What’s in a Song? Truth be told, the many of the same things that are in relationships: Good Timing – There used to be a time where songs, and songwriting, followed particular time signatures; 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, etc. Today’s music, however, benefits from the lack of necessity of making the song fit the timing, but making the timing fit the song. We’ve become more intentional about getting our points across, musically, and doing so by presenting our original pieces unaltered and a

LOVE is patient, LOVE is kind, LOVE is conditional…wait, what???!!! LOVE, the GOD-type, seems to be one of the biggest misunderstood entities in life, and in Salvation, as well. We tend to rely on and filter through our idea of love, taught and learned through a myriad of experiences, both good and bad. The problem with this? It becomes how we measure and equate, and so anything that doesn’t line up with what our learned idea of what love is gets disregarded and disavowed. Ma

The Gas Money Tour is the brainchild of one of my closest brothers in the LORD, Anthony ‘Tony WHOA!” Wallace, who due to the what is now problematic disconnect between artists and churches, ministers and venues, monies and motives, was moved upon by the HOLY GHOST to offer a solution to the issue of quality vs. quantity, ministry vs. entertai For info on how to book The Gas Money Tour, please e-mail: info@5theyemusic KD #yieldedmusic #christianity #music #christian #christian

People are products, but people also produce. Mostly, people produce what they are products of. Actually, no one can give what they don’t have. I make mention of this for better AND for worse, but also to prove a point that today, with self-service everything alarmingly more a priority, we tend to overlook: people produce. Now, that may look like a repeat, but it’s actually not. Notice I didn’t say, “…a person produces…”  This post is about unity and it’s irrefutable power. W

Success! In one way or another, it’s a word we all desire to be acquainted with.  Because our various fields of expertise are ambiguous, our measurements of success and what it means to be successful will vary, also.  So how do we, as saints of GOD in general and CHRISTian rappers/Urban Music Missionaries in particular, measure success? Welp, that all depends on through what lense we’re peering.  Lets look advanced snapshots, shall we???  Bet… The Money Magnet: As an artist i

Artists want to introduce others to their art; it’s their expression and usually an outlet and accurate reflection of perhaps a deeper reveal than what’s normally acknowledged or appreciated about them.  CHRISTians want, more than anything, to introduce others to their GOD; the very source of their being and everything they are and aren’t. So what does this mean for the CHRISTian artist?  The introduction to GOD should trump everything.  If we LOVE GOD, then we should LIVE GO