You get Hillsong flavored tunes with driving electric guitar and lots of kick drums on the vamps in “Rez Power” and “Your Presence Is Heaven.” Then you get a tune for the Latin market with “Te Amo,” featuring T. I love the way that Israel and producer extraordinaire and musician/singer in his own right, Aaron Lindsey, pull this project off in a way that balances CCM, Gospel, and Latin flavored music. While there are musically complex things happening, you can always dial those down as you need to and still be able to have good, simple, music for personal or corporate worship.ģ. By making a project full of great tunes that can be replicated by non-professionals and professionals alike, you can run the risk of “dumbing it down,” so to speak. You don’t have to sacrifice musicality for simplicity. So, churches that don’t have musicians can still produce a wonderful worship experience. Also, there is sheet music, tutorials, and instrumental tracks available for this project that you can purchase on iTunes. With songs like “Jesus the Same” (reminiscent of old gems such as ‘Who Is Like the Lord?’), “Speechless,” and of course, “Jesus At the Center,” you have no trouble pulling these songs off at your own church. But, when it gets down to it, praise teams, choirs and ministers of music are looking for singable material that talks about Jesus. I know, we like music that we can jam to in the car that isn’t necessarily meant for Sunday morning. This project is chocked-full of songs that you can actually sing at church. And I’m going to give you the reasons why.ġ. Love People,” Israel Houghton is rejoined with New Breed for “Jesus At the Center.” In my opinion, this two-disc project lives up to the hype. ISRAEL AND NEW BREED “JESUS AT THE CENTER”īack after his 2010 solo album, “ Love God.

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