Reborn (Manafest album)
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| Studio album by Manafest | ||||
| Released | October 2, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Christian hip hop, rap rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 41:22 | |||
| Label | Manafest Productions | |||
| Producer | Joel Bruyere, Seth Mosley, Michael O'Conner | |||
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Reborn is the eighth studio album by the Christian rapper Manafest. It was independently released on October 2, 2015. The album was distributed by The Fuel Music. The release was fan-funded through a PledgeMusic campaign and is Manafest's first fully independent album in over a decade.
According to Manafest, the album is titled Reborn because it speaks to the "rebirthing" of his personal status of becoming an independent artist again, as well as the fact he decided to use the album to retrace his hip-hop origins and roots.
In the later half of 2014, Manafest released the single "Let Go", featuring Dave Stovall. The song was later pulled from iTunes, but remained in Manafest's store.
On April 24, 2015, Manafest announced a new PledgeMusic campaign for his next full-length, fully independent album, Reborn. He stated the album was to be more hip hop-inspired in its sound and return to his roots of straighter hip hop. The record is to be released in October, 2015 with 5% of the money raised by the project going to the Epilepsy Foundation to support awareness for the condition.
On June 16, Manafest announced that Soul Glow Activatur, former lead singer of Family Force 5, would be featured on the new album for the track "Stick to Your Gunz". On June 27, Manafest revealed that Tedashii would be featured on the track "I Have a Dream" (which will also feature some excerpts from Martin Luther King). On July 2, Manafest announced that Shonlock would also be featured in collaboration on the song "I Have a Dream". Trevor McNevan was then announced to be expected to be featured on the track "Shine On".
On July 29, Manafest announced to pledgers the release date of the album to October 2, 2015. This was followed by a general announcement to the public on August 6, via YouTube.
On August 4, Manafest announced that the first music would be released to people who pre-ordered the album. On July 12, Manafest released a brief preview of the song "Army" on YouTube which showcased the total line-up of all the featured artists that will be on Reborn. On July 17, the album project reached 100% funded. On July 31, Manafest gave pledgers previews to two songs off the album: "Reborn" and "Let You Drive." As promised, Manafest released both full songs free, as singles, to the pledgers on August 4, 2015. The lyric videos for both "Let You Drive" and "Reborn" were released the next day on August 5. On August 7, "Let You Drive" was released globally on iTunes. On August 17, Manafest informed pledgers he would be sending out their pre-ordered albums in early September. On July 19, Manafest released the official track listing for the album to pledgers. On August 28, Manafest released the music video for "Let You Drive", a day after releasing it to pledgers.
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