Chris Cobbins is Back| Posted June 06, 2017
Chris Cobbins has been in the game for a long time. Some of us first heard from him when he was singing hooks on songs by artists on Reach Records. Then he partnered with the producer Cheese Beats (aka the Kraken) to release a few projects. Now he's back with The Beauty in the Beast, a five song EP.
Chris takes an aggressive approach to facing hindrances and no longer losing time on "Face My Enemy." From losing his brother to losing faith in having a child, challenges were taking the "breath" out of him. Thankfully his wife kept believing, and he now has his child, but Chris is saying "enough is enough" with this track. His baritone gets some distortion to coincide with his message to give it a bigger effect. "Good God" is a heater thanks to the drum patterns on the chorus mimicking the tom toms on the drums and his sped up vocal revamping of the old school call and response "God is a good God / Yes He is."
Crooning to hard-hitting beats has always been a signature for Chris Cobbins. Thankfully, he sticks to what works. A dope rapper could spit a mean 16 over the "O.O.M.E (Out of My Element)" track, however, Chris serves this track well enough on his own. Many should be able to identify with trying to fit in with the rest of world while straying away from God. The song is poetically different from other songs centered on this topic: "Lost in this noise and I can't afford it / My reality, my reality is distorted / If You're telling me this is a test, I'm failing it / I'm out of my element / It just don't seem right, I don't fit here / Would You restore my heart?"
Other strong tracks to check out are "Good," which has a small taste of the classic song "Tainted Love," and "Solo."
The Bottom Line: Chris Cobbins is far from being done, and The Beauty in the Beast was a good way to show he still has skills. As he stated in "Face My Enemy," he has the "Gospel with him."
Song to Download Now:
"O.O.M.E. (Out of My Element)" (Get it on iTunes here.)
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