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Lecrae & Zaytoven
Let the Trap Say Amen

Artist Info: Discography
Genre(due south): Trap / Hip Hop
Anthology length: 13 tracks: 43 minutes, 14 seconds
Street Appointment: June 22, 2018

READER RATING:

Trap music is everywhere. Even if you're unfamiliar with the term, yous've no uncertainty at least heard the music itself. All it takes is spending some fourth dimension watching funny videos on Facebook or Vine (RIP), and you'll surely come beyond it. It'southward an like shooting fish in a barrel genre in which to write songs, so it's being washed to decease. It'south also one of the lowest forms of rap music, which makes it all the more puzzling that Lecrae of all people would release a full album's worth of trap music. But teaming upwards with producer Zaytoven, that's exactly what he did on his latest release, Permit the Trap Say Amen.

Looking back through his discography, Lecrae has certainly had songs that had trap influence, which makes sense, considering that Lecrae has said that he has always had a soft spot for it. But those songs take ever been washed in a more creative style without going full trap. Let the Trap Say Amen is just thirteen tracks that mostly sound the same and that use all the tropes of every other trap song. The aforementioned flows, the aforementioned robotic, auto-tuned vocals, the producer putting his watermark on every track (literally every track, in case we forgot who produced it or whose name is on the album comprehend). There are besides plenty of miscellaneous song sounds, like "yeesh," "woo," and "skrrt," accompanied by a host of artists well-known in the genre, including the about unintelligible Waka Flocka Flame. Fifty-fifty a lot of the lyrics are like, though the drugs, sex, and coin lyrics are flipped around and presented as a waste material of time, considering after all, it is Lecrae, and the Gospel is withal his kickoff priority.

Now, in all fairness, at that place are some positive things to say about this album. For starters, the entire reason this anthology exists is because Lecrae's intent was to explicitly make a trap album. And with the influence that he has in the mainstream at the moment, making an anthology of this nature, in a genre that is, quite honestly, a linguistic communication of the current civilisation, is a really good method of reaching out to people who need to know that Jesus is real and that He tin save anyone willing to accept salvation. And so Lecrae accomplishes what he ready out to do hither, and for that, he deserves some credit. On pinnacle of that, despite the fact that trap is not very demanding as far equally rapping power is concerned, Lecrae does find opportunities to flow a fiddling. It isn't often, simply his verses in "Get Back Right" are better than I expected. And of course, he presents the Gospel in a way that'south attainable but however tells the truth most the destructiveness of a sinful lifestyle.

Concluding yr, we saw Lecrae finally take his kickoff official footstep into the mainstream with his first album on Columbia Records. Let the Trap Say Amen may non be a stiff album in an artistic sense, but information technology'south a strategic adjacent step for him. Your take on this album will obviously depend very heavily on your tolerance level for trap music; if you detest the genre, you won't make it far into this earlier giving up. Otherwise, yous might find yourself getting some enjoyment out of information technology.

- Review date: half dozen/24/18, written by Scott Fryberger of Jesusfreakhideout.com

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JFH Staff's 2d Stance

Reach Records mogul Lecrae Moore is essentially the face of CHH and Let the Trap Say Amen is his twelfth release. This project has a very specific purpose as Lecrae teams upward with one of the pioneers of trap sound, Atlanta native and Grammy winning producer Zaytoven. The two collab to create a mixtape that speaks of specific stories and showcases a side of trap music that is more often than not non heard. Lecrae recently said that �Jesus was willing to exist associated with darkness to bring calorie-free� and this is his intention on this album. To be clear, there are some hits and misses on LTSA and fans should be aware that this is non your typical Reach Records album. Notwithstanding, for his concluding two releases, Lecrae is showing creativity and purposefully non releasing a typical Accomplish album.

This projection starts with �Get Back Correct,� delivering i of the best moments on LTSA, as Crae spits his typical hot flow while Zaytoven lays beats that are directly-upwardly fire. The song is about focusing on eternal things instead of earthly things equally the rapper flows, �You and your squad versus me and my God. Look, bro, you ain't finna win that now.� �2 Sides of the Game� features some other Atlanta native, Waka Flocka Flame, equally the ii rappers share their split sides of growing up in the ATL, giving insight that many don�t consider. Other standout tracks would be �Plugged In,� �Yet,� and �Past Risk,� with all three speaking nigh trusting in God and fighting to go successful all while delivering amazing product. As said, in that location are some misses here every bit well. �Preach� and �Holy Water� contain rather overly simple and repetitive hooks, while �Blue Strips� speaks on the power of money, but doesn�t offer much of a solution other than one line where the hip hopper spits �she know she meant for greater,� leaving listeners wanting more resolution.

I was personally hoping for a footling more rhyming focusing on Jesus, but I understand that Lecrae specifically intended to bring understanding and build community, especially in underserved neighborhoods across America. To be clear, he references hope in God multiple times and delivers positivity throughout the thirteen rail project. In the end, Let the Trap Say Amen was a very purposed release and Lecrae has indeed served up what he intended to. In that process, he may not captivate all of your standard CHH fans, but he is certainly going to gain some new listeners. While this is not my favorite Lecrae release, I certainly applaud his creativity and his effort to reach more people. - half-dozen/24/xviii, Kevin Hoskins of Jesusfreakhideout.com