I hope you all got a chance to see the Celebration of Gospel 2009 on BET last night. This year's show was more grounded than last year, if only because while they did incorporate non-Gospel artists in it, this year there were much more Gospel singers participating and more songs than spoken word interludes. Even host Steve Harvey wasn't as prominent this year as last year. Maybe the comments he made about one of the artists' dresses last year put him in the semi-dog house.
This year's highlights included the following:
* A duet of "Jesus is Love" featuring Heather Headley and Smokie Norful. Heather just came out with her first Gospel CD this month, but the way she ministered the song with Smokie shows you that the girl grew up in the church! A pleasant surprise, indeed.
* A group song featuring Kirk Franklin, Rance Allen, and two of the four original members of Men of Standard, Issac Carree & Lowell Pye. They did a big band version of "Little Boy" from The Fight of My Life
. That was just TOO smooth, and had lyrics that a LOT of the listeners needed to hear.** Probably the highlight of the broadcast was the appearance of Hezekiah Walker and Love Fellowship, with special guests Marvin Sapp & DJ Rogers singing "God Favored Me" from Souled Out
. After a year of constant accusations & rumors surrounding him, Hezekiah came out with this song as an answer to his critics & an encouragement to his followers. There were very few dry eyes in the audience when this song was done!That's it for now. I'll probably have more to say on this tremendous show later on this week. Heck, this might take the entire week! Until tomorrow, be blessed!
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