CD Review-Lacrae’s “Anomaly”

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By Sean Mitchell Weiss, of Van Alstyne and Austin

Artist: Lecrae

Album: Anomaly

Label: Reach Records

Grammy nominated and award-winning artist Lecrae comes in strong with his 7th full-length album, Anomaly. From early 2005, with the release of his first album, Real Talk, we have been able to see Lecrae grow as an artist and a person in life. Lecrae has always been a very transparent artist and is not afraid to make his emotions public in his songs.

In the song “Fear,” Lecrae really shows his thoughts that most biblical men think about around the age that he is around. It also, at the end of the 3rd verse, serves as a reassurance to many of his friends and enemies that his life and his music are still focused all around Jesus.

If you’re not a normal Lecrae fan or you have just heard about him, you get two chances really to hear about where he came from and a brief history of his childhood to teenage years in the songs “Good, Bad, Ugly” and “Wish.” His ability to tell a story has always gotten better and better throughout the years, but he really shines in showing almost a different side of him that most people may not know about. Along with always looking at himself in the mirror, he is never afraid to show a mirror to the world by performing the songs “Welcome to America” and the hit single “Nuthin.” In “Welcome to America,” he points out the lifestyles of three different people involved with America. In “Nuthin,” he talks to the mainstream hip hop artists, saying that they are only talking about how much they have or what they can get because they have the money. They never talk about how people can build themselves up or how they can turn to know God. “They don’t talk about the pain; they don’t talk about the struggle. How they turn to the Lord when they ran into trouble.” He even is not afraid to hold up a mirror to the people in his own faith.

On the track “Dirty Water,” Lacrae is really encouraging some humility to those in the Christian faith, those who do something good then glorify themselves because of what they did.

Lecrae really shines on his mid-tempo songs like these because he is able to connect with people in a way that sounds amazing. He is able to write a love letter to his wife with “All I Need Is You” or even give a great description of the concept of the album with the song “Anomaly.” In the song “Broken,” he tells of the feeling of brokenness that most people experience in life. It is a call out to God for help and really caries that anthem feeling and can leave you with major goose bumps.

To sum it up — this album is near flawless with amazing flow, professional and deep lyrics. There are a few songs that stand out on their own, but they defiantly sound much better in the context in the album as one whole package. It’s thought provoking, eye opening, and it even has a couple of bangers that keep the album entertaining while making it inspirational.

Lecrae as a person is going to be a huge person to help make moves for the kingdom in the future and he is starting again with this album.

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