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The joy is contagious, │ ▓█ █▓ │the brassy rock-soul arrangements tight and explosive, and │ ▓█ █▓ │the vocals by such now-solo stars like Fred Hammond (who │ ▓█ █▓ │produced and arranged the music and vocals on the project) │ ▓█ █▓ │and Marvin Sapp are deep, hip, and spiritual gold. Hammond │ ▓█ █▓ │and Michael Brooks split the bulk of the songwriting, making│ ▓█ █▓ │even overused title concepts like "You've Got a Friend" and │ ▓█ █▓ │"Back in the Saddle" exciting in execution, as the crowd │ ▓█ █▓ │roars and praises along. There are a few softer moments, │ ▓█ █▓ │like the disc one closer "Lay Your Troubles Down," where the│ ▓█ █▓ │group sounds like a larger version of Take 6. Hammond's │ ▓█ █▓ │Radical for Christ and Kirk Franklin's groups rule the roost│ ▓█ █▓ │in modern male gospel, but it's clear that the │ ▓█ █▓ │Commissioned's earlier efforts made all of that possible. │ ▓█ █▓ │Wild, crazy, and fun, without taking the focus off the │ ▓█ █▓ │source of it all. Jonathan Widran │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ █▓ │CD Universe Buyer Reviews: │ ▓█ █▓ │Can't Take It Out Of The Player │ ▓█ █▓ │This C/D is baaaaaaaaadddddd! Thank God for the brothers │ ▓█ █▓ │getting together again! │ ▓█ █▓ │Submitted by a reviewer in Baltimore, Maryland │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ █▓ │ Live is Good │ ▓█ █▓ │Excellent project...All the old favorites are on │ ▓█ █▓ │there...There were some songs on there I was not familiar │ ▓█ █▓ │with and the music,arrangement and vocals were outstanding. │ ▓█ █▓ │This project makes me want to go out and buy all their old │ ▓█ █▓ │music. These guys truly were pioneers in quality │ ▓█ █▓ │contemporary gospel music. │ ▓█ █▓ │Submitted by a reviewer in Dallas, TX │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ █▓ │ Commission yall are off tha chain │ ▓█ █▓ │I loved the whole CD, but my best song was "Ordinary Just │ ▓█ █▓ │Won't Do", Fred, Marcus, Karl, Mitchell, Michael, Marvin, │ ▓█ █▓ │and Keith yall was off the hook, I wish it wasn't just a │ ▓█ █▓ │reunion. Keep God first, and let him use you all. The world,│ ▓█ █▓ │go get the CD, oh they also have a video of it also, go find│ ▓█ █▓ │it. │ ▓█ █▓ │Submitted by a reviewer in Griffin, GA │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ █▓ │ What An Awesome Release! │ ▓█ █▓ │I can't express how great this concert is. This CD has │ ▓█ █▓ │stayed in my player since I received it from CD Universe. I │ ▓█ █▓ │went to the Commissioned Reunion concert when it came │ ▓█ █▓ │through Atlanta a few weeks ago and it thoroughly blessed my│ ▓█ █▓ │soul. This recording takes me back to the concert all over │ ▓█ █▓ │again every time I listen to it. These guys are greatly │ ▓█ █▓ │talented. They still have the same sound that they had when │ ▓█ █▓ │they released their first album back in the day. I wish │ ▓█ █▓ │their getting back together wasn't just for a reunion tour. │ ▓█ █▓ │The Commissioned of today just don't have the same flavor │ ▓█ █▓ │that the original group had. These guys should stay │ ▓█ █▓ │together. They really make one remarkable group. │ ▓█ █▓ │Submitted by a reviewer in Atlanta, GA, USA │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ █▓ │For more reviews visit www.amazon.com │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ █▓ │ *ANTIQuARIUS* │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ █▓ │ │ ▓█ ██ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ██ ██ ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄ ██ ██ ██ ██ ┌─[GROUPNEWS]────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ██ ██ │ │ ██ ██ │ Old Skool Classics was established in the year 2001 │ ██ ██ │ putting out only the dopest ol skool classix. 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