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 Fountain of Life  It’s Japhia Life up first, dropping Fountain of Life, a certified banger and an instant classic. Produced by Todd Collins, Rob Hodge and Pettidee, this release is turning heads, and turning ‘heads’ with Life's sick flow, dope beats and ministry that goes forth."We Cry Blood" is the mission statement of the emcee’s life —a soldier whose purpose is to fulfill God's mission, to the death. Piano and guitar samples weave throughout this one. The Todd Collins' produced "Sunshine" is a song meant for encouragement, and is custom made to for those jeep jaunts, spring and summer. Japhia Life has a knack for storytelling and telling a testimony. He does that very thing on the chilled out "Preacher Man", telling of his journey from hoodlum to preacher of the Gospel. North Philly is fully represented on the project. Labelmate Rob Hodge steps in on the uptempo and properly titled, "Fire", with each emcee bringing the heat. Together with Japhia Life, both show their knack to flow over a danceable track, a detour from their usual beat bangers.  Showing that singing is also his thing, "All I Know" is a choice cut, with Todd Collins handling the beats while Michael Ripoll adds the funk on the guitar. Japhia Life sings again, delivering the hook on the heartfelt, "Joanna", ministering to those young ladies who are looking for love, and sadly, let themselves endure abuse from men. This is a midtempo, catchy jam.Guest Pettidee adds a dancehall/ Dirty South beat for Life to rap to on "Hurry". The one complaint here is that it’s far too short. Then, over an old school rap beat, Japhia Life spits the reasons for his raps on "Hip Hop", expressing his desire to bring souls to Christ — and not resort to rapping about the stuff so frequently the topic in the mainstream equivalent. Things are hopping for Japhia Life. This cat is for real. He has a message and the flow to back him, on Fountain of Life.
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