The Christian Music Review Blog: Jordan Copas: The Playground

The Christian Music Review Blog: Jordan Copas: The Playground: Intro He Holds the World (Feat. Deshawn White) Through the Fire (Feat. Marcos Stony) Get By (Feat. Tony Stone) Choice to Make Breakt...

Jordan
Copas: The Playground

Intro
He Holds the World (Feat. Deshawn White)
Through the Fire (Feat. Marcos Stony)
Get By (Feat. Tony Stone)
Choice to Make
Breakthrough
Seen Change (Feat. Benjah)
Elevate
Training Day (Feat. R-Swift)
Fight for the Good
Pass it On
Hallelujah (Feat. Tia Glass)
My Inspiration (Feat. Kraig Berglund)
Spread the Love (Feat. Synphany)
Real Hip-Hop
Awesome God (Feat. Pastor Godair)
Aggrandize (Feat. K-Drama)
Run to the Light
Christ Zone (Feat. Pastor Orlando)
Release: November 11, 2011
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Rating: 3.5/5
Jordan Copas of JKA Records/Full Grind Entertainment recently released
his first album, The Playground. This album is a lengthy one, but for the
most part it is pretty good. Debut albums usually are pretty unimpressive, but
this one has a few really good songs on it (a few not so good ones too though).
Jordan is a relatively new Christian; he asked Christ into his heart in 2007,
but this album shows really great spiritual maturity especially since he has
only been a Christian for four or five years now. If I were to try and compare
his music to someone I guess you could say it is a mix between Manafest and The
Ambassador.
Jordan explains in the "Intro" that The Playground is based off
the concept that the world is a huge playground. He says that every playground
has a bully, and Satan happens to be the world's bully. He goes on to say that
we all need a savior, which is Jesus. The track transitions right into the first
real song, "He Holds the World," which shows some really good stuff from Jordan.
Deshawn White does a great job as a guest vocalist, and overall the track was
done very well.I am going to go ahead and jump to the best song on the
album: "Seen Change." Benjah definitely made this track so much better. He
absolutely killed it on this song and he is as good as I have seen on this
track. The mix between Jordan and Benjah is awesome; they sound really awesome
on the same song. I love what the song is talking about as well, which is that
when we become Christians it should be evident in our lives. People should see a
change on the outside, and people should want to be like us - like
God.Another really good song is "Training Day" with R-Swift. This song
makes me want to go and workout or play some basketball whenever I hear it - it
just pumps me up. Jordan starts off the song and just kills it. Then R-Swift
comes on and does amazing on his verse. This track is definitely another one of
my favorites on the album, and of course the concept of the song is a great one.
They talk about growing as a Christian and it kind of builds on "Seen
Change.""Pass it On" is a nice old school hip hop song. The chorus is a
little weak compared to the other tracks I talked about earlier; but the verses
are still pretty good. This song builds on "Training Day" and basically talks
about sharing Christ's love with others and telling people about Christ giving
his life for us. The song is pretty slow compared to the rest on the album, but
it is a fun one to listen to sometimes."Awesome God" is legit. The
sermon excerpt from Pastor Godair is a great way to start off the song and it is
pretty convicting. Jordan then kills the first verse. The song talks about
putting our trust in God and not on the world or people around us. I love when
he says, "Throw off the deeds of dark and put on the light. That is the armor
that you need to stand up and fight. Mano y mano, don't get your mind twirled,
we're up against the evils and powers of this world." This song is a great one
to listen to if you need to be refreshed...and convicted.Aggrandize
means to enlarge or to make greater, and that is exactly the point of Jordan's
song "Aggrandize." He says through the song for us to make Jesus greater.
K-Drama is definitely the best part of this song, but the lyrics throughout the
song are super good. This song is what hip hop should sound like. I love
it.For a first album, this one is super long: 19 songs. It is a lot of
stuff to listen to, but it is definitely worth it. There are few rough spots,
but what I really like about The Playground is that the songs that are
good, are not just good, they are really good. Jordan has a lot of potential and
I really love listening to songs like "Seen Change," "Training Day," "Awesome
God," and "Aggrandize." I would highly recommend at least looking up those songs
if you love rap, but you might want to get the whole album too. He has a lot to
improve on, but I am really looking forward to hearing more stuff from
Jordan.Favorite Song: Seen ChangeFavorite Lyrics: "What good is
man's work if he lacks priority? Follow the Lord, I'm not a crone for the
people. Believe I can't pleas em all, and I don't need to." (From the song
"Training Day")
Posted by Jonathan Kemp
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