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Manafest Albums
Christopher Scott Greenwood (born July 19, 1979), known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper and rock artist from Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has won multiple awards for the GMA Canada Covenant Awards, GMA Dove Awards, and has been nominated for multiple Juno Awards. Signed for a decade with BEC Recordings, Manafest became independent in 2015. History After a skateboarding accident in 1998, Greenwood shifted his focus to musical writing. He and fellow rapper Jusachyl started a hip-hop group, Under One King. During this time, Greenwood used his skater nickname 'Speedy' as his moniker. In 2000, Greenwood shifted to the stage name Manafest and began to produce music independently. In 2001, Manafest debuted his EP, '' Misled Youth''. The release garnered "Modern Rock/Alternative Song of the Year" for the song "Freedom" at the GMA Canada Covenant Awards in 2002. The following year, Manafest released his first full-length album ''My Own Thing'' and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickering, Ontario
Pickering (2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily ethnic British colonists. An increase in population occurred after the American Revolutionary War, when the Crown resettled Loyalists and encouraged new immigration. Many of the smaller rural communities have been preserved and function as provincially significant historic sites and museums. The city also includes the development of Durham Live, a multi-billion-dollar casino complex. History Early period The present-day Pickering was Aboriginal territory for thousands of years. The Wyandot (called the Huron by Europeans), who spoke an Iroquoian language, were the historical people living here in the 15th century. Archeological remains of a large village have been found here, known as the Draper Site. Later, the Wyandot moved northwest to Georgian Bay, where they established their historic homela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glory (Manafest Album)
''Glory'' is the third studio album by the Christian rapper Manafest. It was released on September 26, 2006 under BEC Recordings. The release contains the single "Impossible", featuring Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch. Critical reception The album received very positive reviews from most professional music sites and reviews. Justin Mabee of Jesus Freak Hideout praised the album saying: "Sophomore records seem to always be hard to make, even if a debut doesn't do as well as some artists would like. It seems that Manafest got some pointers and used them to his advantage, and with ''Glory'', it blows his debut out of the water. This is definitely an album to check out, and keep an eye out for Manafest as his sound continues to mature." David Bain of Cross Rhythms commented: "BEC Recordings new signing Canadian Chris Greenwood, aka Manafest, has already been making quite a name for himself with his vibrant blend of hard rock and hip-hop rhythms. Not dissimilar to mainstre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moment (Manafest Album)
''The Moment'' is the seventh studio album by the Christian rapper Manafest. It was released on August 5, 2014 under BEC Recordings. The album was fan-funded through a PledgeMusic campaign. The album marks Manafest's final release with his long-time affiliate label BEC Recordings before moving to a fully independent status for his next album ''Reborn''. Critical reception The album received generally positive reviews from multiple professional music sites and reviews. Christian St. John of Christian Review Magazine showered compliments on the album saying: "Manafest has found himself on ''The Moment''. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it seems to me that this album is Manafest’s defining work, his coming-of-age album if you will." Speaking for ''CCM Magazine'', Andy Argyrakis praised the release by stating: "Manafest continues to strike rap/rock gold with a dozen new tunes... the Canadian veteran spreads faith-affirming positivity over some of his sharpest rhymes t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Piper
Joel Piper (born October 18, 1985) is a Mexican singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and disc jockey born in Sonora, Mexico. He most famously known for being the ex-drummer and clean vocalist for the metalcore band Confide (band), Confide from 2009 to 2013. As a solo musician, he has released three full-length studio albums and three EPs. Early life Joel Piper is half Native American and German. He was born on October 18, 1985, in Sonora, Mexico to missionary parents who resided in a humble cement home there for 5 years helping the less fortunate. He was raised there until he was 5, at just eighteen months old Piper started playing an actual drum beat on the couch with drum sticks cut in half by his father so his small hands could hold the sticks. He would make up songs and sing them all day long. Finding ways to jerry-rig components and devices, Joel made his own albums for him and his friends in which eventually progressed into producing and recording songs. Musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject matter ranges from the nativity of Jesus Christ, to gift-giving and merrymaking, to cultural figures such as Santa Claus, among other topics. Many songs simply have a winter or seasonal theme, or have been adopted into the canon for other reasons. While most Christmas songs prior to 1930 were of a traditional religious character, the Great Depression era of the 1930s brought a stream of songs of American origin, most of which did not explicitly reference the Christian nature of the holiday, but rather the more secular traditional Western themes and customs associated with Christmas. These included songs aimed at children such as "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", as well as sentimental ballad-type songs p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PledgeMusic
PledgeMusic was an online direct-to-fan music platform, launched in August 2009. It was started to facilitate musicians looking to pre-sell, market, and distribute projects; such as recordings and concerts. It bore similarities to other artist payment platforms as ArtistShare, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Patreon, RocketHub and Sellaband. The company announced it was facing bankruptcy in May 2019, after a year of artists reporting slow payment problems. The company was granted permission to wind up on August 19, 2019. History Formation PledgeMusic was formed in the UK and registered with Companies House on October 1, 2008. In the next few years, a number of complementary companies were also formed under the PledgeMusic banner. They were: PledgeMusic Retail Ltd on June 18, 2009; PledgeMusic Recordings Limited on August 18, 2010 (originally named PledgeMusic 2.0 Limited); and PledgeMusic Publishing on November 11, 2010. Early successes Ginger Wildheart was awarded the 2012 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighter (Manafest Album)
''Fighter'' is the sixth studio album by the Christian rapper Manafest. It was released on April 10, 2012 under BEC Recordings. The album was, in majority, produced by Seth Mosley (of Newsboys producer fame). Critical reception The album received overall general positive praise from multiple professional music sites and reviews. Sarah Fine of New Release Tuesday gave the release very high praise and went on to state the album was "lyrically intense, the musicianship on this record is nearly flawless." With a fair amount of positive endorsement, Timothy Estabrooks of Jesus Freak Hideout stated that "''Fighter'' is a fun, upbeat rap rock album with a pleasantly encouraging message. Fans of Manafest and the genre in general will find plenty to like here." Indie Vision Music's own Lee Brown approvingly reported "With singular focus, ''Fighter'' takes the listener through the hollow shells of life we as fallen humans often find ourselves clinging to and encourages us to fight for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Concert (Manafest Album)
''Live in Concert'' (also known as ''Manafest: Live in Concert'') is a live album from the Christian rapper Manafest. It was released on June 7, 2011 under BEC Recordings. The release was recorded at a show in Canada, during the Superchick Reinvention Tour in Fall, 2010. Critical reception The album received generally positive reception from professional music sites and reviews. Rick Anderson of AllMusic complimented the live release stating: "Chris Greenwood (aka Manafest) is generally billed as a Christian rapper, but on the evidence provided by his first live album, he's as much singer as rapper, and his style owes as much to metal as to hip-hop. The 12-song set finds him jumping back and forth between metallic-flavored hip-hop and rap-flavored metal songs, delving (not very successfully) into swinging 12/8 funk rhythms and (more successfully) power ballads. There are good hooks scattered throughout the album, and his band sounds fantastic: the musical texture offers a consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapzilla
Rapzilla is a Christian hip hop online magazine. The website contains many sections such as latest news, album reviews, articles, interviews, music downloads, videos, release dates, and columns. Rapzilla is known for its up-to-date news. The website's goal is to cover quality Christian hip hop music and bring more exposure to the scene. History Rapzilla was created in 2003 by Philip Rood, a fifteen-year-old missionary child living in Belgium. In 2010, he partnered with Chad Horton, who ran a similar Christian hip hop site called Hip Hop for theSoul, and the two decided to merge their efforts. On 2013, Dove Awards A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Award ... announces partnership with Rapzilla.com. In 2017, Rood sold his ownership of Rapzilla to Horton, ending his associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chase (Manafest Album)
''The Chase'' is the fifth studio album by the Christian rapper Manafest. It was released on March 30, 2010 under BEC Recordings, in association with Uprok Records. The single "Avalanche" off the release has sold 50,000 copies as of September 1, 2011. Critical reception The album was met with generally positive and praiseworthy reviews with many calling it Manafest's best album yet. Wayne Myatt of Jesus Freak Hideout positively highlighted the album and stated that "''The Chase'' is an enjoyable album with so much variety that it never seems to become tedious. Releases like this one don't come around too often, so if you crave rock and rap, it doesn't get better than this." Indie Vision Music gave the album similar approval by saying "this is an outstanding album by Manafest, and his best work to date. If you liked his older albums and his fusion of rock and hip-hop then this album is exactly what you need. Manafest brings some big guitars to the party that do not disappoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
