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Q) Why call your new CD "The Farmer?" A) The Farmer represents one who sows and reaps. Farmers plant seeds with expectations of receiving a harvest. My seeds are my music, and I plant them every opportunity I can, with the expectations to change people's lives into all that God intended them to be. I drop seeds of hope in both poor and rich communities, prisons, schools, churches, and so forth. Ultimately, my aim with "The Farmer" album is to drop as many seeds as possible throughout the world, and to see people redeemed from sin through the life changing power of Christ. Q) Do you drive your own tractor? A) No. Q) Do you live on a farm? A) No. I am a city boy til this day. Q) Are you a fan of Eminem? Why or why not? A) No. He is influenced by demonic forces in his lyrics and I hate evil. The bible teaches us that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Also, without faith it is impossible to please God. The enemy is busy using artists like Eminem to instill faith in evil, rather than God. If the devil can capture the hearing of people, especially youth, then they will not be able to please God. We see this happening more and more each year as the sales of artists like Eminem reach record setting numbers. I personally feel that no Christian should listen to artists such as Eminem. Let me show you why. Colossians 3: 5-8 Put to death…..sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming………………. 8But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Ephesians 5:3-4 3But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. 4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. I rest my case on Eminem. However, I must say I am not against secular artists, because the war I am in is not against flesh and blood. Sorry if I got too deep, my this is my passion and I am on a mission to change things. Q) Your music straddles the line between holy hip hop and "regular" hip hop-- what was the approach you were going for with your music? Who did you intend to reach with your tracks? A) I am an artist that makes music for God, myself, and for people. Some songs differ as it relates to the songs I make for people because everyone is at a different place in their life. A sinner won't understand the theological approach to writing songs, while a saint won't understand leaving the gospel out of a song. My approach is one similar to the apostle Paul; I become all things to all men, that I might win some. I find myself in places such as schools where I can't preach the gospel, but I have songs that I can still perform. I want to reach as many people as possible that aren't saved, and make music that Christians can enjoy as well. No matter where I am at, a hood or a church, I have songs that will be relevant. That is why you hear the diversity in The Farmer album. Q) What do you think of white Christian rappers KJ-52, John Reuben, and Manafest? A) They open doors in the suburban churches for Christian rap to be accepted and they love Jesus; I respect that. These suburban churches are much more accepting of a clean cut white boy than a hardcore looking rapper from the streets. So guys like KJ-52 get them comfortable with rap, and open them up to accepting hip hop. Then when these churches start realizing their youth need more diversity, because they are tired of their youth enjoying Lil Wayne's stuff, they start scrambling to find a match within Christian hip hop. For me, I know I could play the role well if I wanted to. I could fit that image because I am white-- it just wouldn't be me though. My lyrics and music reflect me, and I refuse to have it any other way. KJ, John, and Manafest do their thing well, and it fits them. My background was different, so my music is different. Much Luvv to them cats. Q) I was really impressed with your CD's production, flow, everything-- I don't normally pay attention to for lack of a better term, "holy hip hop"-- do you think your music will connect with casual hip hop fans or is it for die-hard hip hop fans? A) Thank you very much, I am encouraged by that. I have been performing some of the songs on the album for several years and they connect with both. For instance, the content on the song "I Be Comin' Thru" crosses all boundaries. That is one song that is appreciated by everyone, sinners and saints-- I guess because it exposes my personality, my life, and it is has a few humorous lines to it, but it's all over a hardcore beat. The Farmer Intro makes everyone feel comfortable because it is a hard beat, but has a happy melody that makes everyone smile, even non hip-hop fans. At the end of the day most people appreciate someone who is real, meaning they reflect their true identity in their music. There are a lot of fakers out there, but Tre9 is not one of them. Q) What do you think of Jesus? A) I am absolutely thankful that He saved me. I am honored to be called a child of God as a result of His death and resurrection. When I see how it was before Jesus came, I can't imagine living life that way. The reconciliation to God that Jesus made possible humbles me. Because of Christ, I can go directly to God for forgiveness of sins, help in troublesome times, and all my needs met according to His riches. Finally, to be able to cast all my cares on Him because He cares for me, allows me to live an abundant life here on earth. I love Him. Q) What song on the CD gets the biggest crowd reaction and why? A) Put Ya Hands Up! That song is so hype, it has a dance to it that we teach people while we perform it, and even white people can do the dance. The lyrics reflect the way a lot of people feel as it relates to all these secular rappers boasting in their shallow materialistic things. I think people are so tired of rappers talking about the same ole lame stuff that many of them don't even own anyways, so we become a breathe of fresh air for them. The song is funny, but it goes pretty hard. Check it out here on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0V2WeQ4cG8 Q) Anything else you'd like people to know about you or your CD? A) Yes, it is online everywhere, but visit www.DaSouth.com and click on the store link to get it. Support DaSouth.com, the life in hip hop, Christian hip hop's largest online community. My album is full of life and it will have you dancing, crying, praising, thinking, learning, growing, jamming, bobbing, laughing, and much more! Pick it up and support ya boy. God Bless! (C) 2009 Mark Weber's ChristianMusicDaily.com; check us out on Facebook-- type "Christian Music Daily" in the search box to find the huge group! |
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