{"id":10688,"date":"2017-03-15T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/?p=10688"},"modified":"2017-03-15T18:28:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T22:28:12","slug":"montel-dorsey-gives-us-reasons-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/montel-dorsey-gives-us-reasons-to-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Montel Dorsey Gives Us Reasons To Celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Composer, musician and pastor Montel Dorsey brings together a colorfully vibrant mix of urban Gospel, praise and worship and bonafide church tracks via the release of his CD, <em>Love Over Hate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Leading the command to rejoice is the CD single, <em>Celebrate.\u00a0 <\/em>Dorsey explains, <span class=\"aolmail_e2ma-style\">\u201cCelebrate has a contemporary sound and tells my personal story of salvation and the revolution that occurred in my thinking when I went from being religious to having relationship with God,\u201d Dorsey shares. \u00a0\u201cI want people to be able to celebrate in the midst of their trouble or trauma.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Montel Dorsey and MUniversity&#8217;s Love Over Hate hits digital outlets on Friday, March 17th.<\/p>\n<p>See the video for Celebrate here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_75134\"  width=\"1060\" height=\"596\"  data-origwidth=\"1060\" data-origheight=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKdFqa1B5Tw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composer, musician and pastor Montel Dorsey brings together a colorfully vibrant mix of urban Gospel, praise and worship and bonafide church tracks via the release of his CD, Love Over Hate. 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