Worship: A place where God’s light collides with our darkness. We can find joy, comfort, forgiveness, peace, direction, truth & love in His Presence. In contrast, “Those who run after other gods will suffer more & more” {Psalm 16:4}. Many are on that broad road, loving a path which leads to destruction.
In his fifth album Feels Good Right? J-Giles Son explores the concept of worship through hip hop; he speaks against our fallen nature & propensity to be passionate about everything but God. “Feels Good Right?” declares that, “It is good to be near God” {Psalm 73:28}. His personal testimony is that, “Nothing feels better than connecting to the Almighty God in worship, being filled with His Presence, being forgiven, being loved & made new.”
It doesn’t start and stop, however with music; worship bleeds into our daily lives…it should be obvious whose we are by how we live. Just as it says in Romans 12, “Therefore, I urge you brothers & sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
--A message from the artist: recorded not only for the church & for the struggling youth of today… “Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord” {Psalm 102:18}.
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No Gimmicks| Posted January 26, 2015
J-Giles Son can only be described in one way: grinder. Anyone who drops five full length albums in less than two years, with four being released in 2014 alone, deserves the title. Only a man with a true Christian work ethic can continue to write and record on such a consistent basis.
His latest effort, Feels Good Right?, is a solid offering of Christian Hip Hop with a nice mix of real life issues, fun and theology. Sonically, the album combines classic boom-bap, trap and a touch of EDM thrown in for good measure. Lyrically, his style is constant throughout: a classic rapper with no gimmicks in his vocals or in his cadence.
A nice addition to the album is "Feel the Movement." This track is an EDM-style worship track. It is all about feeling the move of God. Surprising it doesn’t feel out of place between the harder hitting "Fuera de Ti" and "Yueh (Remix)." At times big changes in style like that can be jarring and distracting, however, on this album it shows the depth and breadth of the artist.
"Forget It" speaks truth about the real content in non-Christian Hip Hop music. J-Giles himself used to be deeply involved in hip hop culture, even after coming to the knowledge of Christ, however, he realized that the music was not uplifting and his spiritual walk suffered from it. Now in this track he simply says forget it.
Closing Thoughts:
This album is no doubt the result of hard work and an open heart to do work for the Kingdom. The Georgia native shows influence of his birthplace and his current home of South Florida in his music. The beats hit hard, the lyrics flow effortlessly and there is a clear gospel message.
Song to Download Now:
"Feels Good Right? (feat. Wise)" (Get it on iTunes here.)
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