T-Pain Goes Gospel?

The coonerific T-Pain, who brought us gems like "I'm In Love With A Stripper" and "Reverse Cowgirl," now wants to get his praise on.

Pain says he wants to try his hand at Christian pop.

“A lot of people don’t know this about me, but I am a deeply spiritual person. Dude, I go to church just as much as I go to the strip club. That’s saying something.”

The new album is tentatively titled "Heaven Got A VIP" and is due this September.

White Jesus has gone back into the tomb and rolled the stone.

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'Rospel' and the Youf..........

Two lil man churren go at it Patti/Aretha style sangin for the Lord.......

Is "Rospel" (R&B & Gospel) Here To Stay????

Because I always catch myself dancing a waist gyrating jig to Mary Mary's "God in Me" ,it got me to wondering if this song and others like it have officially crossed the "R & B, bump-n-grind" line. I can't help but to think that deep down inside they have dreams of mainstream appeal but disguise it with gospel music. The only way to describe the vibe I get from Mary Mary is that it feels like they wanna be down, like real bad..........I don't personally have a problem with God music that makes you wanna stomp ya feet, I just wonder if it crosses lines. Once Kirk Franklin came on the scene and got everybody amped with "Stomp" it slowly but surely became harder and harder to decipher between what was gospel and what was R&B, these days it's even worse. He even started the song with:

"For those of you that think gospel music has gone to far.
You think we got too radical with our message.
Well I got news for you , you ain't heard nothin yet,
and if you don't know now you know. Glory, Glory!!

I totally felt the need to bathe in holy water after I caught myself "shakin it like a salt shaker" to "God in Me", but is that my fault? Maybe gospel needs to definitively be gospel, no hippity hop beat, no gettin airplay on the local urban stations, no gettin the crowd hype at award shows, none of that! Of course singing anything over a dope beat will appeal to the masses but somehow I thought the focus was the message and not the many ways you can 'bust a move' to a God tune.

I don't know, I remember going to church with my great granny as a lil girl and looking forward to the choir and the feeling it would give me inside. I didn't understand what that feeling was but it sure felt good! Gospel artists are not volunteers, they get paid just like a anyone else, so again it makes me question motive and intent.



In the end, I guess they submit to a "whatever it takes" stance to spreading the christian word but they are really tittering on a fine line........

What do you think??? Is 'Rospel' taking it too far or is it simply a sign of the times changing??

Oh don't get it twisted though, I'm still doin my MJ crotch grab as I jam to this joint........ it's just fiyah like that!