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If it\u2019s relevant and transforming, people will embrace it. Based on the amazing reaction to \u201cThank You Thank You Jesus,\u201d\u00a0We Give You Praise<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will be a landmark album in an already legendary career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ken Harding, President of New Haven Records adds these words: <em>&#8220;<\/em>We really appreciate the overwhelming support that &#8220;Thank You Thank You Jesus&#8221; is receiving from Gospel radio everywhere. The Chicago Mass Choir loves Gospel radio and Gospel radio loves the Chicago Mass Choir!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Mass Choir stands on a proud legacy of music from the authentic Chicago experience and continues a proud heritage with the release of We Give You Praise, its 16th album on New Haven Records.\u00a0 We Give You Praise sets the praises in motion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2],"tags":[338,3451,2112,2692,2693,342,2695],"class_list":["post-9829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-releases","category-artist-news-and-updates","tag-chicago-mass-choir","tag-ecc-music-workshop","tag-feranda-williamson","tag-james-chambers","tag-ken-harding","tag-percy-gray","tag-we-give-you-praise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/chicagomass-e1528852403699.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9904,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/chicago-mass-choir-readies-new-single\/","url_meta":{"origin":9829,"position":0},"title":"Chicago Mass Choir Readies New Single","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"June 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"After closing out the first day with a rousing performance at the Chicago Gospel Music Festival, the Chicago Mass Choir announces the release of I Give You Praise, the second single from their Billboard charting disc We Give You Praise. 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