Chrystal RuckerYou Deserve
EPM Music Group (released August 14, 2012)
By Bob Marovich for The Black Gospel Blog.
Chrystal Rucker has a gospel voice.
Not a pop or an R&B voice that sings gospel, nor a jazz or neo-soul voice in the service of the sacred. Rucker has the flatfooted commanding shout, the flowers and trills, and the gut-wrenching squalls of a stone singer. She demonstrates all of these techniques on her latest single, which also happens to be the title track of her debut CD, You Deserve.
A mainstay of the Church of God
The saints will be familiar with Rucker’s popular cover of the Hawkins’ “Changed,” where she sings the role of Tramaine, ad libs and all. Later, a B3-dominated “Hymn Medley” puts Rucker in front of the church, singing simple praises like gospel singers have done for decades.
Despite Rucker’s church-honed artistry, her magnum opus is “You Will Be My God.” It is one of the most beautiful anthems I’ve heard all year. The singer’s soaring high notes and breathtaking vocal lines are nothing short of perfection.
The only thing missing from You Deserve is a live audience. I hope Chrystal Rucker’s next CD is a live project so one can hear the audience interaction, which I am certain that, in her case, is significant.
You Deserve is on Earnest Pugh’s EPM Music Group label.
Five of Five Stars
Picks: “You Deserve,” “Live to Love,” “You Will Be My God.”
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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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THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT SONG IT IS AWESOME I LOVE IT AND YES HE DESERVE MY WORSHIP AND MY PRAISE HALLELUJAH! MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AND KEEP YOU GREAT GIFT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU. MAYBE ONE DAY YOU CAN COME TO MY CHRUCH THE PATHWAY OF LIFE CHRUCH.LOVE YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST BERTHA HENDERSON