{"id":9910,"date":"2016-06-10T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2016-08-19T15:29:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T19:29:57","slug":"hezekiah-walker-prepares-us-for-better-july-22nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/hezekiah-walker-prepares-us-for-better-july-22nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezekiah Walker Prepares Us For Better July 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The central theme of the album is that regardless of your situation, things will get better. We\u2019re living in a world of uncertainty. We\u2019re all going through certain things. It\u2019s a season where we need encouragement. My aim is to go around the world to put this into the atmosphere.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bishop Hezekiah Walker<\/span><\/em>
\n\"Hezekiah<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Grammy and Stellar Award Winner and recent GMA Hall of Fame inductee Bishop Hezekiah Walker <\/strong>readies the world for the release of his 15th album produced by Donald Lawrence entitled Azusa The Next Generation 2 – Better<\/em>. Led by the title track and radio single, Better has taken hold of the country seizing the #1 spot on Billboard’s radio chart.<\/p>\n

The album is the follow up to the 2013 Azusa The Next Generation which gave the world the amazing hit, Every Praise.\u00a0 Azusa 2 is available now for pre order on iTunes and Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The central theme of the album is that regardless of your situation, things will get better. We\u2019re living in a world of uncertainty. We\u2019re all going through certain things. It\u2019s a season where we need encouragement. My aim is to go around the world to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10032,"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":[1546,2004,95,709,971,96],"class_list":["post-9910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-releases","category-artist-news-and-updates","tag-azusa-the-next-generation","tag-better","tag-donald-lawrence","tag-eone-entertainment","tag-every-praise","tag-hezekiah-walker"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hezekiah-Walker-Azusa-The-Next-Generation-2-Better-Album-Cover-300x300.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5571,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/hezekiah-walker-azusa-the-next-generation-bows-june-11th\/","url_meta":{"origin":9910,"position":0},"title":"Hezekiah Walker Azusa The Next Generation Bows June 11th","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"April 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Bishop Hezekiah Walker once again teams up with producer Donald Lawrence for Azusa: The Next Generation.\u00a0 The CD, featuring the hit single Every Praise releases on June 11th and features guest performances from Pastor Donnie McClurkin, Deitrick Haddon, Pastor John P. 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