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Friday, 21 August 2009

"Gates of Hell" rap by Akalyte



Catholic rapper Akalyte has this on Matt 16.18. Rap is not really my cup of tea (don't look so surprised!) but I do rather like the way that the voice of Archbishop Fulton Sheen starts it off and then pops up now and again.

H/T Jane Teresa at My heart was restless

16 comments:

Catholic Mom of 10 said...

You go Fr Tim! You're no Old Fogey then??Love the Fulton Sheen as well..

Jane said...

I believe Bishop Fulton Sheen in heaven, is tickled (Gaudete and Laetare) pink about this. Thanks Father!

Hidden One said...

Strange genre to find such an excellent song.

Al said...

I'm not the biggest rap fan myself, but this is a very interesting one. I know that technically, using Archbishop Sheen's voice is called sampling. But it was almost as if he was in the studeo with how his voice matched up to the music.

Fr Míċeál Beatty said...

Thanks Fr Tim, I'm not into rap myself but I have a special interest in Archbishop Sheen as some of his family came from my home County, Roscommon.

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Mary Rose said...

This was fantastic! I just tweeted it. :-)

Irenaeus of New York said...

I rather liked it. I think only good can come from projects such as this.

Red Maria said...

Dear Father Tim,

Please pray for our late beloved priest, Father Edward Houghton, who was killed in an RTA yesterday aged 40.

Our parish is in shock at this news. He was the assistant priest at Our Lady of Grace and St Edward in Chiswick and really wonderful man.

E.F. (pe) said...

I think Fulton Sheen would appreciate that. I once heard him deliver a great address, on The Holy Trinity, in a theatre in Dublin during the Patrician Year in 1961-62

shadowlands said...

My dad was at the Birmingham Charismatic Conference the other week.The rapping Priest,Fr Stan Fortuna was there.My dad and many of his associates are in their seventies and weren't quite sure what had hit them haha! Being Charismatics they managed to adapt of course!

Fr Tim Finigan said...

Red Maria - very sorry to hear that. Will do a separate post to ask for prayers.

johnf said...

Every shot in the video showed Communion by Mouth.

Is Akalyte trying to tell us something?

Hidden One said...

I think he is.

Mark said...

I don't exactly like rap, but I like this stuff strangely. They sample it well, as you say, Al, matching Abp Sheen to the other samples.

Another guy who does 'Catholic Rap' is 'The Apologist' - I've got a few of his albums and like them all (Despite not like rap - hahah).

Johnf: is it maybe some kind of figurative (non-rude) double-entendre - the mouth as a 'gate'? Instead of the gates of Hell prevailing, Our Lord prevails on our gates? Who knows.

johnf said...

Mark
I think that he was trying to tell us that Communion by mouth should be the norm...

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