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MP3 Solomon Starr - Eternal Life
16 MP3 Songs in this album (54:19) !
Related styles: Hip-Hop/Rap: Spiritual Rap, Spiritual: Christian Rap, Solo Male Artist
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Solomon Starr – Eternal Life (Album Review for D@south)
Solomon Starr Shines Like A Starr Bright
4 Stars = Solid Album
So I was listening to this Solomon Star album and I was caught my surprise the beats have a nice bounce to them and the emcee has good lyrical prose, bouncing over the tracks lyrically like a gymnast. I really have to say up front I like this cat’s music and lyrical prowess plus the features only add to the already good album. The metaphors and music touch on his personal life to his experience with Christ its refreshing. I have to admit I haven’t heard him before but I like the production on the tracks and how Starr seems to lyrically meet the rhythm that at times switch from rock feel on the track like the title track “Eternal Life” to the southern bounce of the intro song “Raise By The Rage” talking about the streets he was raised in or the track “When Light Comes” is very underground with a Shadow of The Locust kind of vibe. He shows diversity. He takes on topics affected by his faith and ministry to teens, he seems to stay transparent about his life, lyrically witty and yes spiritually uplifting. It causes me to be interested and engaged in what he has to say. I feel the music and the content speaking spiritually.
I have to admit I read the lyrics before listening and I was feeling the lyrics, feeling like I could like this dude, spiritual deep and good with the metaphors, like on the track “Superman Is Dead” he talks about how Jesus is coming back but all our other hero’s die or are only fictional in our mind. In “God is hip hop” but makes it clear Hip Hop isn’t God talking about how many emcee’s have spoken to him and lead him to search for faith in Christ, referencing emcees like Rakim, whose declaration of faith lead Solomon Starr to seek God on his own. While listening its interesting that Rakim is being discussed right now as an emcee that gets exposure rapping about Islamic spiritual ideas and getting mainstream play. I like that Solomon Star also speaks on social justice issues on the track “Justice Or Revenge” talking about tragedies happening in Africa right now.
Solomon reminds me of a now famous emcee to step into the game who came from battle rapping who rose to mega stardom. But this emcee isn’t seeking to rise to the echelons of the Hip Hop stratosphere but do to lyrical warfare with the devil and for the souls of men. He seems to have a good grounding in the underground hip hop scene. Some of his songs make me reminisce over albums like BlackStar with Talib Qweli & Mos Def but with a Gospel perspective with a Ministers Of The Underground kind of vibe. Still he has definitely radio playable singles for the Christian market expressing faith and trust in God. He’s not shy to embrace the fact that hip hop has impacted his life and that Christ has molded him further and along the way to have lost some friends and suffer struggles on his own. It’s good to hear a transparent Christian emcee.
How he lyrically uses wit and metaphors to paint pictures and speak truth, spiritually and metaphorically, it conveys the gospel message through a man speaking true about his life. It seems like an honest portrayal of a man’s walk with God seeking “Eternal Life” and the struggles between now and eternity. The bouncy feel to the tracks make me want to get a 64 Impala with Hydraulics and hit the switches to the beat. I’m “Addicted” to the album got to give it a few spins.
Beats that stand out “Powers That Be” I like the bounce to it has a good solid mainstream sound to it while chanting that he won’t bow to the power that be, “Raised By The Rage” is a good into track, “When The Light Comes” is very underground, I like the dark moody sound of the “Fight Back” track and finally “God To The Rescue” has a nice beat and good hook.
16 Tracks featuring Young Tripp. Rex. Melz aka “The Main Event" & Sincere
For fans of: Cas Metah, Dirt, Underground Rise, MOTU
Reviewed by Just para-DOX
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