116 Clique - 13 Letters

116 Clique is a clean and tasty buffet line of some of today’s most talented Christian rappers. 116 Clique’s members have a heart for expressing God’s truth through relevant mediums especially targeted at urban culture. With the album 13 Letters 116 Clique will rap you through each of the Pauline Epistles, trackign through the New Testament from Romans on into Philemon.

I’ve heard clips of most of the album and was impressed with all of it while taking a particular fondness for To Live Is Christ (feat. Trip Lee). This song has smooth rhymes with a laid back beat that carries you right on through the book of Philippians. Trip Lee has straightforward lyrics that are more exegetical that many sermons I have sat through and certainly more engaging.

116 Clique is a great mix of content, quality and inspiration. If you need some good news rapped into your life or a beat that can encourage mind and spirit, you need to give 116 Clique a moment of your time. There are several artists in this effort and many of the songs are a collaboration of more than one artist, so there is good diversity in each track of 13 Letters.

If you like more of a rock edge with your rap than 116 Clique’s latest release Amped will not disappoint.

I had heard rumors about the guitarist from Korn getting saved a while back but didn’t know any of the details. At the time, I thought what a cool thing, Jesus revealed Himself to someone who needed Him. I didn’t know many details about Brian Welch and knew even fewer details about his experience. A friend sent me a link to this video today and found it even cooler to hear the account directly from Brian.

It is encouraging to hear how Christ uses average people who are willing to act upon His leading to engage in people’s lives. To hear someone who had no real concept of God, someone who desperately needed Him and how God made His Word come alive to and in him.

Click here for more videos, photos and details about Brian “Head” Welch’s story

Becoming The Archetype (BTA) from their outset have set a high bar for what we will call technical-brutality. With this third offering, Dichotomy, they have added the elements of the enigmatic (a taste of Danny Elfman goes hardcore) and again taken their music to another realm of eardrum battering fantastic-ness.

The men of Becoming The Archetype have fashioned a medium that is solid in its execution and a beacon in the sincerity of its message. If you took your grandma to a worship service led by Becoming The Archetype, either the headbanger within would erupt or she would pass out, especially when she hears the BTA rendition of the classic How Great Thou Art.

Hardcore and worship is something that is close to my heart, understand that BTA is not a “worship” band, but one of my fondest worship experiences was when I attended my first Becoming The Archetype show. I believe it was also the first Young Bloods Tour produced by Solid State Records where I saw them at Chain Reaction in Anaheim (CA). You too will enjoy BTA whether you experience them live, in album or even partaking of some tasty In-N-Out. I recommend all of the above as these are good dudes with some great music.