The Gospel Challenge

Throughout my time on social media I have seen challenges come and go. Some of the challenges I have participated in and some I have chosen not to. One of the few I have participated in was the Cinnamon challenge during my collegiate days while at West Point, see the video below at the bottom of the blog. I haven't seen the Gospel Challenge until I was officially tag and challenged. Unlike other challenges before this one, I did not have to think twice about whether or not I was going to participate. I'm in the choir at church ( when I'm in town and have time to make practice). What self respecting Christian would turn down this challenge. If you can hum you can sing a simple hymn. Now if you sound like JJ Fish when you sing I suggest that you stay quiet and not participate in this challenge. Spare us and yourself from being miserable. Anyways, I debated on what Gospel song to sing. I wanted to do a song that my vocals could handle and not pick a song that was totally out of my range. One of my friends suggested I do Say Yes since it was my favorite Gospel song at the moment and so I thought to myself " WHY NOT" and thats how choosing that song came about. Check me out doing the Gospel challenge. I had a great time making the video. My vocals are not the greatest but I had fun singing praises until the lord. Are you up to the Challenge? It is your opportunity to not only participate in a fun cause but to give praise to our savior.

 






Who remembers the Cinnamon Challenge. Actually make that the Crazy Cinnamon Challenge, I got some good laughs from that challenge and actually did it myself check out the video below.

 

Remember To Always Be 

 Fierce and Fabulous 

 xoxo Lela Victoria

Destiny's Child reunites for Michelle's New Single " Say Yes

It's always great to see the ladies of Destiny's Child reunited on the Big Screen. A few weeks ago Michelle Williams released the Say Yes single and I have been anticipating the release of her music video since originally hearing the song . I will be honest and admit that the only reason I was excited to see the video was because I felt like this song gave me that mini Destiny's Child reunion that I have been craving to see and experience.

Michelle is still strictly a Gospel singer outside of her DC3 shenanigans, while Beyonce and Kelly both switch it up from time to time. All the ladies started singing in the church, just like many black female musicians" therefore it is not strange to see Kelly and Beyonce willingly switching back to the gospel side with such ease.

I personally love how Beyonce can sing about being on her knees in a limo in her song "Partition"  and Kelly can sing about liking her "Kisses Down Low" and then they switch it up and contribute to Michelle's gospel single. Now that is what you call being diverse with your music. And before anyone brings out the negativity in this just know that Beyonce and Kelly are both married women and can technically do whatever they want along with singing about it. Also Michelle and the ladies of DC3 are business savvy individuals and know how much of a plus it would be to contribute to Michelle's newest single. It's nice to see the ladies come together and help one another out.

Say Yes has a very upbeat tempo and a catchy tune so from the beginning Michelle was winning with this song. The director of the video Michael A. Cherry was able to capture a unique perspective of the video. The visuals in the video are colorful and give off an African/Caribbean vibe. We also get a pleasant surprise of seeing Michelle do a little 2 step. The ladies sing about not having to worry about a thing and putting it all in God's hands. We typically live stressful lives on a daily basis and being able to just give it all to God/Jesus at the end of the day is our way of letting the lord have his way with was was already meant to be.

Kudos to you Michelle on the release of your new single and video I look forward to purchasing your album in September. Keep switching it up singing praises unto the creator above.

Check out the music video below



It is really great to see gospel singers step outside the box and add a little twist to their genre of music. It doesn't hurt to leave the tradition ways behind sometimes.
Leave A Comment and let me know what you think about the song, the video and the participation of Beyonce and Kelly on a gospel track

Remember To Always Be 

Fierce and Fabulous

xoxo Lela Victoria 

If We Had Your Eyes ( new single ) Michelle Wililams

We never really here much from the sultry third member of the group Destiny's Child. Michelle Williams " birth name" Tenitra Michelle Williams is set to release her fourth album soon which will be entitled " Journey To Freedom" She recently released the single If We Had Your Eyes, which gives off a gospel and R&B vibe.

Now that the single has been released, Michelle has moved on to bigger and better things and has released her video to that single, and I love it.

Michelle Williams's song " If We Had Your Eyes" is strong and has a powerful meaning and to go along with that powerful song is a powerful video.

On a daily basis we prejudge one another all the time " In the video Michelle sends a message through the use of different characters and old an Destiny's Child member Letoya Luckett even plays a small role in the video. This track is sampled from Lenny Williams and produced by Harmony Samuels.
The video ends with her wearing a hoodie. Hmmm does that remind you of something that recently shook our nation. Yes she's embodying the hoodie that Trayvon Martin was wearing the night he was murdered by George Zimmerman. Because YES TRAYVON WAS MISJUDGE.  By doing this Michelle is simply saying DO NOT PASS JUDGEMENT think about things through God's eyes. Great video and what an amazing song Michelle thanks for giving it to us