Derek Minor
Your Soul Must Fly
Reflection Music Group, 2017
Critically acclaimed Christian hip-hop artist and Grammy-winning producer Derek Minor likes to stay busy, so the four-EP series he plans to roll out over the next several months is pretty much just par for the course.
“Your Soul Must Fly” is the first installment.
Despite the Candy Land-esque cover art, there’s a haunting urgency to the 23-minute record that pairs well with Minor’s chip-on-my-shoulder swagger (“Get up on my level” he intones on “Level”). Minor admittedly listens to a lot of Drake and strains of “Started from the Bottom” occasionally rise to the top in the title track, which is a good thing.
Lyrically speaking, “Your Soul Must Fly” sticks to the theme of rising above the world through the strength of God (if Minor didn’t want to be an astronaut growing up, I’d be surprised). I’m looking forward to the rest.
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Jeremy Henderson reviews music for The Alabama Baptist. He is co-host of Rich and Jeremy in the Mornings on Wings 94.3 FM, editor of The War Eagle Reader.
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