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  Hip hop artist Sean Slaughter writes regularly-appearing column for Gospelflava.com on the wide-ranging topic of Gospel hip hop. January 6, 2004 Welcome to Hip-Hop as I see it. Happy New. I hope 2004 has been good to ya'll so far. It's been great for me and I'm expecting greater things this year. Hopefully most of us didn't get to far into debt over the holidays. That seems to be the gift we ALL get at the same time, right!? Anyway, before I get into my new year resolutions concerning the column, let me put you up on this book I just read called Jesus and the Hip-Hop Prophets (InterVarsity Press). When I first heard of the book I was a little suspect because I expected it to talk about how Jesus was a MC and the disciples were his "posse". Peter, James and John were Run DMC, Judas was 50 Cent and John the Baptist was O.D.B. But it wasn't nothing like that. It was brilliant.  The book focuses on the lives of Lauryn Hill and 2 Pac, whom the writers, John Teter and Alex Gee, feel are some of the greatest lyricist of their time. And I agree, especially concerning Lauryn Hill, who I feel is one of the greatest complete artist of all time.But the book is real. Real life, real situations. The twist is, they take Pac's and Lauren's lyric's, analyze and break down how their songs were prophetic in a sense because they touch on the lives on so many youth that are going through hell. Then they tie in scripture and personal experiences and balance all these things beautifully. They KNOW young people. And for the young dude or diva looking for a clear explanation of the Gospel, this book is it. And yes, the hip-hop language is authentic. These guys don't try to be something there not and that's refreshing. The language is a little west coastish, so you might need a Westcoast to Midwest to Dirty South to Eastcoast dictionary, but it's all gravy! So cop that book, Jesus and the Hip-Hop Prophets. Now, for my New Year's resolutions. This year we're going still hit you with Hip-Hop wisdom (what the heck is that!), but just hearing me gets boring after a while. So we're going to be interviewing Hip-Hop artists and getting their view on life, music, God and the video games they love to play! It's going to fun, interesting and unorthodoxed, because we not trying to just ask the regular questions, but hopefully catch em' with a question they've never been asked. So stay tuned! I love ya'll with the love of the Lord. One Luv Sean
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