Monday, 14 May 2012 14:48

KJ-52: Dangerous

Written by  Asher

Dangerous is KJ-52's 8th album and in our opinion it's classic KJ... check out more from his website.

After thriving through the seamless transition between a cutting edge newcomer at the tip of the 2000s to one of today's most respected and ambitious rap/hip-hop heroes, KJ-52 continues pushing the musical and lyrical envelope. With his finger planted firmly on the pulse of current trends while simultaneously blazing a trail for the future class to follow, the veteran's eighth career long player Dangerous could quite possibly be his most alluring and adventurous to date.

"The theme that runs throughout the record is God is calling us to live dangerously for Him," states charismatic KJ-52. "We have to be careful that we don't give into the world, which is like drinking poison out of a gold cup. But as Christians, we can't go along with the status quo or play it safe. There's no room for laziness or complacency."

While it would be easy for the multiple Dove Award winner and sought after collaborator (TobyMac, Newsboys, Thousand Foot Krutch) to rest on his laurels after more than a decade in the game, he aggressively walks that talk across Dangerous, while offering both listeners of faith and the mainstream scene plenty of reasons to relate. Take for instance the title track, which was originally written from a third person perspective, but was changed midway through the sessions to find KJ-52 vulnerably unveiling his own weaknesses.

"At first, I felt it came off too judgmental, so I flipped it and put it on myself," he reveals. "It's risky to do something like that, but if that means I have to put myself into an uncomfortable place to allow someone else to come with up with a resolution, then I'm okay with that. That only comes from the confidence God gives me and it's just me being me, faults and all."

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