Life with Michael

 Personally, this one is not my favorite. I like the highlight songs Still Holy, Lovesick, and High Praise. And I also like the Spontaneous Song Prepare the Way.  This album is okay, I don't hate it don't love it.  It is really simple but not like hymns simple that we still worship with.  I still was able to worship with them when I first listened to it, but the second time listened I went into critic mode.   Like I said it is not bad just not my cup of tea. Lovesick is a song I have heard multiple times before this album. Housefires sang it, Elyssa Smith sang it with the great Steffany Gretzinger, now tribl sings it.  I like the live Housefires version best but I wish Chandler and Steffany were there.  Still Holy, and High Praise sound like songs Brandon Lake was involved with writing. If you know Brandon Lake songs you know he gives off a vibe.  I have a spot in my heart for spontaneous songs because they come from Holy Spirit. You can tell...

 This album... I don't hate it. I don't love it. Honestly, she brings the kinda "I know I'm bomb" vibes like Tasha Cobbs Leonard started to have after her One Place Live album. This makes sense since she (Anna Golden) is her mentee. The album has a gospely feel mixed with a little pop. I like that she does not sound different when she sings live as to her studio songs. I don't feel like her studio songs are explicitly Christian(such as use scripture, say Jesus, or God /Lord.) I feel like this is really for newer followers of Jesus and people who are more new-agey. I has a little hip-hop feel to it also.  She is probably most well know for her cover of The Blessing with Selena Gomez. I do like the album though but I just don't have much to say about it. Happy Listening!!!

 YES!!!! Another album from one of my favorite gospelly singers. Since most people know I do not listen to much gospel music, I can cut right to the chase and tell you which songs I personally love!  This album sounds like a typical album you would hear from Martha Munizzi. The only thing is I was expecting more praise songs or at least upbeat songs. I love that her daughters are featured on here! I love it when a family worships together! My Favorite song from the album is I'm Gonna Win (Glorious 2.0). If you couldn't tell it is a remixed version of Glorious. It features a new song but ties into the original closer to the end with the chorus " I was created to make your praise Glorious."The next best song is Fight For Me. I can't give you any specifics. I just like the upbeat nature of the song and the mix with the right words. There is a radio edit for this song, that I heard on Sirius XM. The declaration song and exhortation were really good. I like the intro a...

There are two parts to this Maverick City Album the worship part and the studio part. I personally do not really like the studio part except the song with Koryn Hawthorne and the Intro with Lecrae.   Although Maverick City claims this to be a gospel album, the worship portion stays true to the traditional Maverick City sound with a slight African Style in a few songs.  My favorite song from this album is either Freedom Looks Good on You or Son Of Suffering. I like Mighty One and Breathe, I just feel those are overly played because of who is in it.  Freedom Looks Good on You is one of the two new songs featuring Israel Houghton that I liked. I like this song because it sounds a little African and it is a great song talking about how Jesus set us all free and how that changes the way we look. Son of Suffering! I love this song so much! I was actually looking forward to Aaron Moses singing it since he is the one who wrote but I don't know if he can come back from that. ...

 This is probably the best Phil Wickham album I have ever heard. I like almost all the songs. The only critic I have is the order. I feel like the praisey songs are just all over the place and not in praise to transition to worship. I made a playlist with them in what I feel should have been the order. I will start with the songs he wrote with various people at Bethel Music. The most notable partnership is that with Brian Johnson, who wrote 6 of the 13 songs with Phil Wickham on this album and wrote Christ is Risen and Living Hope with him (these songs appeared on both Phil's Album Living Hope and Bethel's Album Victory). The songs written with these two include Battle Belongs, God Of Revival, the spontaneous song, His Hame is Jesus, Where I'm Standing Now, and the titular song Hymn of Heaven. Of these songs the only one that I heard Phil Wickham sing before Brian Johnson is Where I'm Standing Now. He sang that with the other writer Brandon Lake, who happens to be the...

 Many know The  Belonging Co for their lineup of major CCM players such as Natalie Grant, Danny Gokey, Hope Darst, Mia Fields, and the most well-known are Kari Jobe and her husband Cody Carnes. The Belonging Co has taken a more bethely approach to the artistry by making it more of a collective that lets the artist still do their own things.  This album features many new songs with a couple of covers of previously recorded songs by some of their artists. The songs rerecorded include Christ be Magnified, Heaven Invade, Jesus Over Everything and etc. I love Every Victory with Danny Gokey!!! If you are a man and watched Promise Keepers 2020 then you know he sounds great both live and in the studio( okay no shade but  For King and Country please don't release any live albums). So many people were wanting him to do a live album, but this is the next best thing! He joined a worship collective. I loved the songs with Ben Cantelon, All My Delight and I Love You, Lord....

I will be reviewing all four available versions (well available to purchase). Also for more Context when I originally wrote this, I was not aware Kierra Sheard was married, but since I wrote it a new version was released and she is married so I edited this accordingly. Original Publish date May 3, 2021. The first version released was the original version with Kierra Sheard-Kelly feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard. This actually was not the first version  I heard of the song surprisingly enough. The first version I heard was Kierra with her mom, Gospel music legend, Karen Clark-Sheard!   When I first listened to it, I did not think I would like the other versions. This song though is sooooooo good. The writing team consists of Mia Fieldes of Essential Worship, Jonathan Smith of Red Rocks Worship, Kierra Sheard-Kelley, and J. Drew Sheard II (Kierra's Brother ?). So basically it had some bomb writers. This is according to CCLI her brother's first song (that he wrote). Most peo...