Reviewed by Steve Hayes

Baliva originally hails from Harare in Zimbabwe and is now based in the UK. He became a Christian in 2003 before throwing himself into serving God and continuing his passion for rap and recording, as evidenced from the first track where Baliva expresses his purpose of living for Jesus Christ, in the effervescent and crunk "Living For". The album is a fresh and raw exposition of Baliva's faith and journey, challenging the listener too. Encouragingly, his albums are available to download for free on ilike.com. The album is laced with Scripture and biblical principles, for example in "Real", a caring and yet challenging tune. Production is really very good, with different beats - if individually repetitive musically at times. Occasionally the flow doesn't always match the beat.

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