2. GENESIS (IN THE BEGINNING) PRODUCED BY DJ LYV WYR
3. EXODUS (FALSE IDOLS) PRODUCED BY DJ LYV WYR
4. GOD'S ARMOR SOLDIER STOMP (feat. on the chorus) LOYAL
5. FEEL IT (RAPTURE)
6. THE NEW KING OF THE SOUTH
7. HOLY WARS LEFT SCARS (THE WITNESS VERSION)
8. THE WAY, THE TRUTH, & THE LIFE (PRODUCED BY) DJ LYV WYR
9. GOD'S ARMOR
10. EPHESIANS 6:10-18 (SERMON)
11. EXODUS (EXTENDED REMIX)
12. END OF DAYZ (feat) LEE MAJORS
13. NO MORE TEARS
14. A PRISON SONG (feat/singing) SHAWN RAFAEL (PRODUCED BY) DJ LYV WYR
15. FREE AT LAST (feat) LYV WYR (singing) MELODY
16. CARNAL STATE OF MIND (BEAT 2 & 3 PRODUCED BY) DJ LYV WYR
17. HOLY WARS (feat) CONSCIOUS (PRODUCED BY) NASCENT (SONG ALSO ON BMORE STATE OF MIND VOL 2 MIXTAPE)
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19. EXODUS (FALSE IDOLS REVISED) PRODUCED BY DJ LYV WYR SCRATCHES BY REASON DISCIPLE
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"Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I AM the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD." (Jeremiah 9:23-24).
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. 11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." (Galatians 1:6)
"Finally, my brothers and sisters in Christ, be strong in the LORD JESUS, and in the power of His Holy Ghost might. Put on the WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD!" (Eph. 6:10-11)
JOIN OUR FAMILY AND THE KINGDOM AND YOU WILL COME TO KNOW MY DADGod the Father (who IS) the Lord Jesus Christ (who IS) the Holy Spirit (John 4:23-24) [WHERE'S THE TRINITY? NO WHERE IN GOD'S WORDS OR MY BIBLE!], All the Angels in Heaven, the Cherubims, the 4 Seraphims around God's throne, the 24 Elders, the 12 Apostles of Jesus, the the Old Testament Prophets of God, Abraham the father of nations, the Remnant of Israel, the 144,000, God's Armor Ministries, God's Spa Ministry, God's Power Couple Ministry, and the Universal Church (All True Believers in the body of Christ). That's my family and "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18)
My purpose with this message is to glorify God in music by equipping the local hip hop culture, record labels, production companies, and ministries worldwide to multiply talented artists and to enable them to minister the Word of God through friendship, evangelism, discipleship, and healthy growth.
As a follower in Christ I am to tell the world that God is not mad at them and the reason why is because of God sending Christ to die in their place so that they all will be adopted as children of God.
I am also to declare to Christ's (Spiritual) Church that we are of His body and that those who are put up dividing walls in the church that separate us--racial, denominational, doctrinal differences, etc.--are not true members of His body. And we must come out of that (carnal) church so we can get our job done as HIS ONE church, the body of Christ, THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD.
My goal in music is to present GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD in hip hop first to the church, to show them that the times have changed. The biggest influence on our children is what they see on TV and hear on the radio.
I will do this first by,
A. Holding firmly to the truth of the Good News of the Kingdom of God as Christ has taught me, that I may be able by sound and wholesome doctrine to:
B. Encourage Christians who are persecuted to continue in the truth of God's Word.
C. Attempt to present the unadulterated Truth of God’s Word.
D. And to convict, correct, and oppose those whose teachings contradict the Word of God.
For there are many unruly, smooth talkers, and deceivers, especially those who claim to be Christian: whose mouths must be stopped, who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they should never teach, for the purpose of making a profit. And I will remember always as I attempt to enlighten those whom God is calling, that we are NO BETTER than those whose doctrines we condemn. God loves and DIED for these heretics of the modern Church. They are precious to God—and they had better be PRECIOUS TO US, or we too will receive a great condemnation for feeling anything but LOVE TOWARD THEM! They may be, in fact, our enemies, but Christ instructs us to: "…LOVE YOUR ENEMIES"!!
Second, we want to build from scratch the already corrupted music scene to challenge both mainstream rappers and underground hip hop heads to step up to a level of real artistic lyricism and poetic skills. That it will draw both the commercial and underground from the beef between themselves by seeing music from a new perspective and not the deception.
Last, I wanna challenge all music, not just hip hop to be positive role models in the Lord for their children's sakes. God says, "For by Jesus were all created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible [that includes hip hop] all were created by Jesus, and for Jesus: And Jesus is before all, and by Jesus all things hold together. And Jesus is the Head of the body, the church: Jesus is the Beginning, the Firstborn from the dead; that in all [including music] Jesus might have first place in rank and order." (Author’s paraphrase of Colossians 1:16-19).
You see, hip hop belongs to Jesus anyway, cause when He comes back He's gonna ask you what did you do with His talents and gifts He gave you, and how you used Hip Hop. To speak the devils lies, or to tell the world about Him and how much He loved us all enough to give us hip hop to glorify Him.
What's it gonna be hip hop?
So God bless you all in Jesus' name, WHO WILL AND IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE WHOLE WORLD. Amen!!!!!!
SHORT BIO ABOUT REASON (YOU CAN CALL IT MY TESTIMONY):
Born Ricardo Jerome Butler in Orlando, FL on December 12th, 1978. I picked up my love for hip hop in about 85' when my uncle used to play Run DMC and D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince records. I grew up around bass music like DJ. Magic Mike before it turned into the booty (then unto crunk) movement. I started off in hip hop as a graffiti artist, then into hip hop dancing and afterwards a little break dancing. But after I heard the Nas/Illmatic album one New Years Eve in 1994 going into 1995, I declared myself a rapper and hadn't wrote one single rhyme.
Earlier on in life I did poetry and one a lot of the contest in middle school. But I had no idea I actually liked to do it. The Illmatic album captivated me. Around that time Christ had been calling me prior to that, but I didn't understand the going to church thing, why all the division, different denominations, or doctrinal differences, or anything like that. The only place where I saw unity was in the streets among the gang members. I joined the Black Gangsta Disciples and ran with folk nation all the way up to prison. More on that later. So actually, I didn't start really walking with the Lord until 2004.
Anyway, I picked Bishop as my first rap name. The reason why I changed it to Reason is a whole other story. But I started out with a group of three. We called ourselves Physiological Ruckus. It was me, Mygrane (who is now part of Open Campain), and Skrapie (who is now past away, RIP). Then me and Mygrane became Mental Dizkreshon with DJ Murdoc (who is now the other half of Open Campain, now do you get that picture?). So I got married had a daughter, served in the Army for 3 years, all the while still doing hip hop for fun, not looking for a record deal. (And I’m still not looking for a record deal. My record deal came from Jesus anyway).
Finally my life took a turn for the worst. I caught a domestic battery charge fighting my former wife, and ended up in the system. Then I ended up violating my probation. The judge sentenced me to 18 months in prison. The same day I was sentenced was the same day I knew without a doubt in my heart and mind that God had been calling me. And I just said to myself I couldn't run from God's call anymore.
My life was basically a Jonah story. I missed my mark when I was younger. But now the Lord got me back on track. When I was in prison, I asked the Lord, "How can I still do rap anymore?" My heart was still dirty, and my tounge was full of bad words. I haven't even heard Christian hip hop before. So I had nothing to like motivate me or something to show me how to do it.
At the time I asked the Lord that question, I was reading the call of Moses. God had asked Moses what was in his hand. And Moses told God he had the staff or rod. And God asked me a similar question. He said what's in your hand Ricardo. I said a pencil and some paper. He said "Just write, I'll do the rest." In one week I had wrote the entire "God's Armor" album. And after I looked over it, I could not take any credit for it. I fell on my face and cried like Peter did in front of Jesus on Peter's boat concerning the fishing net situation. God asked me, "Did you ever wonder why you know and quote so much of My Scriptures, and people come up to you and ask you how did you learn all those Scriptures, and you said you didn't know, that they just seemed to pop into your head." I said yea. And God was like, "I did that, so that when you wrote your songs all you would be doing is rhyming Scriptures."
And that was the day when Reason Disciple and God's Armor Music, Discipleship & Leadership Online Ministries was born. It was January 8th, 2005 when that took place. And God has blessed me with a new godly wife as well and my third child. Now I have 3 beautiful girls in my life that God has placed in my care. And I will continue to follow Christ as He leads, guides, and corrects me.
"But (I) sanctify (separate unto myself) the Lord (Jesus) God in my heart: and am ready always to give You all an answer to every person that asks me a "ReAsOn" of the hope (or Jesus Christ) that is in me with meekness and fear (or humility and respect)." (1 Peter 3:15 author paraphrase).
Remember, pray for America, the Great Beautiful, in God we trust!!! Pray for this next election, the leaders of our nation, protection against the enemy and its evil powers, Remember to say a prayer for all the troops that Are still in Iraq, those that have given their lives to protect our great land and the freedoms we so freely have in America. Never forget God’s blessings of mercy and grace he bestows on us daily. We serve a loving God that cares for all our needs. What a great God we serve!
Love & Blessings,
Daniel & Dawn O’brien and the ministry of “Dawn’s Heartfelt Corner”
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Thanks for your friendship Ricardo!! Tomorrow night I'm going to Altamonte Springs at the mall where the fireworks show is, Rep. Scott Plakon is having a booth. Remember, he is running for district 37, republican party. I want him to get in office & try to pass my petiotion with the students/drinking/driving. My friend Prophetess Yolanda and I are going to help him at his booth he is setting up. If you come stop by and say "HI!' God bless you.
Hey just wanted to fill you in and let you know that we have been really busy lately. We have filled our schedule for the next two months with studio time, photo shoots, writing new music and rehearsal. We have new material up right now and we will be playing more new material at our august 29th show at the haven. We have new pics too, its crazy, you should go check um out.
Now Ricardo you are crazy!!!! Lol!! Did you pull that off my pics? Crazy You!! Lol!! What am I gonna do with you? I have to love you brother. Lol!! Silly you.. I want to be in your group until I get ours together. Lol! You have any rap events coming up or where I can speak? Let me know. I'm gonna run in the shower but I'll talk to you later kido.
God Has Made Me Glad I Will Rejoice Because I Am No Longer Sad Tears That Once Were Shed Have Dried Up Because I Am No Longer Dead Sin Had Me Bound But Jesus Saved Me And I Am Found I Am Happy All My Days Delivered From My Old Ways My Soul’s Been Set Free Now, I Have Eyes To See!
Your so silly Ricardo! Do you still love moi? I miss you friend. I pray all is going good for you. Hope to meet with you soon. Yolanda (a friend of mine) we are going to this event next Thurs. night. It will have a film festivel, poetry & I believe rap music. We need to talk about the group when your ready. TTYS! P.S. you gotta teach me that rap jive. Lol!
