[Sly Fox]

From the fishwrap ...

Defying genre: Christian hip hop

By Casey Gillis
Published: July 4, 2008


Tim Longenecker, a Christian Hip Hop performer, performs at the Master’s Inn Ministries in Altavista.

As the beat thumps in the background, Eric Scott shows off some dance moves.

Clad in a white T-shirt and red and yellow sneakers that peek out from underneath his dark jeans, Scott slides to the right and crosses his arms in front of each other. Four other dancers watch him intently, practicing the moves themselves, before they all line up and try it together.

Eventually, Scott adds another move into the mix, and another. Before long, all five of them — members of the Movers and Shakers, a Christian hip hop ministry group — are moving in unison.

After another successful try, Scott grins broadly, nodding his head.

“Ya’ll locked it in,” says Wendell Towe, a Christian rapper and the founder of Movers and Shakers.

Scott and the others are rehearsing in Towe’s basement, where he has his own small-scale recording studio. They’re dancing to “Give Me the Music Back,” a track that will be included on their upcoming album, “The Omegabet.” The song features the rhymes of Scott and Towe, as well as vocals from other group members.

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[thepostman]

fellow 90.9 DJ, DJ PDOGG got a mention in there as did Humble TIP, who just graduated from LU...both are great guys and have shed new light on Christian rap to me....especially when i use to think it was all crap....now i only think some of it is....