V. Rose (album)

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V. Rose
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Studio album by
V. Rose
ReleasedAugust 16, 2011 (2011-08-16)
Genre Christian electronic dance music, contemporary R&B, electropop
Length49:58
Label Clear Sight
V. Rose chronology
V. Rose
(2011)		 Forever After
(2014)

V. Rose is the eponymously titled debut studio album from Christian music recording artist V. Rose. The album released on August 16, 2011 through Clear Sight Music. It was re-released February 25, 2013 as The Electro-Pop Deluxe featuring a second disc with six extra tracks.

Eponym Someone or something after which something is named

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named. The adjectives derived from eponym include eponymous and eponymic. For example, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era, and "the eponymous founder of the Ford Motor Company" refers to Henry Ford. Recently, especially in the recorded-music industry, eponymous has been used to mean "named after its central character or creator".

Christian electronic dance music, also known as CEDM, Christian EDM, Christian Dance Music, CDM, or Christian electronic music is a genre of electronic dance music and Christian music. Its musical styles closely mirrors non-Christian EDM; however, the CEDM culture's lack of drug use and emphasis of positive lyrics distinguish it from non-religious counterparts. EDM.com wrote "the [CEDM] culture can feel quite welcoming." Many different Groups such as Christian Electro Spot, Found Beats, God's DJs, and CEDM Radio have been created to support and foster the CEDM genre. Many live concerts and events have been held in Christian churches in addition to traditional venues such as Lumination, Creation Festival and LifeLight Music Festival. CEDM has also been incorporated into some Christian worship routines.

Vienna Rose Dare, is better known by her stage name V. Rose, is an American Christian electronic dance music singer. Formerly signed to Clear Sight Music, she released three studio albums under that label, V. Rose in 2011 and Forever After in 2014, the latter of which charted at No. 28 on the Billboard Top Christian chart, and No. 16 on the Heatseekers. V. Rose was re-released with a bonus disc in 2013 and titled The Electro-Pop Deluxe. She currently is signed to Inpop Records, where they released, Young Dangerous Heart, on April 22, 2016.

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Background

During her teenage years, V. Rose founded the group Harmony with childhood friend. When V. Rose was 15, producer SPEC signed the group to Spechouse Media, but Harmony soon folded in 2005. [1] [2] After the disbandment of Harmony, Dare signed to Spechouse as a solo artist, and she eventually appeared on two songs by FLAME on his album Captured, including the hit single "Captured". [1] [3] [4] She subsequently signed to FLAME's Clear Sight label, and released V. Rose through that label in 2011. [2]

Flame (rapper) American Christian hip hop recording artist

Marcus Tyrone Gray, known as Flame, is an American Christian hip hop recording artist with Clear Sight Music. He has released nine albums including: the self-titled Flame, Rewind, Our World: Fallen, Our World: Redeemed, Captured, The 6th, Royal Flush, Forward, and God Knows. Flame has been nominated for several Dove and Stellar Awards throughout his music career and Our World: Redeemed was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Style

Critics found the musical style on V. Rose to be a mixture of pop, hip hop, R&B, rock, gospel, and electronic dance music, and compared it to Britt Nicole, Jamie Grace, Katy Perry, Krystal Meyers, Miley Cyrus, Michael Jackson, and Selena Gomez. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Louder Than the Music described the opening song, "Not Ashamed", as falling "into the same bracket as J-Lo, mixed with the female vocalists from Glee" and the song "Run That Way" as having "a Shakira sound to it." [6] New Release Tuesday described the song "Not So Average" as reminiscent of Mary J. Blige, "Christian Girl" as evoking Ke$ha, Avril Lavigne, and Mýa, "Hater" as "Alicia Keys/Pink-like" and "Dear Adam" and "Let's Go Home" as similar to Michael Jackson. [4] Jesus Freak Hideout stated that "the pop, R&B, and rock sound on the album's opening track is used much throughout the entire release, and said that Dare "should soon find herself among the elite in that great radio-play-type of girl-power-pop sound." [3] New Release Tuesday described V. Rose as ranging from "rock to pop to R&B to rap to straight-up, old-school Gospel." [4] Louder Than the Music said that "This album jumps from very girly-girly bubblegum pop to big dance anthems with big bass tones and big drum beats." [6] Christian Music Zine stated that "Throughout the album you’ll find yourself thinking you’re listening to a pop album, a hip hop album or a jazzy gospel album". [5]

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

Hip hop music music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop or rap music, is a genre of popular music developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. It consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records, and rhythmic beatboxing. While often used to refer solely to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, economics, and aspirations.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
CCM Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Christian Music ZineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Cross Rhythms U+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgSolid white borderedS.svgSolid white borderedS.svg [8]
Jesus Freak HideoutStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Louder Than the MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
New Release TuesdayStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

V. Rose received generally positive reception from the ratings and reviews of music critics. At New Release Tuesday, Marcus Hathcock rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, indicating how the material on the release contains an "unashamed expression" of faith, and "it is fresh, relevant, fun and competent." [4] Andy Argyrakis of CCM Magazine rated the album three stars out of five, highlighting how the music on the release is "presenting upbeat pop production set to spiritually-grounded lyrics." [7] At Jesus Freak Hideout, Kevin Hoskins rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, remarking how on just a few tracks it was a somewhat unfinished, yet he calls it "a stellar freshman release" that "should be picked up by party music lovers everywhere." [3] Ian Hayter of Cross Rhythms rated the album eight squares out of ten, stating how it contains a "catchy set of songs", and notes that "with its quality production and strong hooks will appeal to teens and pre-teens everywhere." [8] At Christian Music Zine, Tyler Hess rated the album four stars out of five, writing how at moments it shows some immaturity, yet the lyricism is "genuine and bold". [5] Jono Davies of Louder Than the Music rated the album four stars out of five, saying this is "a great set of songs from a very talented pop singer." [6]

Music journalism journalism genre

Music journalism is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music and traditional music. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century, providing commentary on what is now regarded as classical music. In the 1960s, music journalism began more prominently covering popular music like rock and pop after the breakthrough of The Beatles. With the rise of the internet in the 2000s, music criticism developed an increasingly large online presence with music bloggers, aspiring music critics, and established critics supplementing print media online. Music journalism today includes reviews of songs, albums and live concerts, profiles of recording artists, and reporting of artist news and music events.

<i>CCM Magazine</i> magazine

CCM Magazine is a twice monthly online magazine about contemporary Christian music, published by Salem Publishing, a division of Salem Communications.

Cross Rhythms is a Christian media organisation based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It operates an FM and online radio station, produces radio shows sent internationally, and its website has resources on contemporary Christian music.

Track listing

Tracklist
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Not So Average" Vienna Rose Dare, Lamontt Blackshire, Kenya Ngariuku, Lance Tolbert3:28
2."Christian Girl"Dare, Blackshire3:31
3."Battery" (featuring Flame)Dare, Blackshire, Marcus T. Gray, Ngariuku3:54
4."Hater"Dare, Blackshire, Ngariuku, Tolbert3:40
5."Run That Way"Dare, Blackshire, Ngariuku3:52
6."Dear Adam"Dare, Blackshire, Tolbert5:04
7."In Dependence"Dare, Blackshire3:49
8."Girl, What You Lookin' At?!"Dare, Blackshire, Ngariuku4:06
9."Let's Go Home"Dare, Blackshire, Ngariuku, Tolbert3:46
10."Love Pursuit" (featuring John Katina)Dare, Blackshire3:35
11."Forgive Me"Dare, Blackshire, Ngariuku, Tolbert4:52
12."Cry Holy"Dare, Blackshire, Tolbert6:21
Total length:49:58

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