Reviewed by Steve Hayes

Picking up this album from a Memphis, Tennessee rapper I was immediately struck by the album artwork, which has a striking resemblance to an iconic image from the Forrest Gump movie. But this is quite deliberate. Fro takes the celluloid anti-hero combined with Mark 12:10 to create a dirty south filled concept album, 'The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner' - pointing to Jesus. Tracks with movie character titles are evidence of this - like the slower "Jenny" looking at heartache and "Bubba" revealing that we all need Christ, no matter how fine we feel. The album mixes clips from the Gump movie with some passionate verbal flows from Fro whose heart is for the hood and for Jesus. This is straight gospel, dirty south style as tracks like "He Save Me" testify, as Fro takes us through his journey of being bored with the Bible and wracked with selfishness before finding a new life in Christ. "Flesh" is an anthemic style standout as Fro talks about killing the flesh, leaving the world and living for God. Deep issues are addressed such as HIV in "Marcus" and the intrepid end track, "Judgment" looking at the truth of Christ's judgment. A powerful ending.

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