“I’m Alive”
Deitrick Haddon
From the CD RevealedVerity 2008
www.verityrecords.com
From the first few bars, “I’m Alive” steps into your personal space and demands your attention. It’s an urban inspirational track with an unusual but nevertheless fascinating melody, and energetic vocal work by Deitrick Haddon. The lyrics encourage listeners to shake off their shackles of suffering and strife, “look deep inside,” proclaim “I’m Alive,” and grab life (and their future) with both hands.
The single has plenty going on – bubbling electronica, thumping rhythm, impassioned vocals – but it’s as controlled as it is unconventional, reflecting the persona of its creator, the genre-stretching Deitrick Haddon, who I first heard with the Voices of Unity back in 1997. Now that Deitrick’s new CD Revealed has been released, “I’m Alive” is likely to join the charts alongside his wife Damita’s equally lively urban inspirational track with a similar message, “No Looking Back.”
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I absolutely love this CD. My son is tired of me playing it. I’ve been listening to it non-stop for the past three weeks.
My favorites:
2) I’m Alive
8) Ungrateful–this is amazing!
5) Runnin’ to You
14) Love Him Like I Do
15) The Word
Great idea … a gospel blog.
Have only heard 1 track so far, “i’m Alive”, but I might get the album based on the samples that I’ve heard on iTunes so far.