{"id":870,"date":"2009-08-20T15:27:21","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T15:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/kj-52-releases-new-album-five.html"},"modified":"2009-08-20T15:27:21","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T15:27:21","slug":"kj-52-releases-new-album-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/kj-52-releases-new-album-five.html","title":{"rendered":"KJ-52 Releases New Album, Five-Two Television, September 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/2850621\">KJ-52 &#8211; Stuck In The 80&#8217;s<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user700866\">BEC Recordings<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christian hip-hop pioneer KJ-52 ventures into more uncharted territory than usual with his upcoming release, <em>Five-Two Television,<\/em> releasing September 22nd.<br \/>\n&#8220;I wanted to create a record that&#8217;s almost like a TV station,&#8221; KJ-52 explains about the album&#8217;s packed, 24-track menu. &#8220;The record&#8217;s really about embracing where culture&#8217;s at and the way we relate to each other because of it, so I&#8217;m running toward it and using it and letting people see themselves in it.&#8221;<br \/>\nAmidst the music, for example, is a four-act spoken-word biography starring a fictional character named Chris Carlino. Carlino represents who KJ-52 might have become had it not been for a life-changing decision at age 15 to follow Christ. In a sense, KJ-52 says, the songs themselves can be viewed as commercials for what can only be described as The Chris Carlino Story.<br \/>\nFans that purchase <em>Five-Two Television <\/em>will also get access to a downloadable version of the album designed specifically for them to give away.<br \/>\nJust for fun, before the new album hits, here&#8217;s the video for the song &#8220;Stuck in the 80s&#8221; from <em>The Yearbook <\/em>album.<br \/>\nFor more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/kj52.com\/home\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">KJ-52&#8217;s website.. <\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=GospelSoundcheck&amp;loc=en_US\">Click here to subscribe to Gospel Soundcheck by email <\/a>and have the Gospel Soundcheck headlines delivered daily to your email inbox. 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Christian hip-hop pioneer KJ-52 ventures into more uncharted territory than usual with his upcoming release, Five-Two Television, releasing September 22nd. &#8220;I wanted to create a record that&#8217;s almost like a TV station,&#8221; KJ-52 explains about the album&#8217;s packed, 24-track menu. &#8220;The record&#8217;s really about&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-music-new-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KJ-52 Releases New Album, Five-Two Television, September 22 - Gospel Soundcheck<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/08\/kj-52-releases-new-album-five.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KJ-52 Releases New Album, Five-Two Television, September 22 - Gospel Soundcheck\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KJ-52 &#8211; Stuck In The 80&#8217;s from BEC Recordings on Vimeo. 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