It’s been a while since I blessed you with a mix so I thought I’ll put together ‘The Ultimate Praise Party Mixtape!’  It is 70mins of pure new party vibes from the world’s hottest Christian artists.  Enjoy.

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Full track listsings:

1. DJ Kelechi Intro
2. Stronger (Movin’ Remix) – Mandisa
3. Calling You (feat. Lecrae) – Jai
4. Take It Away – Coco Dupree
5. Don’t Let Go – Je’kob
6. Good Morning (Capital Kings Remix) – Mandisa
7. Feel the Music – Chan
8. Free – Guvna B
9. I Feel So Alive – Capital Kings
10. Let’s Go (Remix) – Young Chozen
11. Me Without You – tobyMac
12. Newsong – Writeway-Music
13. Follow – Writeway-Music
14. One Sixteen (feat. KB & Andy Mineo) – Trip Lee
15. Man – Flame
16. Heart Problem – Trip Lee
17. Reppin’ the Kingdom (feat. J Moss) – Deitrick Haddon
18. I Am (Remix) [feat. G.A.] – Canton Jones
19. Sovereign King – Deborah
20. Walk On Water – Guvna B
21. I’m A Vessel – J Vessel
22. Power – Deitrick Haddon
23. Gold – Britt Nicole
24. Sugar-Coat – Guvna B
25. Clear The Airwaves (ft. Faith Child) – Triple O
26. In da Club – Canton Jones
27. Thank You – Chan
28. I Don’t Deserve It ft. Elizabeth – Jay Dolph
29. You Are Great – Chris Searcy
30. Take Me – J Moss

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70mins of banging afrobeat praise moooozik hosted by the hilarious A DOT Comedian. Mixed live by DJ Kelechi.

Also check out the A DOT Comedian official website.

Here are the full track listings:

1. Intro – A DOT Comedian
2. One Song ft Tha Suspect – RoofTop MCs
3. Timaya – Timaya
4. It’s all about DJ Kelechi – A DOT Comedian
5. Rejoice (Give Him Praise) – Medi Kay
6. My Praise – Gabriel Eziashi
7. Double Double – Atta Boafo
8. Abo Abo (Featuring 2 Shots And Si) – Kefee
9. Oshe Baba – [Unknown]
10. iSing Featuring Utter Once & Muyiwa – Victizzle
11. Welcome 2 Africa ft Andrew Bello, Chuka Royalty – L’Dubzy
12. My DJ Kelechi – A DOT Comedian
13. Ara ile – Simisola
14. Morile – Bouqui
15. U Dey Make Me – Obi Shine
16. Let the Son Shine – Medi Kay
17. Brain Freeze – A DOT Comedian
18. Oshe Baba (22nd Birthday Special) – TP
19. Kokoroko ft Timaya – Kefee
20. My Mum Followed me on Twitter – A DOT Comedian
21. Igwe – Midnight Crew
22. African Medley – Gabriel Eziashi
23. That is Child Abuse – A DOT Comedian
24. [Unknown Ghanian Praise]
25. Sapele Water – Kefee
26. [Unknown Zimbabwean Praise]
27. One Love – Eben
28. Eshe Baba – JOEPRAIZE
29. Jamaicans, God Bless You For Your Bread – A DOT Comedian
30. [Unknown Nigerian Praise]
31. Ope Lo Ye O – Flo
32. Ngalaba (The Pillar that holds my house) – Obi Shine
33. Oga ju – Simisola

Due to popular demand I humbly present my first Praise Party mixtape devoted to afrobeat!!

It is hosted by the ever funny and super talented A-dot Comedian and features 70mins only the hottest sounds from the UK and Africa, mixed live by yours truly.

The DJ Kelechi’s AfroBeat Praise Party Mixtape will be available as a free download on Friday 12th August 2011 from http://www.dj-k.com

Vol 2 picks up from where Vol 1 finished off. It’s a selection of UK and international urban tracks carefully selected to meet people wherever they are at. Released a free CD at the True Love Waits Praise Party in Feb 2011. Check out http://www.idonotconform.com

This mixtape was my first attempt to do a project that can minister on a particular theme or subject. It was recorded to be given away to people who attended our now annual event, True Love Waits Valentines Praise Party. For more info on this and the ministry, check out http://www.idonotconform.com/. First released February 2010 on CD only now available as a free download

Full track listings

1. DJ Kelechi Intro – DJ Kelechi
2. Stay in Your Lane ft Lola Godheld – Presha J
3. Man Tan – Shei Atkins
4. Get Ya Own – Creflo Dollar
5. Im Not Reaching ft Presha J – Victizzle
6. Ring On My Finger – Jesus Freakz
7. Motives Skit – Inkrease ft Simply Andy and Destynee
8. Motives – Inkrease
9. Top Model – Canton Jones & Monte G
10. The Word of God Hasn’t Changed – Creflo Dollar
11. Danger – J.R.
12. Get on My Level – Shei Atkins
13. Not 4 Me (Featuring B-Dill) – Todd Bangz
14. I Like Me – Kirk Franklin
15. My Girl – Victizzle
16. Christ Like Girl – Fountains of Wisdom
17. Proverbs 31 Woman – Dwayne Tryumf
18. Wait Skit
19. Part Ways – Inkrease ft Jaz Ellington
20. Unawakened Love – Tunday
21. Bad Ain’t Good – Flame
22. No More Excuses – Creflo Dollar
23. Dating or Married – Mark J
24. Saving Sex – Creflo Dollar
25. It Aint Worth It – Sean C. Johnson
26. What is the Standard – Dr Jamal Bryant
27. Hold a Standard – Loretta’s Poetry
28. Cute – Canton Jones
29. Recipe For Love – Shei Atkins
30. My Body – Trin-I-Tee 57
31. Wrong Things – Kierra “Kiki” Sheard
32. God Says No – Raymond & CO
33. He Knows How to Forgive – Creflo Dollar

I’ve actually got too many tracks and not all can fit but I still feel led to put out a public call to all Christian artists to submit tracks for consideration. So I have to obey the Holy Spirit and do just that.

ABOUT THE MIXTAPE.
It is called TRUE LOVE WAITS and all the tracks will touch on the themes of Godly relationships, sexual purity and defining real love as the Word of God teaches. This mixtape is about ministry, not creating hype about how I’m the hottest DJ.

WHAT TYPE OF TRACKS AM I LOOKING FOR?
Quality Christian music that that touches on at least one of theses themes.
It can be ANY genre or style of music or poetry, or even just an instrumental.
It must be a finished track, mixed properly etc (I has to sound good as well LOL!)

WHAT’S THE DEADLINE?
Yesterday!  No seriously, the deadline is 3rd Feb 2010 as I will record the mixtape live on 5th Feb.

HOW WILL MY TRACK BE USED?
*IF* I choose your track, I will include it on the mixtape and give you full credit on the CD inlay and on my website with links to your website or myspace.
I will not sell the CD at all.  A few copies will be made on CD and given away free at events and registered members of idonotconform.com will be able to download it.

HOW DO I SUBMIT TRACKS?
1.  Via email to  kelechi@dj-k.com  or
2.  Soundcloud DropBox – just use ‘DropBox’ below

Send me your track

OK.  That’s it.  Pray about it and if you feel led, please send me your track.

God Bless

Kelechi ‘DJ-K’ Amadi

THE DISCOVERY CENTRE, Trinity Chapel, London, UK
18 November 2009

I must start this review by giving a vote of thanks to Pastor Dr Sola Fola-Alade and Trinity Chapel for hosting this event.  In the past top US gospel artists would look to churches to bring them over to their UK fans, but the trend over recent years has been for Churches to shy away from this, leaving it to (often secular) promoters.  This trend has brought rise to the fleecing of gospel music fans by money motivated promoters putting on half-baked events and taking the money out of our industry.
This one, however, was back to the good ol’ days when you could get real close to gospel music royalty in an intimate concert where it still felt like we were havin’ church.

I arrived a little late and expected to walk into the venue while the support acts were in full swing, but, ‘due to technical difficulties’ I simply joined the others who were patiently waiting for too long already.  By the time our hosts Tola Onigbanjo and Eddie Kadi finally came on it was obvious that it would take more than a couple of one-liners from them to warm up the crowd.

Bring on the acts already!

Up steps Rachel Kerr.  Armed with her breathtaking vocal ability, she started with an accapella song and  by the time she finished off with ‘Kingdom Solider’ the audience had started defrosting.

Next ting: Guvna B.  One of the UK gospel’s finest recording artistes proved that he is becoming one of the best live MCs with a well polished set. No more thawing needed, everyone’s on their feet now! The party is heating up.

Time for a set from up and coming RnB/worship artiste Matthew Allan, some hilarious Eddie Kadi stand-up and an intermission before the main event.

Up steps Kirk

Finally the moment we’ve all be waiting for.  On come the backing singers and band, then on comes Kirk Franklin, understated in a black t-shirt and jeans, looking relaxed, as ever.  He goes straight into the music, leading the songs, but hardly singing a word.  He doesn’t need to sing much, most of his songs use female choir lead vocals plus the audience are singling along to every word anyways.  Leaving Kirk with plenty of time to dance, crack jokes, pose for camera phone pictures and show love to the fans.

Kirk’s dance moves are something else! Sliding across the stage effortlessly, he’s like the James Brown of Gospel.  So natural on the stage, he has got to be one of the all time great gospel performers.  Him and his band had a relaxed air about them like they had done this show a million times before, yet they were enjoying themselves just as much as the audience.
One of the best bits was when Kirk sat down to play lead piano and let the backing singers and band take turns to freestyle solos. Real intimate.

The time flew by. Kirk sprinkled just the right amount of well known classic worship choruses in between his huge catalogue of contemporary hits.  How many artistes do you know that can do a 90min set where the crowd sing (and rap) along to every song?

Some people would have baulked at the ticket price, but those who did come along would testify that it was worth every penny considering we got a rare chance to see a full concert from one of Gospels all time greats, who is still at the top of his game after 15 years.

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1. Love Unstoppable – Fred Hammond  itunes | amazon
2. Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot  itunes | amazon
3. Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans  itunes | amazon
4. Faithful To Believe – Byron Cage  itunes | amazon
5. Love & War – Barlow Girl  itunes | amazon

I compile this chart for each issue of Gospel Link 360 magazine.

Artist Title: Kirk Franklin – The Fight of my life

Label: Fo Yo Soul/Zomba

Genre: Gospel

Verdict

Kirk Franklin has produced another masterpiece. Following the same formula he used to great effect in his last full release ‘Hero’, Kirk brings a similar mix of banging RnB anthems and beautiful heartfelt ballads. There is a real sense of honesty as Kirk owns up to the fact (like with many of us) his biggest fight is the battle against himself.

Young people dealing with trails that challenge their faith will connect with the excellent ‘Help me Believe’ whilst the slightly older generation will appreciate being taken back to church when Rance Allen helps out on ‘Little Boy’. Indeed, the lyrics on this track show that Kirk has manoeuvred himself into a position where he can be as ‘real’ (read ‘raw’) as he wants and still be warmly embraced by the church as a whole. The once bad boy is well and truly the golden (read ‘platinum’) boy and I for one continue to welcome each Kirk Franklin release with open arms.

Dancefloor Fillers

I Like Me: There ain’t much more than beat box, hand claps and drums on this beat but it is still a guaranteed club smash. Add rapping from Kirk and the ever eloquent Da TRUTH into the mix and you’ve gone clear!

Still in Love: This is just like ‘Looking for You’, only better. Throwbacks to the 70s / 80s disco funk sound with a sweet vocal arrangement just make it feel like summer.

Praise & Worship Gems

He will Supply: Proper good ‘ol fashioned gospel

Still: Use this one when there’s lots of stuff going on in your life and it’s all getting a bit too much.

Other Standout Tracks

I am God: Toby Mac gets in on the act in this rock enthused screamer of a track.

Little Boy: Stunning vocal performance from guests Rance Allen and Isaac Carree. Also the cheekiest line on the album ‘Let him see yo’ mind, not the crack of your behind!’

Artist – Title: Israel & New Breed – A Deeper Level

Label: Integrity/Provident

Genre: Gospel/Pop

Verdict

There are very few worship outfits with music can transcend cultural barriers and appeal to both the white and black sectors of the church.

With A Deeper Level, Israel does this effortlessly. There is no doubt that this album will top the charts worldwide and further reinforce his position as one of the leading international praise and worship leaders of our time.

Throughout this live recording you will hear songs which have been crafted with Israel’s trademark combination of simple catchy hooks and excellent instrumentation.

This formula is applied excellently to tracts like the rock enthused ‘We Have Overcome’, the anthemic ‘I Know Who I Am’ and the dancehall/reggaeton flavoured ‘With Long Life’. But it will be worship songs like ‘I Will Search’ and ‘Deeper’ which will no doubt find their way into the praise and worship sessions of many a church service worldwide.

Dancefloor Fillers

With Long Life: The verdict is still out in T-bones rap but this is still a huge party track.

Praise & Worship Gems

Deeper: Perfect balance of acoustic guitar, electric guitar and piano combine and you will find yourself crying out ‘God, give us your heart!’

I will search: A worship song of epic proportions. Beautifully written. This one had me and my wife in worship mode for ages on a long drive home recently. It’s one that is designed to usher you into God’s presence.

Other Standout Tracks:

I Know Who I Am: Sing along rock anthem feat Chris Tomlin

Identity: African influenced toe taper/hand clapper

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Full Tracklisting

1. 123 Praises! Remix – Virtue
2. Phenomenal – Michelle Bonilla
3. You – Kierra “Kiki” Sheard
4. Anastasis  Karl Nova    
5. Don’t Throw Your Life Away – Dwayne Tryumf Feat. E Minor From M.O.D
6. Confession – G.P. (Heirs 2 Da Throne)
7. Stop Now – Squad Benefactor & Vision
8. No Place To Hide – Jarian
9. Praise Party – Sammy G, Sherrie & Seraphim
10. Alright! – Elyon feat. Tryumf
11. Praise Ye Dah Lord – Mista Oracle & Ronel Benjamin
12. Heaven To Earth – Reubin
13. Father God – Ordinary
14. The Real Party – Mary Mary
15. Better – Kirk Franklin
16. 1-2 (Victory Check) – Tye Tribbett & GA
17. Morse Code – Sammy G
18. The Good Book – Sammy G Feat T1
19. It’s That Boy – Vision , T1, Hatman, Gap D
20. Nah Nah Nah – Chevelle Franklyn
21. Bless Up – Adelaide MacKenzie
22. Who U Wit – Lecrae
23. Gotta Notice – Flame
24. Bring dat Back (Freestyle) – Dwayne Tryumf
25. Let That Thang Go – T-Bone
26. Blessed – Ekklesia
27. Not Forgotten – Israel & New Breed
28. Open My Eyes Lord – Joann Rosario
29. On The Floor – Canton Jones
30. Psalms 150
31. Natural High – Nu Life
32. Wrong Things – Kierra “Kiki” Sheard
33. Thank You Jesus – Virtue
34. It Is What It Is – Kierra “Kiki” Sheard