Angela “Missy” Billups
Standing on the Promises
NGE/MissyB Music (2011)
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Sunday’s a good day to review New York’s Angela “Missy” Billups’ newest music because whenever she sings, she takes you to church.
On her latest effort, a four-track EP called Standing on the Promises, Billups puts on her shouting shoes (and one of her trademark hats, no doubt) for “Calvary,” a Shirley Caesar-style church wrecker. She walks the aisles again on “City Called Heaven,” which is not taken at its typical slow, mournful tempo but at a brisk, handclapping speed.
The title track, and current single, rides on the bluesy 12/8 rocking chair rhythm I call the “gospel waltz,” as Billups preaches in song to a live audience, which can be heard shouting assent to her. The gospel waltz never fails to get congregants on their feet.
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Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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Missy and I go way back, and yes when she starts to sing look out! I remember many days simgimg with her and just having a great time. Keep the praises going girl,like only you can!
Church Wrecker is certainly an accurate description of Missy for whenever she sings you cannot keep yourself from standing on your feet and praising the Lord. Missy always takes you to church. I enjoy her so much.