KJ-52 is Jonah Sorrentino from Florida. He started out as a
member of Sons of Intellect, before going solo. Like
TobyMac, KJ-52 has been able to reach a broader audience
with a more accessible sound of hip hop.
Name
The KJ part is an abbreviation for his old rap name that he
used to have King J-Mack, while the 52 part, which is
pronounced "five two" not fifty two, is a reference to the
five loaves and two fish that Jesus used to feed the 5000.
In that story in the bible Jesus took one boys five loaves
and two fish and fed the masses.
KJ-52 says about this "God takes the little that we have and
multiplies it when we decide to place what we have in his
hands. I didn't have much to offer when I started, but
whatever I had I was going to give it over to Christ."
Debut Album
Before he was KJ-52, the MC released a music cassette "Back
From Da' Grave" as King J-Mack in 1995. But this city youth
pastor turned hip hop artist made his real debut as KJ-52
with the independant release of "7th Avenue" in 2000. He
later on got signed to Uprok Records and released
"Collaborations" in 2002. The record can be seen as his
breakthrough album. It contains the song Dear Slim.
Dear Slim
This song about a conversation with top selling hiphop
artist Eminem got KJ-52 much publicity.
The show TRL of MTV decided to play the Dear Slim video, but
the TV station played it up as some controversial song that
was a ?diss? on Eminem. They only showed one minute of the
video and cut it off after the first verse. Which is the
least spiritual and most controversial verse, if it's not
heard in context of the rest of the song.
MTV then proceeded to say KJ-52 was nothing more than some
MC trying to make a name by taking a shot at Eminem. After a
lengthy internet message board debate on mtv.com and a push
to get the video played in entirety that was the end of it.
The station never let KJ-52 explain the song or play the
whole video.
Awards: Albums
The rapper received his first Dove/GMA Music award for his
album "It's Pronounced Five Two" (2003) in 2004.
At the 37th Annual GMA Music Awards in 2006 KJ-52 received a
second award for his album "Behind the Musik" (2005) in the
category Hip Hop Album of the Year.
He received his third award for "KJ-52 Remixed" (2006) at
the 38th Annual GMA Music Awards in 2007.
Awards: Reader's Choice - 2007
KJ-52 also won the Reader's Choice Award 2007 from
Jesusfreakhideout.com for his album KJ-52 Remixed (2006) in
the category Rap/Hip-Hop/Party Album of the Year.
Awards: Reader's Choice - 2009
At the website CCMmagazine.com KJ-52 was voted for the 2009
Reader's Choice Award as the "Best Hip Hop Artist".
Awards: Songs
KJ-52's track "Never Look Away" from the album Behind The
Musik (a boy named Jonah) (2005) won at the 38th Annual GMA
Dove Awards in the category Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the
Year in April 2007.
For the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards 2009 KJ-52 won with the
track "Do Yo Thang" of the album "The Yearbook" (2007) in
the same category Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year.
Nominations: GMA 2008
The MC is nominated in the category "Rap/Hip Hop Recorded
Song of the Year" for "Wake Up" of the album "The Yearbook"
(2007) at the 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards, the award
ceremony is held on April 23rd, 2008.
Nominations: GMA 2009
For the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards 2009 the rapper was
nominated in the category Short Form Music Video he is
nominated for "FanMail" (2007). The ceremony is held on
April 23rd, 2009.
TV Series
KJ-52's track "You're Gonna Make It" is featured on the CBS
series Cold Case, episode "It Takes a Village", first aired
November 11th, 2007. The track is of the album "The
Yearbook" (2007).
Christmas Track
The rapper is featured on the compilation "X Christmas"
(2008) with the track "It's Christmas Time". The only hip
hop track on an otherwise rock compilation.
Video Mixtape
Pobably a first in the christian hip hop scene a Video
Mixtape was released in June 2009, a compilation of
freestyles and battles.
Albums
The rapper released his most recent record entitled "The
Yearbook" in 2007.
The album is scheduled for release on September 22nd,
2009.
1. Five-Two Television
2. Adventures Of Tweezyman
3. End of My Rope
4. Headlining at 5 (co-starring Theory Hazit)
5. He Did That
6. Let's Go (co-starring Trevor from Thousand Foot
Krutch)
7. Are You Online?
8. Calling You (co-starring J.R.)
9. Headlines at 11 (co-starring Braille)
10. Picture
11. Shake It Off
12. Gonna Be Alright
13. Help Me Change (co-starring Rob Beckley of Pillar)
14. Swagged Out With Tags Out (co-starring Da Truth)
15. Fuego (co-starring Funky)
16. Tweezy Dance
17. Let it Go
18. Firestarter (co-starring Manwell and Bianca Reyes)
19. Broken People
20. Dear God
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1. Freestyle: Tampa Fl. (1999)
2. Battle: KJ-52 vs. Titanium (2002)
3. Battle: KJ-52 vs. Pac (2002)
4. Freestyle: Tampa Fl. cont. (1999)
5. Battle: KJ-52 vs. Cobain pt. 1 (2002)
6. Freestyle: live 3 topic freestyle: Not of this world
(2007)
7. Battle: KJ-52 vs. Cobain pt. 2 (2002)
8. Freestyle: live 3 topic freestyle: Converse shoes
(2007)
9. Battle: KJ-52 vs. Cobain pt. 3 (2002)
10. Freestyle: live 3 topic freestyle: Cellphone (2007)
11. Battle: KJ-52 vs. Chocolate (2002)
12. Freestyle: backstage Dove Award freestyle (2007)
13. VH1 40 least hip hop moments/Washed up (2005)
14. Freestyle: Creation Fest (2004)
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The album is released on October 14th, 2008 and contains a
bonus disc called The Missing Pages with 13 additional
tracks.
Disc 1: The Yearbook
1. Will You Ever Know?
2. Do Yo Thang
3. Youll Never Take Me Down - featuring Kevin Young Of
Disciple
4. Do You Got That?
5. It Aint Easy
6. Push Up
7. I Wont Ever Stop - featuring Goldinchild
8. Fanmail
9. You Can Still Come Back
10. Can I Be Honest?
11. Pump That
12. 5 Minutes (In The Garden)
13. Daddys Girl - featuring Liquid
14. Wake Up - featuring Toby Morrell Of Emery
15. Say What You Want
16. Youre Gonna Make It - featuring Blanca Reyes of Group 1
Crew
Disc 2: The Missing Pages
1. Do yo thang remix - featuring B.Reith
2. Keep Shining - featuring Goldinchild
3. Stuck in the 80's
4. Starbucks takes all my money
5. I got it got it
6. Push up remix - featuring Sev Statik
7. You can still come back remix - featuring Eric Cross
8. Pump that remix
9. I can never forget you - featuring Liquid
10. What you want
11. All I need - featuring Cam
12. I used to
13. I almost got shot last night
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1. Will You Ever Know?
2. Do Yo Thang
3. You'll Never Take Me Down - featuring Kevin Young
4. Do You Got That?
5. It Ain't Easy
6. Push Up
7. I Won't Ever Stop - featuring Goldinchild
8. Fanmail
9. You Can Still Come Back
10. Can I Be Honest?
11. Pump That
12. 5 Minutes (In The Garden)
13. Daddy's Girl - featuring Liquid
14. Wake Up - featuring Toby Morell
15. Say What Ya Want
16. You're Gonna Make It - featuring Blanca Reyes
17. You Hang Up First
18. Always Here For You - featuring Liquid
19. Take Every Part Of Me - featuring Ayiesha Woods
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The album is released on April 10th, 2007.
The special edition contains a DVD with all of his videos:
KJ, Behind the Musik, Life After Death, I Can Call on You,
and Revenge of the Nerds. Plus photos, live footage,
exclusive interview and more.
1. Will You Ever Know?
2. Do Yo Thang
3. You'll Never Take Me Down - featuring Kevin Young
4. Do You Got That?
5. It Ain't Easy
6. Push Up
7. I Won't Ever Stop - featuring Goldinchild
8. Fanmail
9. You Can Still Come Back
10. Can I Be Honest?
11. Pump That
12. 5 Minutes (In The Garden)
13. Daddy's Girl - featuring Liquid
14. Wake Up - featuring Toby Morell
15. Say What Ya Want
16. You're Gonna Make It - featuring Blanca Reyes
17. You Hang Up First
18. Always Here For You - featuring Liquid
19. Take Every Part Of Me - featuring Ayiesha Woods
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The album is released May 2nd, 2006. The remixing is done by
KJ-52 and Tedd T.
1. FiveTweezy (Disco Mania Remix)
2. Revenge Of The Nerds (Horns A
Plenty Remix)
3. Dear Slim Pt. 2 (True Story Remix)
4. 47 Emcees (Plus 18 More Remix)
5. I Can Call On You (Piano Love Remix)
6. Are You Real? (Oregon Trail Remix)
7. Jesus (Reggaeton Remix)
8. Plain White Rapper (Kalimba Remix)
9. Rock With It (Eat To The Beat Lunch
Mix Remix)
10. Mullet Pride (Country Krunk Remix)
11. For The Ladies (SoulVibe Remix)
12. Things I Like (Timbojones Remix)
13. Washed Up (Dbl Time Remix)
14. Run For Cover
15. Napoleon Dynamite
16. (Blank)
17. KJ Contest Announcement
18. Things I Like - instrumental
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Guest appearances by Goldinchild, Rebecca St. James, Jeremy
Camp, Jon Micah, Donnie Lewis and Seth Ready.
In November 2005 re-released as a DeLuxe Edition with a
bonus CD.
1. Dad: “thats how you got your name” - intro
2. Fivetweezy
3. Are You Real? - featuring Jon Micah of Kutless
4. Rock With It
5. God - featuring Rebecca St. James
6. Behind The Musik - featuring Pee Wee Callins
7. Mom: “sitting in the puddle” - interlude
8. Thank You
9. Jesus
10. Right Here - featuring Jeremy Camp
11. Video Games
12. Plain White Rapper
13. Dad: “Your City” - interlude
14. Things I Like - featuring Goldinchild
15. Life After Death
16. Never Look Away
17. For The Ladies featuring Seth Ready
18. Mom: I wanted to call you Sky - interlude
19. I Can Call On You - featuring Donnie Lewis
20. Cry No More
21. One
22. He Is All
23. Dad: “It was God working in your life” (outro)
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Promotional sampler "new album out February 1, 2005" for
the Behind the musik album containing KJ-52 music videos and
behind the scenes clips. Plus three songs from other BEC
Recordings artists.
1. Intro / Are you real?
2. Are you real? - featuring Jon Micah of Kutless
3. KJ-52
4. Life after death (clip, rough mix)
5. KJ-52
6. Thank you (clip, rough mix)
7. KJ-52
8. Fivetweezy (clip, rough mix)
9. KJ-52
10. Rock with it (clip, rough mix)
11. Outro
12. Seventh Day Slumber - Caroline
13. Hawk Nelson - Every little thing
14. Jeremy Camp - Take you back
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In November 2005 the album Behind The Music is re-released
as a DeLuxe Edition with a bonus CD.
Guest appearances by Goldinchild, Rebecca St. James, Jeremy
Camp, Jon Micah, Donnie Lewis and Seth Ready.
1. Dad: “thats how you got your name” - intro
2. Fivetweezy
3. Are You Real? - featuring Jon Micah of Kutless
4. Rock With It
5. God - featuring Rebecca St. James
6. Behind The Musik - featuring Pee Wee Callins
7. Mom: “sitting in the puddle” - interlude
8. Thank You
9. Jesus
10. Right Here - featuring Jeremy Camp
11. Video Games
12. Plain White Rapper
13. Dad: “Your City” - interlude
14. Things I Like - featuring Goldinchild
15. Life After Death
16. Never Look Away
17. For The Ladies featuring Seth Ready
18. Mom: I wanted to call you Sky - interlude
19. I Can Call On You - featuring Donnie Lewis
20. Cry No More
21. One
22. He Is All
23. Dad: “It was God working in your life” (outro)
Bonus CD
Track 1 is "a tribute to the greatest movie ever", tracks
2 is KJ-52's response to the whole VH1/MTV fiasco's. Track
3 is a new song. Songs 4 and 5 are hidden tracks that were
cut off the original album.
The video section will also include behind the scenes clips
of the making of the album "behind the musik".
Songs
1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Washed up
3. Run for Cover - featuring Trevor of Thousand Foot
Krutch
4. Plain White Rapper in a Mini Van
5. Piece of Junk Car
Videos
1. Dear Slim
2. Kjfivetwo
3. Life After Death
4. Behind the musik
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Album of KJ-52 and TC. TC is ex-Gotee producer Tod
Collins.
1. WWSP Radio (Intro)
2. Rocking the jam
3. Eyes open wide
4. Bounce with me
5. WWSP shout outs (Interlude)
6. Something for you
7. Gonna be alright
8. No stopping me
9. WWSP testimonials
10. You're the one
11. I miss you
12. Do you want to go?
13. Captain Crunkalicious (Interlude)
14. It's just you
15. Only you
16. WWSP signing off
17. KJ sings the blues
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A remastered version of the original release. Besides the
skits, the 2 tracks 'Cipha All Stars' and 'They Know
Not' didn't make it to the re-release.
There are also 5 new tracks on the album: Lift Me Up, All
Around The World, Need Someone, It's The S.O.I. and 12
Round Knockout.
1. 1,2,3
2. Keep It Moving - (featuring Knowdaverbs)
3. Hardway, The
4. Keep Ya Head Up - (featuring Amani)
5. Do What I Do
6. We Roc The Mic
7. It's The S.O.I. (Sons Of Intellect Anthem) - (featuring
Deuce & Phanatik of The Cross Movement)
8. Integrity - (featuring Bonafide of GRITS)
9. This Is Love - (featuring Amani)
10. Lift Me Up
11. All Around The World
12. Need Someone
13. It's The S.O.I.
14. 12 Round Knockout
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Single released for radio purposes, including devotionals by
KJ-52.
Production by Tod Collins.
1. Back In The Day
Devotionals
2. What Are You Feeding Yourself? - Joshua 1:8
3. Like A Child - Matthew 18:2
4. TRL (All Things Work Together For Good) - Romans 8:28
5. God Can Do Things Bigger Than We Can Imagine - Ephesians
3:20
6. Dive Bombing Birds (What Do You Fear?) - 1 Peter 5:8
7. Pick Yourself Up - Romans 8:37
8. What Makes You Beautiful? (God Loves The Way You Are) -
Jeremiah 31:3
9. Giving Our All To God - Malachi 3:10
10. How Old Are You? - 1 Corinthians 3:2
11. What's Your Attitude Like? - Philippians 2:14
12. Being A Servant - Ephesians 6:5
13. Looking At The World Through God's Eyes - Revelation
3:18
14. One Love - Deuteronomy 6:5
15. One God - Deuteronomy 6:4
16. One Way - John 14:6
17. Country Club Church
18. Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit - Matthew 5:3
19. Blessed Are Those Who Mourn - Matthew 5:4
20. Blessed Are The Meek - Matthew 5:5
21. Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst - Matthew
5:6
22. Blessed Are The Merciful - Matthew 5:7
23. Blessed Are The Pure In Heart - Matthew 5:8
24. Blessed Are The Peacemakers - Matthew 5:9
25. Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted For Righteousness -
Matthew 5:10
26. Blessed Are You When You Stand Up For God - Matthew
5:11-12
27. Salavation Message
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Produced By Todd Collins for Beatmart Productions.
1. Welcome to the five two's
2. KJ Five-Two
3. Whoop whoop
4. Dear Slim Part 2
5. So in love with you
6. Cartoon Network
7. Rock on
8. Back in the day
9. Can I speak with a manager? (Interlude) / Ya bref stank
10. 47 pop stars
11. Pick yourself up
12. Don't go
13. Check yourself
14. Infomercial (Interlude)
15. #1 Fan featuring Jubilee
16. I Feel so good
17. I'm guilty
18. Outro / Gimme dat
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A one time only project the band Peace of Mind consists of
KJ-52, Tod Collins, Rick May and Pete Steward. The music
combines rock and rap. Production by Todd Collins and Pete
Stewart.
1. Turn it up
2. Don't ever give up
3. I am
4. We gon make it
5. Coming soon
6. After all
7. Scream
8. Will you go out with me?
9. Where you gonna go?
10. Crucify
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Produced By Todd Collins for Beatmart Productions.
Production by
- Todd Collins : 2-4
- KJ-52 : 4
- Billy Puddles : 5
- Playdough : 6
- Blake Knight : 7, 14
- Ohmega Watts : 8
- Flynn Adam Atkins : 9
- Deftone : 10
- Dust : 12
- Golden Child : 15
1. Leave a Message (Intro)
2. Do That
3. Choice Is Yours
4. Rise Up
5. Dear Slim
6. Nursery Rhymes
7. Sonshine
8. Wait for You
9. Revenge of the Nerds
10. 5th Element
11. Industry [Spoken Word Interlude]
12. Why
13. 47 Emcees (Interlude)
14. ABC's and 1, 2, 3's
15. Where Were You
16. Operator (Outro)
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This album is re-released in 2004 including five previously
unreleased tracks. The song "The hard way" is a cover of
DC-Talk.
1. The greatest M.C. (intro)
2. 1 2 3 - featuring Yankee Man
3. Keep It moving - featuring Knowdaverbs
4. The hardway
5. Keep ya head up - featuring Amani
6. Melvin's not here
7. Do what I do
8. The greatest M.C. (continue)
9. We rock the mic
10. Cipha all stars - featuring Supplanta, Imagine, Golden
Child and Urban Disciple.
11. It's the S.O.I. (Sons of Intellect Anthem) - featuring
Deuce and Phanatik of The Cross Movement.
12. Mickey cakes (skit)
13. Integrity - featuring Bonafide of Grits
14. This is love - featuring Amani
15. They know not - featuring Passion and L.P.
16. The greatest M.C. (outro)
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