Thesauri Catholici (Catholic Treasures) Vol. 1: Learn Latin
includes the songs:
1. Intro- Roman Phatness
This is self explanatory. It is an intro with a short song called Roman Phatness where I just ask the listener to be prepared to hear some Catholic Hip-Hop. (listen to clip / download)
2. Let the Son Shine in
This song is my way of starting off the album praising Jesus and focusing on Him. We all need to let the Son of God shine in our lives and stop resisting His grace. (listen to clip / download)
3. Good times/Bad times
This song was made so that the second song on the album is a Marian one. This is a love song to Mary and a plea to stay faithful to the daily recitation of the Holy Rosary. (listen to clip / download)
4. Skit: Ideal Fans
A joke that I did with some of the guys here to make fun of groupies, etc. (listen to clip / download)
5. My Favorite Things
This songs is meant to be a fun song and the Catholic version of My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music. Maybe you share some the same Catholic likes as I do. What are your favorite Catholic things? (listen to clip / download)
6. Holy Silence (Shut up!)
I think many people can relate to this song as we all know what it is like to try to pray in Church when there are people talking loudly inside. Again, this is meant to be a fun song that allows those who are frustrated with this situation to let out their frustration while thanking those who do keep silence in Church, out of respect. (listen to clip / download)
7. Catholic Detective "A"
This is my creative side giving you another Apologist rap character… a Catholic detective! Listen as I solve a case that I don't think anyone will guess the ending to! (listen to clip / download)
8. Commercial Break
I have to support the Catholic hip-hop that is out there, so this is my contribution and promotion on this album. (listen to clip / download)
9. Barren Walls
After being in Spain where the churches are so old and beautiful, it was hard to come back the U.S. and see so many "empty" churches and also so much bad modern religious art. This song is my perspective on the current art situation in some modern Catholic churches. (listen to clip / download)
10. Skit: The Unconvertible
My brother, Mike, was telling me about a Protestant that he met or saw on TV (I can't remember which) who was giving the most ridiculous reasons for why Catholics were wrong – and his exaggerated imitation of it I found simply hilarious. So I asked him if we could do a skit with him on my album. This is also the introduction to Catholic Platform which is a song that takes place in a Catholic hip-hop show. (listen to clip / download)
11. Catholic Platform (featuring Zealous, Akalyte, the Second)
I really love this song! Zealous, Akalyte and the Second just went to town on it with some awesome lyrics! This is the first song I have produced without being the main rapper. I did a little something at the end just because I thought people would ask me if I didn't. But the em cees that are on it for the verses did an excellent job in my opinion. (listen to clip / download)
12. Addiction
Manuel3 made the bass for this song and did the piano at the end. I wanted him to do the singing as well but he insisted that my singing was good on it… so I left it even though I don't really like singing on my songs. This song is dedicated to those who suffer the slavery of addiction. I know your pain. Jesus knows your pain… He is with us through it all… (listen to clip / download)
13. Discite linguam Latinam - Learn Latin (featuring Akalyte)
This song is meant to be a fun song that you can play for the children. I just had to get Akalyte on this one! InDEED inspired me to make this song when in passing he mentioned to me that many Catholics don't even know the "Hail Mary" in Latin… which was a surprise to me. (listen to clip / download)
14. New Catholic World (featuring Travesty)
Catholic Man is back on another mission! This is personally my favorite song on the album. Imagine a world where everyone is Catholic… no more religious wars, no more immorality, no more media lies…etc. But in order for that mission to be accomplished, we must all begin by being good Christians ourselves. Travesty did an excellent job on singing the chorus. (listen to clip / download)
15. Apologist's No-No's
Ok, this song is really a skit- joke- song, but there is real meaning to it. There are some things I think that it is better not to do as a Catholic rapper, as I think it sounds funny. But you tell me what you think… I may catch some flack for this one, but that's ok! Such is life! By the way, the verses I sing are just freestyles! (listen to clip / download)
16. Holy Ghost Riders
This is the first song I made for the album. The idea of turning this old country classic, Ghost Riders into a Catholic hip-hop song was very attractive to me and I just had to try it out. This is another one of my all time favorites. (listen to clip / download)
17. St. Maria Goretti
When I was in Rome I got to visit the house (the place of martyrdom) of this saint. She is one of my heroes. I just wanted to share her story with you to spread devotion to her. She is a powerful saint and a great example of chastity. St. Maria Goretti, pray for us! (listen to clip / download)
18. Transformed
This is another one of my favorites on the album. What an experience it must have been to be one of those three Apostles who saw Jesus transfigured! (listen to clip / download)
19. Super Catholic Heroes
This is the last song I made for the album. I was actually waiting for the final recordings to be done for Catholic Platform and I just messed around with some super hero samples I had and… Surprise! A song came out of it! I originally wanted Akalyte on this song with me, but, due to time, I had to do it alone. Maybe in the future I will do a part 2 for this song. I probably should have rapped about heroic saints like St. Padre Pio, St. Francisis, etc, but at the time of writing it, my inspiration went more toward fiction… so I decided just to stick to that. (listen to clip / download)
20. Detective "A" Outro
This is a continuation skit of Catholic Detective "A" with one of the girls that comes to our chapel often for Sunday Mass. Our Catholic detective solves another case! And with that, the case is closed as well as the album. Amen. (listen to clip / download)
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