next week. Enjoy, and I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Music Video Monday: How We Do It

Welcome to the Presidents Day edition of Music Video Monday. The fake holidays never seem to end these days. Don't get me wrong, I love Washington and Lincoln. Only in this case, I wish we had two holidays instead of one. Making President's Day is just wrong. Sure, you get to honor the two above listed Presidents, but since it is a "day to honor all Presidents like William Henry Harrison (1 month), James Buchanan (Caused The Civil War), and Ulysses S. Grant (most corrupt administration in history). I could say more, but this is a music blog. You got a Whig, a Democrat, and a Republican. There's balance for you.

We have four rap videos for you today. We start with London Rapper Jahaziel. They Don't Know.

More music shot out of a Canon. It's How We Do It.

Benjiman is next. He Can't Stop

We finish with Benjah. He knows that an edition of Music Video Monday is a lot of Work.

Next Monday we crank things up with a bit of metal. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Swing Season: The 2014 1rst Quarter - Rap

Two genres had eight eligible entries this quarter, and if we ceased the eligibility year right now, the 5th Awards would be filled. Of course the awards would suck, because even better entries might be coming. Like I said, this is the first hurdle.

Hip Hop/Rap is the first of these two. It was a very good quarter, and a few Perfect 5's graced the genre. Let's get to the contenders.

• Can't Stop , Benjiman
• Church Clothes Vol. 2 , Lecrae
• Haze & Reflections (Vanity Fare Remixed), Benjah
• Heads Up , Jahaziel
• Instruments Of Mercy ,  Beautiful Eulogy
• Mad Haven , Canon
• I Need You , Seth and Nirva
• Royal Flush , Flame

Now Seth and Nirva made 3 genres in their debut: Dance, Gospel and Rap. We shall see how it all pans out for the Diverse City duo. Heavy Metal is next. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Music Video Monday: OMG

Welcome back to Music Video Monday. We are wrapping up Rap this week and next Monday we will start with Heavy Metal. We begin our tour with Benjah and Work.

It's about time that someone around here tells us DA T.R.U.T.H. And that is that there is always Hope.

XRoss is next, but all he can say at the moment is OMG.

And finally, we have Young Chozen, though I don't know if he is one of the chozen frozen (sorry, a little church humor). This is Right here, right now.

That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. Friday we only have three videos as we rap it up. Until then, I am Awaiting your reply.

MVM Weekend Edition: Hit The Floor

An all new edition of The Weekend Edition of Music Video Monday begins now. We are continuing with Rap Music. There are two more posts after this, so next weekend edition will be the wrap-up. We begin our Video Tour with Thi'sl, who's giving us some much needed Motivation.

Next up we have another video by Brinson, he says Hit The Floor.

Alert 312 is next. This is Vice Versa 

And finally, we conclude this edition with Benjah, who gives us a few Love Signs.

More rap on Monday, and that's DA T.R.U.T.H. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply. 

Heating It Up: Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees - Hip Hop/Rap

We're Back. Things got a little crazy with the Hallowsnow Event. Amazing how nineteenth century the electrical grid is around here. Continuing with the 4th Quarter Nominees, we move onto Hip Hop and Rap. As usual, this is a pretty well represented genre.

Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees

The Fourth Quarter of Hip Hop gave us Eight Nominees. Since the genre will be eventually be whittled down to seven, this is what we call a good showing. Without further ado we present.

Hip Hop & Rap

• Ambassador - Stop the Funeral
• Benjah - The Break Up (D)
• Braille - Native Lungs
• DA T.R.U.T.H. - The Whole Truth
• Lecrae - Rehab (Deluxe Edition)
• Rapture Ruckus - Open Your Eyes
• Thi'sl - Beautiful Monster
• Various Artists - Holy Hip Hop, Volume 11

Only Two Genre's are yet to be revealed, Hard Rock and Rock. It's good to get back into the swing of things. As always, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Mission To Massachusetts: Part Two

Intermission Finally ended, and we are back to the concert. NRT and newsound have arranged things so that there are a series of intro acts and then the headliner. In this case it is Intro, Into, Headline 1, Intermission, Intro, Intro, Intro, Headline 2, Headline 3. In my last post I handled everything up to and including the intermission.



The One That Got Away

 First Up was the new band from Minneapolis called Hyland. I had earlier reviewed their album Weights & Measures. I really enjoy this band, and they lived up to their albums potential in their live performance. They did A four song set of Jumping the Gun, The One That Got Away, Til Death, and Never. They are bound for good things in the future.



We are Children of The Light

 Time for a little Rap. The Featured Rapper was Benjah. Pretty much unknown to the CCM world as a rapper, he is better known as a Writer/Producer, having produced, among others, Lecrae, Tedashii, and Sho Baraka. His debut album The Breakup should be debuting soon.



Sitting In Mikeschair

 A Rock Worship Set finished the three lead in acts. Mikeschair was the final band here. It was a quick three song set of worship tunes and then we had to prepare the stage. As they say Good things come For those who wait. Stay tuned for the rest, I am Awaiting Your Reply.