CD cover for Tedashii’s new release, “Below Paradise”

Tedashii — Below Paradise — Reach Records

Tedashii “T-Dot” Anderson is an extremely gifted hip hop artist. With 3 previous albums under his belt he is pretty well known in the hip hop community. In March of 2013, Tedashii lost his young baby boy in a car crash. One year later, he tells his heartfelt story in what he calls his “journal” or otherwise known as his new CD, released May 27, “Below Paradise.”

Tedashii spills out his heart in every track on this Album. He talks about his initial pain he experienced once he got the news of his son’s passing in the song, “Dark Days, Darker Nights.” He quoted on twitter, “I wrote ‘Dark Days, Darker Nights’ at night in a thunderstorm. Me, a pic of my son, and my tears in the rain. That song is from a real place.” In the song “Complicated,” he talks of the downward spiral his life started to go on. The news of his son’s passing threw his life into a confusing cycle. Along with the struggles of the loss, he began to experience this internal struggle for what he believes in the song “Angels and Demons.” He realizes that God, his wife, family and friends would always be with him, no matter what, in the song “Love Never Leaves.”

Tedashii is able to still give thanks to his wife for always being there with him through it all in, “Be With You.” He is also still able to give some amazing bangers with deep messages about confidence and faith with “Nothing I Can’t Do” and “My God” (and on the deluxe version “Earthquake” and “On Ten”). He is able wrap up the whole album with a beautiful anthem to. his son in the song “Chase.” He tells of pain he feels without him, what he appreciated about him that he never realized until he was gone ,and what it takes to cling to God in times such as hard as this.

All in all, this is an amazing with great potential to impact the secular world, the hip hop community, and anyone of the Christian faith. Tedashii quotes, “I pray this will be an album all can feel, even if you can’t relate, and be moved to true emotions about the reality of a life in a harsh world with a loving God below paradise.”

If you don’t like rap, you will still be able to listen to this album. If you don’t relate in any wa,y you will see the emotion of this one person and you, too, will be able to feel what he feels.

“Below Paradise” is available at retail stores and on ITunes, where you can hear clips of each of the 17 songs on the project.