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| Easop |
|  | | Country: | United States |
| Website: | http://www.myspace.com/easop7 |
| Releases: | [Back For The 1st Time] [Live Now Die Later] [The Time Has Come] | | Info: | Since his birth in 1975, Easop Winston has created a place
in the world for himself, his family and community. He has
become not only a pillar in the African-American community,
but an innovator in the world of gospel music. For Easop has
taken a vision embedded in him since his youth and turned it
into something the world can be a part of.
Hardcore
Described as a cross between DMX and Tupac, one of the
differences between Easop and rappers of this caliber is his
lyrical intent. His ability to dedicate his words and
thoughts to God is what keeps his raps simple yet truthful,
hardcore yet touching.
Raw
Equipped with a captivating voice and an anointed delivery
raw enough to reckon with the ways of drugs and street
mentalities, Easop has taken the message of God’s love,
light and salvation from the insides of the church and
placed in the middle of this intensely violent world.
Label
Not only is Easop a true artist, he is also a true
businessman. With the start of his company Life or Death
Records, Easop has taken a vision and single handedly turned
it into an establishment that embodies his hopes for his
community. Through the label, he has completed his debut
album entitled, "The Time Has Come."
Fanbase
Since 1994 Easop has built a strong following of fans and
friends. His appearances throughout the Bay Area combined
with his rawness in his rhymes have opened many doors for
Easop’s career and label both nationally and
internationally.
Radio
Some of his accomplishments included making hardcore gospel
rap history by being the first gospel rapper to have his
music played on San Francisco’s hottest station KMEL. His
title cut The Time Has Come ranked #3 on a popular Christian
radio play list in Atlanta.
Guest Appearance
He also appeared on the release from L.G. Wise, Ghetto
Fables : Da 1/2 Ain't Told, on Grapetree Records in 2000.
Crews
The crew of three MCs "The End" and Easop formed the LOD
Boys.
Gospel
Easop has also shared the bill with gospel legends such as
Angelo & Veronica, Andrae Crouch, Fred Hammond and Gary
Oliver.
Albums
The MC released his debut album "The time Has Come" on his
label Life or Death Records in 1999.
His sophomore record is entitled "Live Now Die Later", but
never got released.
Pastor
Easop Winston was still active as a MC in 2003, but is now a
pastor of Realm of Blessings Church in the Bay Area,
California.
Inspiration: Coming back
Easop's inspiration for Gospel rap never subdued. In
fact...quite the contrary... It has and continues to be a
passion of his to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through
unrefined truth in expression via (Holy) Hip Hop/Gospel Rap.
God just took him a different direction in traditional
ministry as a pastor. He still feels there's an element he
and the Life or Death label can bring to the still growing
and underground genre of (Holy) Hip Hop/Gospel Rap. Although
the presence of Easop was obscure in the larger scope of
the Hip-Hop Gospel circuit, he remains true to appearing and
performing at various (local) Christian events and venues as
he feels led. Also, as a business man, Easop wanted a
certain level of financial backing to be in place to do
things at a level second to none as a representative of
God's kingdom. All of these things are now falling into
place. (September 2008)
New Projects
In 2008 the artist is working on a new album called "Back
For The 1st Time" to be released in 2009. |
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| Release: | Back For The 1st Time |
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| Released: | 2009 |
| Recordlabel: | Life or Death Records |
| Info: | The album is scheduled for 2009. |
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| Release: | Live Now Die Later |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2002 |
| Recordlabel: | Indie (Independant Release) |
| Info: | The album was scheduled for release in 2002, but never came
out. |
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| Release: | The Time Has Come |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2000 |
| Recordlabel: | Life or Death Records |
| Info: | 1. Intro
2. Out The Box
3. How It Used to Be
4. Life or Death Till I Die
5. Dead But ALive (Party Mix)
6. The Time Has Come
7. Somebody Loves You
8. Here We Come
9. Force
10. Long Time Coming
11. Images
12. Fully Loaded
13. Dead But Alive |
| Rating: | Our users rated this release: 8 out of 10
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