Music Review; DC Talk

     I think I might have been born in the wrong time period, lol. At least as far as entertainment and things like that go, anyway. I love watching "MacGyver", enjoy "The Cosby Show" and "Full House",  one of my all-time favorite movies is "The Princess Bride", I like listening to the hair bands like Bon Jovi, and DC Talk always puts me in a good mood. I know, it's weird; a small-town white kid raised on country listens to rap when stressed?
     Well, yeah....with Mom and Dad being youth pastors, I was always around the cool teenagers, and there was always cool music being played in the CD or cassette players: DC Talk, Eli, Audio Adrenaline, Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith...

     Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait and Kevin Max met in college at Liberty University, which is located somewhere in Virginia. they started making music together and realized the impact for ministry that could be found in thier shared interest in the emerging world of hip-hop. So they began to preach around the area, spitting out rhymes that were just plain and simple Decent Christian Talk. And, well, the rest is history...Toby was the rapper, Kevin and Michael did the singing. After they split up, TobyMac went solo, Michael formed a band called Tait and then joined the renewed Newsboys, and Kevin joined the rebooted Audio Adrenaline.

The first album was self-titled and distributed by ForeFront Records in 1989. Mom used to rock out to this cassette in her car while in college, I think she introduced Dad to their music once they met.

Track One - Heavenbound - We're on a mission, y'all: To spread the Word, and we're heavenbound. You wanna listen? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ClRxHBtI6Y

Track Two - Gah Ta Be - You gotta be saved to make this life count. Just sayin'..cause without Christ, this life is nothin'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oti2_wpYhU4

Track Three - Final Days - Jesus is coming back sometime soon. Are you ready? If not, you better change... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBLmPDoV5Uc

Track Four - The King(Allelujah) - The Gospel story meets the city streets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G_9gT1sPIM

Track Five - Spinnin' Round - Unsaved souls are just spinning in circles with no clear direction, falling deeper into sin, unless you change your ways. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuVGR6A38XI

Track Six - Voices Praise Him - Praise the Lord, you guys! He's just so wonderful! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgIt7YDfkOM

Track Seven - Time Ta Jam - We're gonna preach all the time, we can't help it. It's part of who we are, keep pressing on, serving the Lord! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znDCZonGX3g

Track Eight - He Loves Me - Jesus' love is wonderful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU6yhqcqPvs

There, I feel better already. Now to tackle the rest of these finals....