Snoop Dogg curates an all-out Gospel opus, ‘Bible of Love’
The rapper's new album is a high-profile compilation of modern Gospel music
The rapper's new album is a high-profile compilation of modern Gospel music
ICYMI, Snoop Dogg recently dropped a 32-track, hand-on-heart Gospel album called ‘Bible of Love’, featuring about every big name in Gospel going, including Tye Tribbet, Fred Hammond, Faith Evans, the Clark Sisters, and many, many more. It’s now #1 on Billboard’s Gospel chart.
Although Gospel music is generally outside of the Sputnik remit, we’ve written before about the fascinating case of Christianity in American hip-hop. Snoop, unsurprisingly, has church roots – his mother, Beverley Broadus, is a travelling evangelist. While there are many different pockets of hip-hop that can’t all be pushed together, gospel music – ‘the music of black resilience and black fortitude’, as this Vulture review put it – is an inextricable influence on mainstream rap and R&B alike.
Though it’s stylistically broad, there’s little crossover in ‘Bible of Love’; it’s really a curated compilation of modern Gospel, resting entirely on your own personal taste for the genre. Musically speaking, it’s pure celebration of a subculture. But if it’s the result of Snoop’s personal journey, he keeps pretty quiet – he barely appears on the 2 hour album, which feels odd in the context. Whatever you make of it, the synergy of rap and modern gospel in the US carries on apace.
You Might Also Like...
Ben Lawrence’s musical journey through grief
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, we're helping songwriter Ben Lawrence to push his debut album even further.
Trees, songs and creation care: an interview with Lydia Hiorns
Newcastle-based artist Lydia Hiorns is reclaiming the messy and dangerous world of nature to inspire a 20-track musical project.
Loving the local arts scene: an interview with comedian Tom Elliott
A thriving arts scene is a common good that blesses many: so we've helped to fund Tom Elliott's 'Big Local Night Out' project.
Art as an act of aspirational joy: an interview with Joanna Karselis
Composer Joanna Karselis talks about her journey so far, and the struggle that birthed her new EP—which was funded, in part, by Sputnik Patrons.
Kapes A. Witness is searching for the right words
Birmingham rapper Kapes A. Witness talks through how faith has changed his artistic practice, and his new project supported by Sputnik Patrons.