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THE PULSE OF ENTERTAINMENT (ON GOSPEL): Mary Mary reaches new heights on new CD 'The Sound.'
On the CD, currently in stores, you will hear gospel lyrics and messages on top of tracks (and vocal styles) of Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B, Urban and even one with a Broadway musical flavor to it.
“There is more to our life than Sunday morning church music,” Tina said about their cutting edge Gospel sound. “That’s not what works best when you are driving in your car."
Mary Mary is one of the best-selling Gospel acts in the business today. The Inglewood, California singers have garnered a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Gospel Album; three Dove Awards; six Stellar Awards; a Soul Train Award, and an American Music Award for Contemporary Inspirational Music. The sisters have already carved a name for themselves in the Gospel music history books alongside other contemporaries such as Kirk Franklin.
“(In traditional Gospel) Young people can’t be young,” Tina points out as to why traditional Gospel is not reaching the young population. “…Hold my attention!”
“The Sound” will certainly hold your attention, no matter what your age because the production, creative lyrics, message and vocal ability will keep you listening. I was truly pleased with the cutting edge “sounds” coming from this album. The one that I was utterly impressed with is the title track, “The Sound,” it’s like something you would hear in a Broadway musical in a Rock/Pop selection.
The sister duo, who received their first big break in 1998 with a song placement on the “Prince of Egypt” soundtrack, enlisted the help of their long time producer Warren Campbell (Erica’s husband, no relation to Tina’s husband) who produced Mary Mary’s first two albums that reached RIAA Gold and Platinum status. Also on the newvalbum is David Banner on “Super Friend,” one of my favorites songs on the album, which has a Pop sound and Andrae Crouch, Tramaine Hawkins, Walter Hawkins, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Joe Legon, Karen Clark-Cole, Rance Allen and Daryl Coley on “It will all be Worth it,” another favorite of mine.
Also check out their “God in me” selection which has a Hip-Hop/R&B flavor and “I Worship You,” a sweet anthem of love for God.
“I want to hear something I enjoy and can dance to,” Erica added about the selections on their new CD. “(People) over 50, can’t understand…youth can appreciate. We’ve been banging records like this in our church on Youth Records (since they were youth).”
Though I am about 50 years-old myself, I personally can understand their point of view and I have always been an advocate for “reaching the unsaved on a level that they can understand where you are coming from and what you are trying to tell them.”
“In the life of Jesus, He spoke to them in a language they could understand,” Erica pointed out.
Best known for their debut hit, “Shackles (Praise you),” Mary Mary said they believe that there is a “divine” plan by God for everyone. For Mary Mary that plan was to spread his Word by using their contemporary “sound.”
Learn more on the sister duo at www.mary-mary.com.
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