Disciples of Christ

Oh, thank you Internet for this beautiful thing.  If laughter is good for the health, then this just extended my life by a good twenty-three minutes or so.  Christian rap.  And if the most popular track on Spotify is representative of the three (3!!!) full albums of music available, then this is actually kind of perfect early 90's rap.  That tune, called "To Da Dome," is a fine pastiche of beats jacked from other people - I hear "Atomic Dog," jacked from half of the artists at this time and "Fantastic Voyage," as used by Coolio.  On top of that, one of these rappers sounds just like someone, but I can't put my finger on it.  One of the crew cut rappers from "Pass the 40?"  No.  Dangit. Their Wikipedia entry says that two of them were attending Oberlin College on a football scholarship before forming the group.

Boom.  I only find one real video out there, so here is their fourth most popular track, which leaves behind that classic rap sound and goes for some Bell Biv Devoe new jack swing instead.

Weak, man.  Stick with the sweet old school rap.  Oh no, and then there is their second most popular track on Spotify, which leaves both of those styles behind to do some serious rocking and rolling, yo.

The name of that song, no lie, is "Hip Hop Body Slam Hard Rock Holy Spirit Jam."  It's like an 80's Japanese Nintendo programmer was asked to name the song without listening to it. They even bite "God Gave Rock and Roll to You."  These dudes are bold.  If Bill and Ted had a favorite rap song, this is definitely it.

Oh no!  The ACL website shows that this is not the same Disciples of Christ!  What a bummer. Instead, we are getting "One of the most exciting gospel female groups in Texas," who apparently have zero presence on Spotify.  Their only presence on YouTube appears to have been filmed with a flip phone inside of a shoe box.

On top of that, it looks like there is some intrigue regarding who to contact for booking!  I sure hope the ACL folks contacted Arlene and not Shay.  Fraudulent contact!  Maybe Shay can get us hooked up with the rap DOC group? 

Candice Jackson 2 months ago

This is a fraudulent contact, do not call Shayb1217, she does not represent Disciples of Christ. If you are looking to contact Disciples of Christ call Arlene Bell 281-608-5551 God Bless

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ShayB1217 6 months ago

If you want to contact this group call Shay at 817-668-6592.. Disciples of Christ Gospel Houston Texas