''Epiphany'' is the second studio album by Christian rapper

Manafest 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, ...

. It was released July 19, 2005 under

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. The release also marks Manafest's first

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album, as well as the start of his long-time affiliation with

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. The album contains the single "Skills" featuring

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Critical reception

As the album was Manafest's first step out of an independent status, the release only garnered a few glances from professional music sites and reviews. They were however, generally positive.

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applauded the album and stated: "On his debut release with BEC Recordings, Manafest brings a variety of beats to the table. Some serious rock licks back him up on some cuts, while he goes a little old school on others and then shifts to a more modern hip-hop sound on a few more. Lyrically, Manafest covers ground from witnessing to others to the pressures of living in the 21st century to living for God. Overall, this is a strong debut and it makes a big statement for this young artist." Paul Portell of Jesus Freak Hideout went on to say that "Manafest's debut may take more than a listen or two to fully appreciate his talent and attempts at songwriting. If you're a music fan that isn't too picky on diversity within the confines of an individual project that fuses rock and hip-hop together, then ''Epiphany'' is the project for you."

Awards

The album was awarded "Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year" for the 27th

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. The same year, the song "Let It Go", off the album, also won "Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year". The following year, the music video for the song "Rodeo" was nominated for "Video of the Year".

Track listing

*Track 3, 6, 9, 10, 11 & 12 originally on ''

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''.

Personnel

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- additional vocals on track 2 *Aubrey "Bre" Noronha - additional vocals on track 8 *Jusachyl - additional vocals on track 15 *Aisha Jess -

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on track 8 *Chris Stacey - opening vocals on track 1 *Relic the Oddity (Mark Morley) -

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on track 10 *Melanie Greenwood -

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Music videos

* * ;Lyric videos *

Notes

*''Epiphany'' was released on July 19, which also happens to be Manafest's birthday. *The

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on track 13 entitled "Jimmy" was later released on the

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deluxe edition of ''Epiphany'' as its own track. *The deluxe edition bonus track "Mind Master" was a demo song created in 2000, a year before Manafest's debut EP ''

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''. *The song "Let It Go" is not to be confused with Manafest's 2015 single "Let Go", featuring Dave Stovall of

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. *In second verse of the song "Manafesto", Manafest makes a reference to his old nickname "Speedy" from his days as a skater when he states "They call me speedy, so I'm easy on the breaks".

References

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