Entermission the debut album from DJ Official available in stores now!

After producing for over 10 years and serving as traveling deejay, Official finally has the opportunity to reveal the dynamic of his skill-set on one project. The album is purposed to influence Christians to think about the Great Commission (Matt 28:19) and the Great Commandment (Luke 10:27) on a local level. As Christians we have a personal mission field, which consist of those that God has placed in our sphere of influence. With a missional mindset we can affect the people around us with the Gospel message by the way we live and conduct ourselves in our everyday walk. This is a message that needs to be heard and with everything from Reggae, Downsouth, East Coast, Commercial, Underground, Electro, and Rock/Hipster featured on the album there is something for everyone!

EnterMission features over 20 artists such as Lecrae, Flame, Sho Baraka, JR, Tedashii, Trip Lee, R-Swift, Thi’sl, Jahaziel, and more! Every single track on EnterMission is produced by DJ Official.

To order the album, go here

You can listen to the singles, read about the album, and create your own version of the album cover here

There are three versions to choose from:

Exit Idleness, Entermission!

I have been a Christian since I was 15.  I started listenin to Christian rap right away – boys like Steven Wiley and Michael Peace.  There really wasn’t much on the scene.  In the late 80’s SFC and PID showed up on the scene and started the momentum.  From then, there were spinoff groups like IDOL King, Freedom of Soul and Gospel Gangstas on to T-Bone and then Cross Movement.

The biggest label on the scene now is Reach Records headed up by Ben Washer with artists like Lecrae, Tedashii, Sho Baraka and Trip Lee.  But there’s one guy who has been waiting in the wings.  One guy who has been there offering his skills but never releasing his own project.  But this Saturday, December 26th, his first project hits the stores and will be available on iTunes and other digital download sites.  It’s the man behind the music, the hands that spin the tracks, the DJ in the shadows helping the Emcees do their thing…It’s DJ Official and the CD is called “Entermission.”

I have heard a lot of CDs over the past 25 years as Christian Rap has progressed and I believe this will be one of the best CDs in Christian Rap history.  Not only are you going to get great music and excellent production, but the lineup of Emcees is one of the best compiled, including Lecrae, Trip Lee, Sho Baraka, Tedashii, Thi’sl, Json, Stephen the Levite, K-Drama and many others.  Entermission by DJ Official is going to change the standard of Christian Rap, if not all rap.

Intertwined in the music and the production is a great message to inspire and motivate all Christians to step up and enter the mission field.  Not necessarily going on a mission trip, but to realize that we ARE on mission so let’s get going.  Who’s mission?  God’s.

So get ready to pick up your copy of Entermission or download it online on December 26th.  This is a great gift for someone who may listen to rap music but may not have heard of Christian rap.  Well…it’s also a great gift for those of us who have!

If you can’t wait…go get the first single, “Show Off,” available now on itunes.

Get your EnterMission Passport…Authorized by DJ Official

Right now over at www.entermissionagency.com you can get your passport to enter the mission.  This is the site with all the info you need and will need about the upcoming album from DJ Official.  You can even Pre-Order the album or the deluxe package.  Go on over and check it out now…and get your free passport.

DJ Official, Lecrae & Flame – Show Off now available on itunes

The new single, Show Off, from the upcoming Entermission album by DJ Official is now available on itunes.   The song, featuring Lecrae and Flame, is the first release from the upcoming album featuring over 20 emcees on 16 tracks.  Entermission is the debut release from DJ Official and is set to release on December 26th.  While you wait, download Show Off from itunes and prepare for the rest of the tracks the day after Christmas.

Lecrae, Flame and DJ Official are Show Offs!

SHOW OFF

Why do people think so highly of themselves that they need to tell you and show you everything they have and everything they can do? Of course, when there is something that they can do really well, they tend to show off! It’s almost sickening. Well, apparently Lecrae, Flame and DJ Official are Show Offs…of a different kind: They don’t want to show off and boast about themselves, but about the Lord, His Grace and His Mercy. Yeah…that’s the kind of Show Off that we should pay attention to. Now you can take a sneak peak (sneak listen) to the song “Show Off” with Flame and Lecrae from the upcoming CD from DJ Official, “Entermission.”  You can also  pre-order the CD, set to release on Dec 26th.  Just Click Here.

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What’s Happenin – Literally!

Man it’s been a while since I posted.  I have been overloaded and have had so much going on.  Well, let’s see….

This post is going to be about Church & Stuff.   I remember a few years ago when I went to a conference at First Baptist Church Woodstock with Pete Hixson, who was my Sunday School teacher at the time, he encouraged me to be who God made me to be and not to try to fit in.  He reminded me that God made me with certain passions and gave me certain talents and gifts and that I needed to be that person and do what God wants me to do without worrying about what people think.  That was definitely a great word from someone I consider to be a great friend.   You see, while I was showing up to FBCW in T-shirts and jeans with a litte sag in them, most of the men I saw were wearing suits, khakis and dress pants.  Pete also knew that I was very big into listening to Christian Hip-Hop and even doin’ a little spittin myself and that wasn’t EVEN CLOSE to the musical style of FBCW.  Don’t get me wrong – it’s not about the clothes and it’s not about the music.  I was just different than the norm and he wanted to make sure I did not conform because God made me that way for a reason.

Soon after, Pete left FBCW to plant and pastor a church in Mableton called Vinings Lake Church.  The Lord led us to go with him and some others to be part of the launch team.  From a handful of people over three years ago to an estimate of (my estimate) over 400 per week, God has really done a lot through VL.  My wife Jennifer and I have had the privilege of working with youth in the church and outside of the church (a Bible study at a local middle school).  I will never forget the trips to Xtreme where we got lost in the woods and the time I did my “cheese” bit.  I was even asked by one of the students to baptize him.  The worship leader, Dave Riddle, and Pete gave me some opportunities to use my gifts and talents in working with the students as well as through rapping and other creative things God used me in.  Dave really has a way of leading worship with a little more of an edge to the music without making you feel like they are putting on a show.  You are just there worshipping the saviour.

The VL family has helped us tremendously through times of need and we have tried to pour into others as much as we could for the glory of God. Last year we went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic with the VL fam and it was great.  I just started smiling thinking of the little girl that my daughter gave her shoes to.   On two occassions, even in a village where they do not speak English, I rapped my song “That Cross” and the kids went wild.  I got to share with them through a translator what the song was about and I pray it was more than just a show, but that they were ministered to.  I was even able to share my testimony and then pray with a group of fellas who wanted to place their faith in Christ as their savior.  God is just way too good!

Anyway, God has used us, blessed us and grown us through VL.  There is something else going on…

Something burns in me and keeps me up at night.   It’s something God put in me.  It’s something he reminds me of every now and then, gives me a glipse of and tells me that it’s coming.  It’s something he says not to be anxious for.  It’s something I couldn’t really define but I knew I would know it when God revealed it.  I knew that my heart ached for people in the urban culture and that I wanted to be a part of what God was doing but I wasn’t sure how.  Should I start something or just join in where God is working?  And if I am to join in, then where?  Then last year when Lecrae released the album Rebel, there was a song called Beautiful Feet that moved me to tears.  Yeah!  A rap song moved me to tears!  The song talks about people that may not even be from the hood planting a church in the projects.  It totally resonated with me.  But really, who in the world am I to plant a church?  Is anyone else planting a church that I can get in with?  I was still in the holding pattern but KNEW that God was working on me and preparing me for something.  Then in January I went to a preview service for Blueprint Church, a new church being planted inside the city of Atlanta.  There was a great vision cast and I left excited.  But I didn’t get too excited because I wanted to be sure that this was the place God wanted my family to be…not a place I wanted to be for my own reasons.  My family and I went to the launch team meetings for Blueprint Church that started in July and it has become more obvious to me that this is where God is leading us.

I had a great conversation with Pete about this a few weeks ago and he was very understanding.  Why?  Because Pete knows that it is about the church as a whole and not just about one congregation.   God is going to use Blueprint in a different way than VL and in a different area of Atlanta than VL.   I am just looking forward to seeing all that God is going to do and I am definitely amped about being a part of it.  Don’t get me wrong…I am gonna miss the VL Fam, but we will still be there until the end of the year on Sundays since Blueprint will be meeting on Saturday nights for a while.

And this is one of those Blogs that I can’t figure out how to finish.  I am up and getting ready to go to VL this morning and excited about it while also excited about how God is going to use Blueprint.  Maybe I am just excited about being where God wants me to be, when he wants me there.  I think that’s a good thing.

So that’s what’s going on and I thought I would fill everyone in.  Hit me up if you have any questions.

For His Glory.

I Don’t Know Whatcha Heard!

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I have heard a lot of stuff lately from people who say they are Christians.  Some say that preaching Jesus as the ONLY way to heaven is wrong.  Some say that it is wrong to tell people that Homosexuality is wrong.  Some say that you don’t have to tell people they are sinners or that they need to repent and place their faith in Jesus.  What Bible are THEY reading?

Let me address these one at a time, not with my own words, but with His Word:

John 14:6    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me…” But some people want to say they believe in Jesus AND that there can be other ways.  If you really believe Jesus, you cannot believe that.  How can you believe two things that are completely contradictory?  It doesn’t work.  If you do come to Jesus, remember what He says in Luke 9:23-24:  Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. If you are interested in your agenda and the things you want in this world more than His, are you truly following Him?

I Corinthians 6:9-11  Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. So if you say it is possible for a Homosexual to enter into the Kingdom of God, then those who life a life to steal, live in drunkenness, those who are greedy, crooks, live for immorality, those who glorify anything and everything above God and those who commit adultery as a part of their normal lifestyle, will also enter the Kingdom.  If you say this is possible then you deny God’s Word.  It is clear that these are practices of Christians or Followers of Jesus before we were sanctified and justified…not after.  If we don’t tell people they are wrong for living in homosexuality, then let’s not have doctor’s tell people they are dying from cancer – let’s not have teachers tell kids they are failing – let’s not tell our children that playing with guns is wrong.  I will agree that some people get on a bandwagon about homosexuality and only talk about how wrong that sin is without ever talking about any other sin, but if we represent Christ then we must, in a loving way, share the truth with all people about all sin and His forgiveness.

Luke 13:3  I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Luke 13:5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 2 Cor 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. And there are many other verses about repentance.  It is clear that repentance is necessary for salvation.  What is repentace, though?  Repentance is to change your mind, your attitude and your direction in a way that you submit your life to the Lordship of Jesus and your primary concern is to do His will.  We must be transformed daily by the renewing of our minds.

There is some crazy stuff goin’ on out there and a lot of crazy stuff makin’ its way into churches.  We cannot and should not accept these teachings by so-called experts as truth when they are clearly false teaching.  Remember what Paul wrote to the Church at Corinth in 2 Corinthians 11:3-6  But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.” I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. - So if you want the truth that is perfectly clear, read the Bible and compare what you hear with the truth instead of listening to people who will conform the Word of God to their own beliefs.

Oh – by the way – When someone says that God is a jealous God, that doesn’t mean He is jealous OF you, it means He is jealous FOR you.  That means that the praise and glory and time you give to other things, He wants.

For His Glory,

Crayzee Joe

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