FLAME
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Flame (born Marcus T. Gray) is a Christian hip hop
recording artist with Clear Sight Music. He has released five albums including: Flame, Rewind, Our World: Fallen, Our World: Redeemed, and Captured. Our World: Redeemed was nominated for a Grammy Award. Flame has also been nominated for Dove and Stellar awards throughout his music career.
Flame graduated with his Bachelor's degree from Boyce College, a school of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He practices biblical counseling and applied theology. Flame is currently working on his Master's degree in Biblical Counseling at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky
in the United States. He is married to Crystal Gray and is a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Louisville, KY.
His self-titled debut album, Flame, was released in October 2004. In December 2005, Flame released his second album titled, Rewind. On April 17, 2007, Flame released his third album entitled Our World: Fallen, which is the first part of a two part series. On August 7, 2007, the sequel, Our World: Redeemed was scheduled to release, but the date was pushed back to March 4, 2008.
Flame has been featured on radio shows in the United States such as Way of the Master, and in local newspapers such as The Pathway (the Missouri Baptist Convention
statewide newspaper), and World (Magazine)
.
Flame has sold over 170,000 albums, and one of his interludes from his first album is played on Busch Stadium
's loudspeakers every other time Albert Pujols
comes to bat.
On February 20, 2007, it was announced that Flame's track, "Gotta Notice", from the album Rewind was nominated for the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards in the category Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year. In summer of 2007, Flame joined the rest of Cross Movement for their final tour. Our World Redeemed was nominated for a Stellar Award, Dove Award, and Grammy Award. In 2009, Flame was a special guest on Reach Records 116 Clique's tour Don't Waste Your Life.
In 2010 Flame announced that he was starting his own record label, Clear Sight Records, and a new album titled Captured.
Non-album Songs
Guest appearances
Christian hip hop
Christian hip hop is hip hop music characterized by a Christian worldview, with the general purposes of evangelization , edifying members of the church and/or simply entertaining.-History:Since hip-hop started in the 1970s, various hip-hop artists have...
recording artist with Clear Sight Music. He has released five albums including: Flame, Rewind, Our World: Fallen, Our World: Redeemed, and Captured. Our World: Redeemed was nominated for a Grammy Award. Flame has also been nominated for Dove and Stellar awards throughout his music career.
Flame graduated with his Bachelor's degree from Boyce College, a school of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He practices biblical counseling and applied theology. Flame is currently working on his Master's degree in Biblical Counseling at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
in the United States. He is married to Crystal Gray and is a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Louisville, KY.
Biography
During his personal time, Flame initially wrote raps as devotionals to the Lord. After converting his devotionals to songs, Cross Movement Records took an interest in supporting Flame in publishing his gospel work through rap music. In 2004, Flame released his debut album with Cross Movement Records. Since then, Flame released 3 more albums and launched his own record label, Clear Sight Music.His self-titled debut album, Flame, was released in October 2004. In December 2005, Flame released his second album titled, Rewind. On April 17, 2007, Flame released his third album entitled Our World: Fallen, which is the first part of a two part series. On August 7, 2007, the sequel, Our World: Redeemed was scheduled to release, but the date was pushed back to March 4, 2008.
Flame has been featured on radio shows in the United States such as Way of the Master, and in local newspapers such as The Pathway (the Missouri Baptist Convention
Missouri Baptist Convention
The Missouri Baptist Convention is the State Convention of Southern Baptists in the state of Missouri. Headquartered in Jefferson City, it recognizes eight regional areas in the state and works in conjunction with 63 Baptist associations Its Executive Director is Dr...
statewide newspaper), and World (Magazine)
World (magazine)
WORLD Magazine is a biweekly Christian news magazine, published in the United States of America by God's World Publications, a non-profit 501 organization based in Asheville, North Carolina. WORLD differs from most other news magazines in that its declared perspective is one of conservative...
.
Flame has sold over 170,000 albums, and one of his interludes from his first album is played on Busch Stadium
Busch Stadium
Busch Stadium is the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, of MLB...
's loudspeakers every other time Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols
José Alberto Pujols Alcántara , better known as Albert Pujols , is a Dominican-American professional baseball player, who is currently a free agent...
comes to bat.
On February 20, 2007, it was announced that Flame's track, "Gotta Notice", from the album Rewind was nominated for the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards in the category Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year. In summer of 2007, Flame joined the rest of Cross Movement for their final tour. Our World Redeemed was nominated for a Stellar Award, Dove Award, and Grammy Award. In 2009, Flame was a special guest on Reach Records 116 Clique's tour Don't Waste Your Life.
In 2010 Flame announced that he was starting his own record label, Clear Sight Records, and a new album titled Captured.
Albums
Solo| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Flame
|
| 2005 | Rewind Rewind (FLAME album) Rewind is the second solo album from Christian hip hop artist Flame, released on December 6, 2005.-Track listing:... |
| 2007 | Our World: Fallen Our World: Fallen Our World: Fallen is the third solo album from American Christian rapper Flame, released on April 17, 2007.-Track listing:#Our World Fallen#Where God Placed You#Shinin’ feat. Tedashii#MySpace feat. Diamone#Fallen World... |
| 2008 | Our World: Redeemed Our World: Redeemed Our World: Redeemed is the fourth solo album from American Christian rapper Flame, released on March 4, 2008. The album jumped 41 chart positions in one week to hit the #1 position in its second week on the CMTA R&B/Hip Hop Chart. The project also debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top Gospel Chart. A... Grammy Award A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry... for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album. Cross Movement Records Cross Movement Records is an American based Christian hip hop record label, founded by and based on the Christian hip hop group, The Cross Movement. CMR, founded in 1997, had an agreement with BEC Recordings. In 2005 they made a license agreement with Reach Records' Lecrae. CMR are to release his... . |
| 2010 | Captured
|
Non-album Songs
- "Brand New" (featuring Future)
Singles
Solo- "Surrender" (featuring V. Rose)
- "All the Way" (featuring Trubble & Lecrae)
Guest appearances
- "Eternal Cypha" (The Cross MovementThe Cross Movement-Ministry:The Cross Movement has three separate and distinct eponymous components which comprise its ministry. The first component is the Christian hip hop group known as The Cross Movement which was most recently composed of four solo rappers: The Ambassador , The Tonic , Phanatik , and...
featuring J-Silas, Todd Bangz, R-Swift, & Da’ T.R.U.T.H.Da’ T.R.U.T.H.Emanuel Lee Lambert, Jr. is a Christian rapper who goes by the name, "Da' T.R.U.T.H.".-Biography:...
) - "Who Is That?" (Da’ T.R.U.T.H.Da’ T.R.U.T.H.Emanuel Lee Lambert, Jr. is a Christian rapper who goes by the name, "Da' T.R.U.T.H.".-Biography:...
) - "Moments" (Tru-Life)
- "Stand" Da’ T.R.U.T.H.Da’ T.R.U.T.H.Emanuel Lee Lambert, Jr. is a Christian rapper who goes by the name, "Da' T.R.U.T.H.".-Biography:...
featuring LecraeLecraeLecrae Moore is an American Christian Hip Hop artist signed to Reach Records, the record label that he co-founded. Thus far Lecrae has released five solo studio albums, and his latest Rehab: The Overdose was released on January 11, 2011... - "The Greatest" (J.R.J.R. (singer)Courtney O. Peebles, a.k.a. "J.R.", is a Christian singer and producer signed to Cross Movement Records. J.R. is also half of the So Hot Productions team along with N.A.B. His debut album was Metamorphosis, released in 2005. He often appears on the hooks of songs by fellow labelmates, such as...
) - "Party Music" (TedashiiTedashiiTedashii "Tdot" Anderson, known simply as Tedashii, is a Christian hip hop artist and member of the hip-hop troupe, 116 Clique. Tedashii has released three solo albums, Kingdom People, Identity Crisis, and Blacklight, on Reach Records...
featuring Lecrae) - "Who You Rollin Wit" (Trip LeeTrip LeeWilliam Lee Barefield III, better known by his stage name, "Trip Lee", is an American Christian rapper who is signed to Reach Records and has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the 116 Clique. Originally from Dallas, Texas, he now resides in Washington D.C.. He first gained...
featuring Json) - "The King" (Lecrae)
- "Everyday All Day Cypha" (Everyday Process featuring Lecrae, The AmbassadorThe Ambassador (William Branch)William “Duce” Branch a.k.a. “The Ambassador” or “Ambassador” is a Christian hip-hop artist who has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the group The Cross Movement. Branch is the former president of Cross Movement Ministries...
, PhanatikPhanatikBrady Goodwin Jr. a.k.a. “Phanatik” is an author and Christian hip-hop artist who has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the two time Grammy nominated group The Cross Movement. Phanatik is signed to Cross Movement Records. His debut album entitled The Incredible Walk, was...
, & R-Swift) - "Come Close" (Trip LeeTrip LeeWilliam Lee Barefield III, better known by his stage name, "Trip Lee", is an American Christian rapper who is signed to Reach Records and has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the 116 Clique. Originally from Dallas, Texas, he now resides in Washington D.C.. He first gained...
featuring Sho BarakaSho BarakaSho Baraka is a Christian hip-hop artist and writer who has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the 116 Clique. He was originally signed to Reach Records until leaving in March of 2011. He then co-founded a record label and group known as "High Society" with fellow Christian...
) - "The Last Cypha" (The Cross MovementThe Cross Movement-Ministry:The Cross Movement has three separate and distinct eponymous components which comprise its ministry. The first component is the Christian hip hop group known as The Cross Movement which was most recently composed of four solo rappers: The Ambassador , The Tonic , Phanatik , and...
featuring Trip LeeTrip LeeWilliam Lee Barefield III, better known by his stage name, "Trip Lee", is an American Christian rapper who is signed to Reach Records and has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the 116 Clique. Originally from Dallas, Texas, he now resides in Washington D.C.. He first gained...
, R-Swift, Mac the Doulos, Iz-Real, & Da' T.R.U.T.H.) - "Rock Star" (J.R.J.R. (singer)Courtney O. Peebles, a.k.a. "J.R.", is a Christian singer and producer signed to Cross Movement Records. J.R. is also half of the So Hot Productions team along with N.A.B. His debut album was Metamorphosis, released in 2005. He often appears on the hooks of songs by fellow labelmates, such as...
) - "A YO" (Json)
- "Pleading 4 Ya Soul" (Thi'sl)
- "Move Out" (Json featuring Future)
- "Do Him" (Future)
- "Make War" (TedashiiTedashiiTedashii "Tdot" Anderson, known simply as Tedashii, is a Christian hip hop artist and member of the hip-hop troupe, 116 Clique. Tedashii has released three solo albums, Kingdom People, Identity Crisis, and Blacklight, on Reach Records...
) - "I Ain't Turnin Back" (Thi'sl)
- "Show Off" (DJ Official featuring Lecrae)
- "No Worries (Remix)" (Trip LeeTrip LeeWilliam Lee Barefield III, better known by his stage name, "Trip Lee", is an American Christian rapper who is signed to Reach Records and has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the 116 Clique. Originally from Dallas, Texas, he now resides in Washington D.C.. He first gained...
featuring Lecrae) - "God Is Enough" (Lecrae featuring Jai)
- "Leadership" (Lamp Mode Recordings)
- "Oh My Ahh" (V. Rose)
- "Show Off (Guitar Remix)" (DJ Official featuring Lecrae & KJ-52)
- "He Lives" (Tedashii featuring Jai)
- "Battery" (V. Rose)
- "My City" (116 Clique116 CliqueThe 116 Clique is a Hip Hop and Christian Rap group from Dallas, Texas signed to Reach Records. It consists mainly of Reach Records' artists and several on other labels. The 116 Clique is named after the Bible verse Romans 1:16...
) - "Greatest Story Ever Told" (Shai Linne)
Music videos
Solo- "Goodness to Repentance"
- "Joyful Noise" (featuring John Reilly & Lecrae)
- "Surrender" (featuring V. Rose)
- "Move"
External links
- Flame314: Discipling from a Distance
- Cross Movement Records
- Flame Interview with RapzillaRapzillaRapzilla is a Christian hip hop online magazine, one of the top Christian Hip Hop websites. The website contains many sections such as latest news, album reviews, articles, interviews, mp3's, videos, release dates, columns, and more...