The Cross Movement

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Our God 04:30 Tools
Interlude: Industry (Cross Movement) 04:26 Tools
DJ Official Speaks (Holy Culture Album Version) 00:43 Tools
It's Going Down (Holy Culture Album Version) 03:08 Tools
Interlude: Laborers (Cross Movement) 04:26 Tools
Free (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:55 Tools
Eternal Cypha (Holy Culture Album Version) 05:43 Tools
Holy Culture (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:54 Tools
I Am That I Am 04:33 Tools
Forever (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:55 Tools
Live It (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:55 Tools
Louder 03:36 Tools
Big Things 04:09 Tools
Cry No More 04:29 Tools
House of Representatives 04:42 Tools
Closer To You (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:03 Tools
Interlude: Medicine (Cross Movement) 00:35 Tools
Name Up 04:56 Tools
Back For This 04:33 Tools
Clap Your Hands 04:20 Tools
When I Flow...(It's Gospel) 04:18 Tools
What Do You See? 02:18 Tools
Closer To You (Holy Culture ) 04:04 Tools
Know Me (Huh, What?) 04:38 Tools
I Love You 04:25 Tools
In Not Of (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:44 Tools
Free 05:13 Tools
Off The Hook 06:27 Tools
Start Somethin' 03:02 Tools
9-10 05:27 Tools
Get That 03:56 Tools
Who's Da Man 05:50 Tools
Spare Change 05:27 Tools
Tapestry 04:01 Tools
Redefined 04:21 Tools
Forever 05:15 Tools
Whatchu Say? 04:31 Tools
Rise Up (Holy Culture ) 04:21 Tools
Holy Culture 04:55 Tools
Civilian Affairs 04:28 Tools
DJ Official Speaks (Holy Culture ) 05:15 Tools
Lord You Are 05:34 Tools
Start Somethin' (Holy Culture ) 04:55 Tools
Rise Up 04:36 Tools
It's Going Down 03:08 Tools
On The Move 03:57 Tools
Closer To You 04:04 Tools
In Not Of 05:13 Tools
L.L.R.P. (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:13 Tools
Interlude: Cats Know (Cross Movement) 01:14 Tools
It's Time 03:39 Tools
Livin' It 04:39 Tools
C to the R 04:41 Tools
Driven (Holy Culture Album Version) 05:13 Tools
Cry No More (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:26 Tools
It's Going Down (Holy Culture ) 04:41 Tools
Hold It Down 04:01 Tools
We Were They 04:07 Tools
Eyes Off Me (Rophi) 03:56 Tools
Hey y'All 03:57 Tools
Spare Rituals 04:29 Tools
Big Words 03:48 Tools
Shock! 05:33 Tools
Free (Holy Culture ) 05:13 Tools
In Not Of (Holy Culture ) 05:12 Tools
Forever (Holy Culture ) 05:12 Tools
Father Forgive Them 05:38 Tools
Driven 04:40 Tools
The Light (The Blazin' One) 04:36 Tools
L.L.R.P. 04:13 Tools
Live Agua 04:48 Tools
Eternal Cypha 05:45 Tools
On in Here 04:32 Tools
We 03:21 Tools
Epiphany 04:19 Tools
Times Table 02:52 Tools
Live It 03:39 Tools
Jerseys & Fitteds 04:19 Tools
Card Shark 04:40 Tools
Questions 04:02 Tools
When I Flow...(It's Gospel) (Holy Culture ) 02:52 Tools
Hip-Hop-Cracy 04:45 Tools
Playa' Hater No. 1 04:24 Tools
Wisemen 03:59 Tools
Creature Double Feature 04:41 Tools
Interlude: Industry 00:44 Tools
Check for Us 04:10 Tools
DJ Official Speaks 00:44 Tools
It's Goin' Down 03:15 Tools
Maze of Madness 04:26 Tools
All Day 03:56 Tools
Interlude: Cat's Know 03:15 Tools
Holy Culture (Holy Culture ) 03:15 Tools
Introducin' 03:58 Tools
Remember 04:11 Tools
On Right Now 04:07 Tools
Love Life 04:25 Tools
Interlude: Medicine 03:56 Tools
Think On These Things 04:09 Tools
Times Table (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:11 Tools
Lord? 04:31 Tools
Blood Spilla 05:05 Tools
The Way 03:54 Tools
Just 4 You 04:38 Tools
Cypha the Next Day 05:36 Tools
Back Up 04:14 Tools
Trust in Him 04:10 Tools
Interlude: Laborers 04:14 Tools
Word Up 04:50 Tools
Super Stars 04:47 Tools
Clarity 04:10 Tools
When I Flow 03:59 Tools
Rise Up (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:35 Tools
To My Peoples 03:17 Tools
Now Who's the Man? 03:17 Tools
Different Kind Of Christmas 03:02 Tools
Start Somethin' (Holy Culture Album Version) 03:02 Tools
Come in London (Interlude) 00:41 Tools
In Route (Interlude) 01:05 Tools
Test It 04:44 Tools
Cry No More (Holy Culture ) 04:01 Tools
Catch 22 05:19 Tools
Interlude: H.C. Panel Discussion 04:22 Tools
L.L.R.P. (Holy Culture ) 01:05 Tools
Times Table (Holy Culture ) 01:05 Tools
Lower Case gods 04:00 Tools
Cypha' The Next Day 04:46 Tools
Welcome 00:35 Tools
Driven (Holy Culture ) 04:22 Tools
Heaven's Mentality 04:12 Tools
The Last Cypha 05:31 Tools
The Drawing Board 06:11 Tools
Cypha 911 03:24 Tools
Somebody Help! (Interlude) 01:01 Tools
Eternal Cypha (Holy Culture ) 04:00 Tools
Interlude: H.C. Panel Discussion (Holy Culture ) 04:12 Tools
El Elyon 04:47 Tools
Solo Christo 05:01 Tools
Dust 05:13 Tools
Name Up (Feat. Tedashii) 04:55 Tools
Rescue 05:39 Tools
Cypha Time 05:54 Tools
Know Your God (Interlude) 01:28 Tools
Intro -- Dispatch (We Called You) 05:54 Tools
Forever (Remix) 04:37 Tools
Live It (Holy Culture ) 05:54 Tools
Da Truth Iz 04:39 Tools
Human Superstars 04:48 Tools
Trust In Him (Feat. Robert "don" Barham) 04:31 Tools
Now Who's The Man? (Feat. Iz-Real) 04:02 Tools
Clarity (Feat. Mac The Doulos) 04:11 Tools
Cry No More - Holy Culture Album Version 05:22 Tools
My Life Cypha 04:37 Tools
The Last Cypha (Feat. Trip Lee, R-Swift, Mac The Doulos, Iz-Real, FLAME & Da' T.R.U.T.H.) 05:33 Tools
It's Going Down (Remix) 03:43 Tools
Love Letter 04:21 Tools
When I Flow...(It's Gospel) (Holy Culture Album Version) 03:43 Tools
The Rescue 05:39 Tools
Tell You Why 03:13 Tools
The Light (The Blazin One) 04:36 Tools
The King's Speech 03:45 Tools
A Girl Named World 03:43 Tools
Read the Book 03:45 Tools
Came Down 03:38 Tools
Love Does 03:45 Tools
The Rescue (He Brought Me Back) 05:40 Tools
The Light 04:03 Tools
Interlude: H.C. Panel Discussion (Holy Culture Album Version) 04:03 Tools
On This Day 04:29 Tools
Send Me 04:30 Tools
Happy Birthday To Who? 03:24 Tools
When I Flow...(It's Gospel) - Holy Culture Album Version 03:24 Tools
Forever (Remix) 04:36 Tools
The Bridge 04:36 Tools
Rise Up (Remix) 04:21 Tools
Know Me [Huh, What?] (Remix) 04:21 Tools
The Love Letter (Bonus Track) 04:21 Tools
Invasion Day 04:21 Tools
C To The R (Remix) 04:21 Tools
Know Me [Huh, What?] (Remix) 04:38 Tools
Cypha' 911 04:21 Tools
I Love You Jesus 04:21 Tools
Free - Holy Culture Album Version 03:24 Tools
Industry (Interlude) 00:46 Tools
Know Me (Huh, What?) (Remix) 04:39 Tools
Know your god 04:39 Tools
Cypha 911 3:21 03:24 Tools
Intro --Dispatch (We Called You) 01:03 Tools
Love Does - Phanatik (feat. Ruth Gado) 04:49 Tools
Intro - Dispatch (We Called You) 01:03 Tools
Last Writes 01:03 Tools
Interlude-Know Your God 01:03 Tools
Forever - Holy Culture Album Version 01:03 Tools
The Jesus Anthem 01:03 Tools
Interlude: Welcome 01:03 Tools
Start Somethin' - Holy Culture Album Version 04:39 Tools
Hands in the Air 04:39 Tools
Interlude:Industry 01:03 Tools
In Not Of - Holy Culture Album Version 00:47 Tools
Eternal Cypha - Holy Culture Album Version 00:35 Tools
Medicine (Interlude) 01:03 Tools
Thug Joint 01:03 Tools
Psalm 23 04:38 Tools
Know Me (Huh, What?) [Remix] 04:39 Tools
Laborers (Interlude) 00:47 Tools
Honor And Glory 00:47 Tools
Holy Culture - Holy Culture Album Version 04:39 Tools
C to the R (Remix) 04:38 Tools
The Love Letter [*] 04:21 Tools
Rise Up (Remix) 04:20 Tools
My Life Cypha/The Bridge/Life, Cameras, Action [*] 04:20 Tools
Cats Know (Interlude) 01:14 Tools
L.L.R.P. - Holy Culture Album Version 00:35 Tools
It's Going Down - Holy Culture Album Version 00:35 Tools
My Life Cypha plus hidden tracks 14:59 Tools
Interlude - Welcome 00:35 Tools
Apologetix 00:35 Tools
Closer To You - Holy Culture Album Version 00:35 Tools
Rise Up - Holy Culture Album Version 14:59 Tools
Da Truth 13 04:40 Tools
Start Something 00:00 Tools
Driven - Holy Culture Album Version 14:59 Tools
House of the Representatives 14:59 Tools
Know Me 14:59 Tools
I'm A Soldier 14:59 Tools
My Life Cypha/ The Bridge/ Life, Camera, Action 14:59 Tools
DJ Official Speaks - Holy Culture Album Version 00:56 Tools
To Futher Define. . . 14:59 Tools
Live It - Holy Culture Album Version 00:56 Tools
Bring The Truth Back 04:17 Tools
Intro 00:56 Tools
Times Table - Holy Culture Album Version 00:56 Tools
My Life Cypha/The Bridge/Life, Camera, Action 14:59 Tools
Interlude - Know Your God 01:28 Tools
Smile (R-Swift Featuring JR) 01:28 Tools
Breathe (FLAME) 01:28 Tools
WHH Welcome 01:28 Tools
Christian Rap- The Way 01:28 Tools
Just A Sample 01:28 Tools
Apologetics 01:28 Tools
Lord You Are (feat. Michelle Bonilla) 05:35 Tools
To Further Defend. . . 05:35 Tools
How We Flow 05:35 Tools
Name Up Featuring Tedashii 05:35 Tools
Revelation 05:35 Tools
Slow Down 05:35 Tools
On Our Way 05:35 Tools
Industry Appeal 05:35 Tools
Doctor, Doctor 04:39 Tools
Name Up - The Cross Movement feat. Tedashii 05:35 Tools
Know Me - Huh What - Remix 04:39 Tools
It Was Love 04:39 Tools
Church & Parent Appeal 04:39 Tools
Street Lights (The Cross Movement) 04:39 Tools
Christology In Laymens Terms 04:39 Tools
Hc Panel Discussion (Interlude) 04:39 Tools
Want That 04:39 Tools
Street Lights 04:39 Tools
The Big Play Back (Redeemed Thought) 04:39 Tools
Place Of Peace 04:31 Tools
Cat's Know (Interlude) 04:39 Tools
After the Music Stops (Lecrae) 04:39 Tools
Truth Music (Everyday Process) 04:39 Tools
Not Enough Dope (Thi'sl) 00:00 Tools
Whatchu Say 00:00 Tools
Know Me (Huh, What-) 00:00 Tools
Trust In Him Featuring Robert "Don" Barnham 00:00 Tools
Cross Movement - Super Stars 00:00 Tools
The Last Cypha Featuring Trip Lee, R-Swift, Mac The Doulos, Iz-Real, Flame & Da' T.R.U.T.H. 00:00 Tools
Shout Him Out 00:00 Tools
Cypha Next Day 04:59 Tools
12 - Interlude: Medicine 04:59 Tools
Rockin' Me (M.O.D.) 04:59 Tools
Father Forgie Them 04:59 Tools
To Further Display. . . 00:00 Tools
Epihany 00:00 Tools
Now Who's the Man? featuring Iz-Real 00:00 Tools
Hold Your Ground 00:00 Tools
Interlude: H.C. Panel Discussion - Holy Culture Album Version 00:00 Tools
Trust Myself 00:00 Tools
13 - Rise Up 00:00 Tools
05 - It's Going Down 00:00 Tools
04 - In Not Of 00:00 Tools
God Is In Control 00:00 Tools
Trust In Him (feat. Robert 'Don' Barham) 04:31 Tools
Cash or Christ (Trip) 04:31 Tools
Rowdy (The Ambassador) 04:31 Tools
Interlude 00:00 Tools
Know Me [huh, What] (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Clarity Featuring Mac The Doulos 00:00 Tools
Hands in the Air (Enoch, Ambassador, Phanatik) 00:00 Tools
Accept The King 00:00 Tools
18 - Interlude: Laborers 00:00 Tools
10 - Start Somethin' 00:00 Tools
20 - DJ Official Speaks 00:00 Tools
Name Up feat. Tedashii 00:00 Tools
08 - Forever 00:00 Tools
03 - Interlude: Industry 00:00 Tools
06 - Interlude: Cats Know 00:00 Tools
Forever (Remix) - The Tonic 00:00 Tools
Playa Hater 00:00 Tools
Crossover 04:32 Tools
Everybody On The Block 04:32 Tools
Give Us the Truth 00:00 Tools
Cypha? The Next Day 00:00 Tools
16 - L.L.R.P. 00:00 Tools
Cross Movement - It's Time 00:00 Tools
17 - Live It 00:00 Tools
Come In London 00:00 Tools
This Song's For You (Tedashii) 00:00 Tools
Clarity - The Cross Movement feat. Mac the Doulos 00:00 Tools
Peace- Talk 04:32 Tools
Open My Heart 00:00 Tools
Name Up (feat Tedashii) 00:00 Tools
Whirlwind 00:00 Tools
Clarity feat. Mac the Doulos 00:00 Tools
Trust Myself (Lecrae) 00:00 Tools
Da Truth Is 00:00 Tools
Livin It 00:00 Tools
19 - Eternal Cypha 00:00 Tools
The Last Cypha - The Cross Movement feat. Trip Lee, R-Swift, 05:33 Tools
21 - Interlude: H.C. Panel Discussion 00:00 Tools
11 - Times Table 00:00 Tools
What Do You See- 00:00 Tools
What Chu Say 04:32 Tools
Intro (Dispatch) 04:32 Tools
Now Who's the Man? - The Cross Movement feat. Iz-Real 04:32 Tools
Lord You Are (feat. Michelle B 04:32 Tools
Its Going Down 04:32 Tools
Welcome To The Cypha 04:32 Tools
Procrastination 04:32 Tools
Paintin' The Picture 04:32 Tools
Cry no more/Cross Movement 04:32 Tools
Human Super Stars 04:32 Tools
Real One 04:32 Tools
Like Christ 04:32 Tools
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The Cross Movement, from Philadelphia, PA has three separate and distinct eponymous components which comprise its ministry. The first component is the Christian hip hop group known as The Cross Movement (CM) which is currently composed of four solo rappers: The Ambassador (William Branch), The Tonic (John Wells), Phanatik (Brady Goodwin), and T.R.U. - L.I.F.E, (Virgil Byrd). The CM also frequently collaborates with the Christian disc jockey, DJ Official. The CM’s niche has been to translate biblical and Christian theology into rap music by using the same hyper-aggressive lyrics, sampled orchestral riffs, alliteration, and virtuoso delivery of many mainstream rappers without the self-aggrandizing and violent lyrics, or the misogynistic and consumerist imagery stereotypically associated with many rappers. The second component to the Cross Movement is the record label, Cross Movement Records (CMR), which is responsible for producing and marketing the albums of the The CM, its individual members' solo albums, and other Christian hip hop artists such as Da T.R.U.T.H and Flame. The third aspect of the Cross Movement is the incorporated, non-profit group called Cross Movement Ministries (CMM), which aims to use creative ways to spread the Christian gospel message within hip hop culture. Since its inception, the CM has chosen to define themselves as the Christian or holy division of hip hop culture as opposed to the hip hop or rap division of Christian culture. Within the genre of rap music, there are various subgenres such as gangsta rap, Conscious rap, old school rap, crunk, and reggaeton, but all of it falls under the rubric of rap and, by extension, hip hop. In choosing to define their music as simply being another subgenre - i.e., the Christian rap subgenre - of hip hop culture, the CM attempts to "keep it real" in order to maintain the validity needed to influence members of hip hop culture who may or may not be Christians. In their 2003 release, Holy Culture, The CM stated their reasoning is based on a passage from the Bible, St. John 17:15-19 in which Jesus is reported to have said to God: “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.” As the word sanctified means "to set apart", the interpretation maintained by the CM is that they are instructed by Jesus to remain a part of hip hop culture while being set apart from the majority of the followers of hip hop culture in order to influence it from within to conform to the mores and moral code preached by the followers of mainstream Christianity. The acceptance of this interpretation has been mixed, however. Despite their claim to be a part of hip hop culture, the CM has slowly found more acceptance, though not total acceptance, in the Christian community than in the secular hip hop community as the majority of their concerts are held at churches or church-sponsored events as opposed to secular venues. In 2006, the CM received a Grammy nomination for “Best Rock Gospel Album,” as opposed to any of the traditional hip hop or rap categories. Additionally, the CM has generally only been recognized at Christian and Gospel awards shows such as the Dove Awards or Stellar Awards as opposed to hip hop-only award shows such as the Source Awards or the Vibe Awards. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.