Wow…honestly is all I could think when I pushed the play button and set back to hear an artist I’d sadly never come across until this year. Deitrick Haddon is a blessed lyricist and singer who until a couple weeks ago I didn’t even know about! After pushing play you hear a scene where Deitrick finds himself in the year 3000 and discusses how the Christian World has fallen apart except a few pockets of those holding to the true faith. He is heading towards the moon and you hear him tell his spaceship to put on his ‘ridin music’…and the last words we hear is the spaceship saying, “Now inserting, Church on the Moon…Show Stopper.”
Show Stopper is the first song, and Deitrick sets the foundation for his album with an amazing song that is both catchy and powerful…I find myself desiring to listen to it over and over again, unable to skip it when it pops up on shuffle. It is a blessed song declaring that God is the true hero of the stage, and he is the only one capable of truly being a show stopper! The song’s beat keeps your feet tapping, head bobbing (perhaps) and the lyrics keep you singing along every time. Deitrick invites you to come and hear of this ‘show stopper’ that causes people to praise uncontrollably. There’s absolutely no slowdown as we head into the next song Power…a challenge of sorts to those listening to stand up. Deitrick being a native of Detroit is no stranger to rough times and environments, as he states throughout the song about how he had to walk by faith through the battlefield of life and only God made him pull through. Power is one of those repetitive songs that some people may get turned off by the chorus being only a few words that just repeat, but the verses have that R&B/Gospel soul that balance out the song nicely and make it a strong follow up to Show Stopper.
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Midway through the album Deitrick focuses on forgiveness and finding hope through trials in the songs One More Chance, Bended Knees and Forgiven. It’s a neat part of the album as those three tracks set up the one to follow, Mighty God. It’s almost like after the other 3 songs all that is left is to praise God, and Mighty God does just that with choir singers throughout providing the body and depth of the song (reminded me somewhat of Kirk Franklin).
There is one song however that in my honest opinion will make any Christian heart sing along with every passionately-pleading-love soaked lyric that leaves Deitrick’s mouth. Well Done is a song all about the phrase that every Christian should strive to hear their Lord and Savior say someday to them as they enter those pearly gates. It is that phrase that makes me wake up every day vowing to be the man He demands of me. However, simply wishing to hear those words isn’t enough, we need strength to accomplish that feat…enter You Are My Strength a song which comes directly from Deitrick’s heart. A song that shows how when you boil life down, God is everything; your strength, heart, shield, sword, joy, love…your all. It is because He is all of that, that we can even begin to be the man or woman God has commanded us to be. HE IS OUR STRENGTH!
There is one song which Deitrick tries to provide encouragement to those young men and women finding themselves in situations that make God seem so far away (teenage pregnancy, drug abuse…). Baby You’re A Star is almost Deitrick’s plea to those who fit into the categories to not give up, and re-iterate to them the depth of God’s love for them.
Skipping forward to ‘Save Somebody’ we get to hear the blessed Damita Haddon, Deitrick’s wife, do background vocals as well as parts of the verses. The song to me shows how Damita and Deitrick’s love is so deep they are willing to do anything for each other and their purpose is to save each other. The song doesn’t stop there though, it explains how your love for one another should be the other’s fuel to do ministry to others. *This love mirrors that of what God’s love for us is!*It was a little sad not to have Damita on more tracks as her voice is very easy on one’s ears, but perhaps that is to come on future albums.
One of the coolest songs is the title track, Church on the Moon, which is a “future” celebration of the church holding service on the moon! The song even has cuts from what might be said during that first service, if the church ever sees this day come to fruition in the future. It is a song of pure celebration, and one that you may find you self clapping or tapping along while you’re envisioning God’s people united together on the moon, just worshipping. The song’s location being next to last may strike some as odd, but it is fitting as Deitrick took you on a journey and it’s almost like the culminating celebration of the album. However, Deitrick apparently didn’t want to completely end the album without stripping away everything except for the most important person…Jesus, which he does in the ending track Jesus Is Coming, a passionate gospel song you can picture a huge choir singing up on stage as the congregation all stand and raise their hands in praise!
As you go through the CD Deitrick will entertain you as well as make you reflect upon what your life’s purpose and direction is. You will hear club bumping beats, synthesized vocals, passionate worship songs and at times find yourself amazed at the vocal range you’ll hear. Unique compositions and the vast range of different sounds will allow this to become an album you’ll find yourself revisiting for quite some time. Deitrick’s blesses all who listen to his album, and I had no red flags or concerns pop up in my listening to it which leads me to easily recommending it to all ages. I find it refreshing to find an artist who has been involved in the industry for a while still able to re-invent themselves to the times with every album. Allow God to bless you through Deitrick Haddon and pick up his new album, “Church On The Moon”.
RATINGS: (1-5, 5 the best)
LYRICS/SONG WRITING: 5- here…more so his delivery then creative writing earns this 5.
MUSICAL ABILITY/SOUND: 4.5-He has an amazing sound, but I know some are going to say uses synth sounds almost too much….others are going to love it though.
VOCALS: 5-Perhaps his biggest strength.
X-FACTOR: 4
One Love, One God, One Way...
One Love, One God, One Way...
Your bro,
Tyni
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