VID: At SXSW 2011 Bentley, Ruslan, D-MAUB, Solo, & Ambassador discuss keeping the faith in full-time music ministry

Here's another clip from my friends at Factor Effects of the artist panel discussion I facilitated at SXSW (South by Southwest) last month.

In this clip, Fonzworth Bentley, Ruslan (from theBREAX), D-MAUB, Solo from the Gospel Gangstas, and Ambassador answer Gifted the Flamethrowa's question about keeping the faith and being able to consistently hear from God when you're on the road and doing full-time music ministry.

What Frontline Records Means to Me

From the late '80s to the early '90s, Frontline Records was among the first alternative Christian labels of its kind, housing artists such as The Altar Boys, Christafari, Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad, Jon Gibson, Christafari, Tim Miner, Nicole C. Mullen, and Tourniquet as well as founding Christian hip hop artists D-Boy, P.I.D., and Dynamic Twins (all from Texas.)

The good folks at Syntax recently inked a deal to digitally distribute that catalog and asked that I record a short video about what Frontline Records means to me.

So, here's my contribution.



For far more entertaining clips, check out Tim and Steve Trudeau's videos on the Frontline Records YouTube channel.

Free DLs: KJ/MJ Mashup & Unreleased

Tweezy's always giving.



First up is the Songs You Never Heard Mixtape.

This free project has cuts of KJ-52 with Goldinchild, Knine, and Mr. Solo of Gospel Gangstaz. There's some freshness here you won't hear anywhere else and that doesn't sound like his recent 52 Television album.

Grab it here.



And while it's a little late, mashups are always fun.

Off the Wall has Jonah tossing rhymes from his last two albums on top of tracks from the King of Pop.

Get the files (again, for free) here.