KJ 52

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Raised in a rough-and-tumble suburb of Tampa, FL, KJ-52 (real name: Jonah Sorrentino) was the product of a broken home, and eventually found himself mixed up in drugs, drinking, and chasing skirts. At 15 a family member challenged him to take up Christ, and being born again gave him the strength to move on. But rather than give up hip-hop and its tacit endorsement of sin, KJ poured his faith into his hip-hop. Even his name was a devotional. "KJ" was an abbreviation of his old rap name, but "52" (pronounced "five-two") represented the miracle of the five loaves and two fish. KJ-52 believed he was spreading the word of the Lord in much the same way Jesus shared the food in the story. But his road to Christian hip-hop heaven wasn't easy. While still a teenager, KJ began working in youth ministry at a Florida inner-city church. He also recorded a demo, but it was largely ignored. Christian or not, getting your music noticed is tough. It wasn't until KJ met a young, likeminded rapper named Golden Child that things began to move forward. The two young men formed Sons of Intellect and began performing throughout Florida. Soon Golden Child moved on and the Sons dissolved. But that brief bit of success in the Christian rap game had whet KJ's appetite, and in the summer of 1998 he stepped down from his youth minister position to pursue his Christian rap dream full-time.A relationship with Gotee Records' Todd Collins led to a deal with Nashville CCM label Essential, and the label released the debut KJ-52 full-length, Seventh Avenue, in April of 2000. The LP featured collaborations with such Christian heavyweights as Cross Movement and Knowdaverbs. Extensive touring followed the release, and KJ-52 found he'd finally established himself as the Christian rapper he always felt he could be. In 2002, KJ-52 dropped Collaborations. The album's title referred to the numerous contributions made to the album by guest artists, including Ill Harmonics, Pillar, and Thousand Foot Krutch. The most interesting track on Collaborations was "Dear Slim." The track presented an open letter to Eminem, taking issue with Em's own song, "Stan," and some of the more extreme opinions expressed in the Detroit star's lyrics. A battle rap of sorts (albeit a warm fuzzy version), the song nicely encapsulated KJ-52' s conversational rapping style, his intricate wordplay, and his devotion to the man upstairs.

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KJ 52 Albums

Dangerous
March 2012
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Album Tracks
- Brand New Day
- Dangerous
- Do the Bill Cosby (feat. George Moss)
- Facemelt
- Go
- It's Going Down (feat. Canton Jones)
- Shake Em Up (feat. This'l)
- So Far Apart (feat. Emily of Shine Bright Baby)
- Speed That Light (feat. Rhema Soul)
- Superhero
- That Was My Life (feat. Dre Murray)
- They Like Me (feat. Lecrae)
KJ-52
November 2011
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Album Tracks
- 5th Element
- Industry (Spoken Word Interlude)
- Why (feat. Mars Ill)
- 47 Emcees (Interlude)
- ABC's and 1,2,3's (feat. Billy Puddles)
- Where Were You (feat. Goldinchild)
- Operator (Outro)
- Leave a Message (Intro)
- Do That
- The Choice Is Yours (feat. John Reuben)
- Rise Up (feat. Rob Beckley & Trevor McNevan)
- Dear Slim
- Nursery Rhymes (feat. Playdough)
- Sonshine (feat. Nirva Dorsaint)
- Wait for You (feat. Nirva Dorsaint)
- Revenge of the Nerds (feat. Pigeon John)
- Ya Bref Stank
- 47 Pop Stars
- Pick Yourself Up (feat. Donnie Lewis)
- Don't Go
- Check Yourself
- Infomercial (Interlude)
- #1 Fan (feat. Jubilee)
- I Feel So Good
- I'm Guilty
- Outro
- Welcome to Five Two's
- Gimme Dat
- KJ Five Two
- Whoop Whoop
- Dear Slim, Pt. 2
- So In Love With You
- Cartoon Network
- Rock On (feat. Rob Beckley)
- Back In the Day
- Can I Speak With a Manager? (Interlude)
- Right Here (feat. Jeremy Camp)
- Video Games
- Plain White Rapper
- Dad: "Ybor City" (Interlude)
- Things I Like (feat. Goldinchild)
- Dad: "Thats How You Got Your Name" (Intro)
- Fivetweezy
- Are You Real? (feat. Jon Micah Sumrall)
- Rock With It
- God (feat. Rebecca St. James)
- Behind the Musik (feat. Pee Wee)
- Mom: "Sitting in the Puddle" (Interlude)
- Thank You
- Jesus
Five-two Television
September 2009
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Album Tracks
- Calling You (feat. J.r.)
- Headline News At 11 (feat. Braille)
- Picture
- Shake It Off
- Gonna Be Alright (Five Two Television)
- Help Me Change
- Swagged Out With Tags Out (feat. Da' T.r.u.t.h.)
- The Chris Carlino Story (Week Four) [Interlude]
- Fuego (feat. Funky)
- Tweezy Dance
- Five-two Television (Intro)
- Let It Go
- Firestarter (feat. Manwell and Blanca Reyes of Group 1 Crew)
- Broken People
- The Chris Carlino Story (Week Five) [Interlude]
- Dear God
- Adventures of Tweezyman
- End of My Rope
- The Chris Carlino Story (Day One) [Interlude]
- Headline News At 5 (feat. Theory Hazit)
- He Did That
- Let's Go (feat. Trevor Mcnevan of Thousand Foot Krutch)
- The Chris Carlino Story (Week Two) [Interlude]
- Are You Online?
The Yearbook: The Missing Pages
October 2008
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Album Tracks
- What You Want
- All I Need (feat. Cam)
- I Used To
- I Almost Got Shot Last Night
- Do Yo Thang (Remix) [feat. B. Reith]
- Keep Shining (feat. Goldinchild)
- Stuck In the 80's
- Starbucks Takes All My Money
- I Got It Got It
- Push Up (Remix) [feat. Sev Statik]
- You Can Still Come Back (Remix) [feat. Eric Cross]
- Pump That (Remix)
- I Can Never Forget You (feat. Liquid)
It's Pronounced Five Two
March 2008
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Album Tracks
- Ya Bref Stank
- 47 Pop Stars
- Pick Yourself Up
- Don't Go
- Check Yourself
- Infomercial (Interlude)
- #1 Fan
- I Feel So Good
- I'm Guilty
- Outro
- Welcome to Five Two's
- Gimme Dat
- KJ Five Two
- Whoop Whoop
- Dear Slim, Pt. 2
- So In Love With You
- Cartoon Network
- Rock On
- Back In the Day
- Can I Speak With a Manager? (Interlude)
The Yearbook
April 2007
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Album Tracks
- Can I Be Honest?
- Pump That
- 5 Minutes (In the Garden)
- Daddy's Girl (Featuring Liquid)
- Wake Up (FeaturingToby Morrell of Emery)
- Say What Ya Want
- You're Gonna Make It (Featuring Blanca Reyes of Group 1 Crew)
- You Hang Up First
- Always Here for You (Featuring Liquid)
- Take Every Part of Me (Featuring Ayeisha Woods)
- Will You Ever Know?
- Do Yo Thang
- You'll Never Take Me Down (Featuring Kevin Young of Disciple)
- Do You Got That?
- It Ain't Easy
- Push Up
- I Won't Ever Stop (Featuring Goldinchild)
- Fanmail
- You Can Still Come Back
KJ-52 Remixed
May 2006
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Album Tracks
- Mullet Pride (Country Krunk Remix)
- For the Ladies (Soulvibe Remix)
- Things I Like (Timbojones Remix)
- Washed Up (Double Time Remix)
- Run for Cover (Remix)
- Napoleon Dynamite (Remix)
- (Blank Track)
- Contest Intro (Voice Track)
- Things I Like (Instrumental)
- Fivetweezy (Disco Mania Remix)
- Revenge of the Nerds (Horns A Plenty Remix)
- Dear Slim, Pt. 2 (True Story Remix)
- 47 Emcees (Plus 18 More Remix)
- I Can Call On You (Piano Love Remix)
- Are You Real? (Oregon Trail Remix)
- Jesus (Reggaeton Remix)
- Plain White Rapper (Kalimba Remix)
- Rock With It (Old School Eat to the Beat Lunch Mix Remix)
Behind the Musik
January 2005
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Album Tracks
- Right Here
- Video Games
- Plain White Rapper
- Dad: "Ybor City" (Interlude)
- Things I Like
- Life After Death
- Never Look Away
- For the Ladies
- Mom: "I Wanted to Call You Sky" (Interlude)
- I Can Call On You
- Dad: "That's How You Got Your Name" (Intro)
- Cry No More
- One
- He Is All
- Dad: "It Was God Working In Your Life" (Outro)
- Fivetweezy
- Are You Real?
- Rock With It
- God
- Behind the Musik
- Mom: "Sitting In the Puddle" (Interlude)
- Thank You
- Jesus
Soul Purpose
July 2004
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Album Tracks
- You're the One
- I Miss You
- Do You Want to Go?
- Captain Crunkaliscious (Interlude)
- It's Just You
- Only You
- WWSP Signing Off (Outro)
- Untitled 1
- Untitled 2
- Untitled 3
- WWSP Radio (Intro)
- Untitled 4
- Untitled 5
- Untitled 6
- Untitled 7
- Untitled 8
- Rocking the Jam
- Eyes Open Wide
- Bounce With Me
- WWSP Shout Outs (Interlude)
- Something for You
- Gonna Be Alright
- No Stopping Me
- WWSP Testimonials (Interlude)
Collaborations
July 2002
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Album Tracks
- 5th Element
- Industry
- Why
- 47 Emcees
- ABC's and 1,2,3 S
- Where Were You
- Operator (Outro)
- Leave a Message (Intro)
- Do That
- The Choice Is Yours
- Rise Up
- Dear Slim
- Nursery Rhymes
- Sonshine
- Wait for You
- Revenge of the Nerds
7th Avenue
January 1994
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Album Tracks
- Cipha All Stars (skit) | 2:40
- It's The S.O.I. (Sons of Intellect Anthem) | 5:21
- Micky Cakes (skit) | 2:13
- Integrity | 3:46
- This Is Love | 3:31
- They Know Not | 3:40
- The Greatest M.C. (Outro) | 7:00
- The Greatest M.C. (Intro) | 1:02
- 123 | 4:01
- Keep It Moving | 4:17
- The Hardway | 4:00
- Keep Ya Head Up | 3:53
- Melvin's Not Here (Skit) | 0:33
- Do What I Do | 5:12
- The Greatest M.C. (Continued) | 2:02
- We Rock The Mic | 4:12

KJ 52

Channel Views: 25,568
Subscribers: 23
Last Visit Date: 2014-03-10T14:57:41
Total Upload Views: 61,153
Joined: October 01, 2010
Artist Bio
Raised in a rough-and-tumble suburb of Tampa, FL, KJ-52 (real name: Jonah Sorrentino) was the product of a broken home, and eventually found himself mixed up in drugs, drinking, and chasing skirts. At 15 a family member challenged him to take up Christ, and being born again gave him the strength to move on. But rather than give up hip-hop and its tacit endorsement of sin, KJ poured his faith into his hip-hop. Even his name was a devotional. "KJ" was an abbreviation of his old rap name, but "52" (pronounced "five-two") represented the miracle of the five loaves and two fish. KJ-52 believed he was spreading the word of the Lord in much the same way Jesus shared the food in the story. But his road to Christian hip-hop heaven wasn't easy. While still a teenager, KJ began working in youth ministry at a Florida inner-city church. He also recorded a demo, but it was largely ignored. Christian or not, getting your music noticed is tough. It wasn't until KJ met a young, likeminded rapper named Golden Child that things began to move forward. The two young men formed Sons of Intellect and began performing throughout Florida. Soon Golden Child moved on and the Sons dissolved. But that brief bit of success in the Christian rap game had whet KJ's appetite, and in the summer of 1998 he stepped down from his youth minister position to pursue his Christian rap dream full-time.A relationship with Gotee Records' Todd Collins led to a deal with Nashville CCM label Essential, and the label released the debut KJ-52 full-length, Seventh Avenue, in April of 2000. The LP featured collaborations with such Christian heavyweights as Cross Movement and Knowdaverbs. Extensive touring followed the release, and KJ-52 found he'd finally established himself as the Christian rapper he always felt he could be. In 2002, KJ-52 dropped Collaborations. The album's title referred to the numerous contributions made to the album by guest artists, including Ill Harmonics, Pillar, and Thousand Foot Krutch. The most interesting track on Collaborations was "Dear Slim." The track presented an open letter to Eminem, taking issue with Em's own song, "Stan," and some of the more extreme opinions expressed in the Detroit star's lyrics. A battle rap of sorts (albeit a warm fuzzy version), the song nicely encapsulated KJ-52' s conversational rapping style, his intricate wordplay, and his devotion to the man upstairs.
KJ's Website
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KJ 52 Albums

Dangerous
March 2012
Album Tracks
- Brand New Day
- Dangerous
- Do the Bill Cosby (feat. George Moss)
- Facemelt
- Go
- It's Going Down (feat. Canton Jones)
- Shake Em Up (feat. This'l)
- So Far Apart (feat. Emily of Shine Bright Baby)
- Speed That Light (feat. Rhema Soul)
- Superhero
- That Was My Life (feat. Dre Murray)
- They Like Me (feat. Lecrae)
KJ-52
November 2011
Album Tracks
- 5th Element
- Industry (Spoken Word Interlude)
- Why (feat. Mars Ill)
- 47 Emcees (Interlude)
- ABC's and 1,2,3's (feat. Billy Puddles)
- Where Were You (feat. Goldinchild)
- Operator (Outro)
- Leave a Message (Intro)
- Do That
- The Choice Is Yours (feat. John Reuben)
- Rise Up (feat. Rob Beckley & Trevor McNevan)
- Dear Slim
- Nursery Rhymes (feat. Playdough)
- Sonshine (feat. Nirva Dorsaint)
- Wait for You (feat. Nirva Dorsaint)
- Revenge of the Nerds (feat. Pigeon John)
- Ya Bref Stank
- 47 Pop Stars
- Pick Yourself Up (feat. Donnie Lewis)
- Don't Go
- Check Yourself
- Infomercial (Interlude)
- #1 Fan (feat. Jubilee)
- I Feel So Good
- I'm Guilty
- Outro
- Welcome to Five Two's
- Gimme Dat
- KJ Five Two
- Whoop Whoop
- Dear Slim, Pt. 2
- So In Love With You
- Cartoon Network
- Rock On (feat. Rob Beckley)
- Back In the Day
- Can I Speak With a Manager? (Interlude)
- Right Here (feat. Jeremy Camp)
- Video Games
- Plain White Rapper
- Dad: "Ybor City" (Interlude)
- Things I Like (feat. Goldinchild)
- Dad: "Thats How You Got Your Name" (Intro)
- Fivetweezy
- Are You Real? (feat. Jon Micah Sumrall)
- Rock With It
- God (feat. Rebecca St. James)
- Behind the Musik (feat. Pee Wee)
- Mom: "Sitting in the Puddle" (Interlude)
- Thank You
- Jesus
Five-two Television
September 2009
Album Tracks
- Calling You (feat. J.r.)
- Headline News At 11 (feat. Braille)
- Picture
- Shake It Off
- Gonna Be Alright (Five Two Television)
- Help Me Change
- Swagged Out With Tags Out (feat. Da' T.r.u.t.h.)
- The Chris Carlino Story (Week Four) [Interlude]
- Fuego (feat. Funky)
- Tweezy Dance
- Five-two Television (Intro)
- Let It Go
- Firestarter (feat. Manwell and Blanca Reyes of Group 1 Crew)
- Broken People
- The Chris Carlino Story (Week Five) [Interlude]
- Dear God
- Adventures of Tweezyman
- End of My Rope
- The Chris Carlino Story (Day One) [Interlude]
- Headline News At 5 (feat. Theory Hazit)
- He Did That
- Let's Go (feat. Trevor Mcnevan of Thousand Foot Krutch)
- The Chris Carlino Story (Week Two) [Interlude]
- Are You Online?
The Yearbook: The Missing Pages
October 2008
Album Tracks
- What You Want
- All I Need (feat. Cam)
- I Used To
- I Almost Got Shot Last Night
- Do Yo Thang (Remix) [feat. B. Reith]
- Keep Shining (feat. Goldinchild)
- Stuck In the 80's
- Starbucks Takes All My Money
- I Got It Got It
- Push Up (Remix) [feat. Sev Statik]
- You Can Still Come Back (Remix) [feat. Eric Cross]
- Pump That (Remix)
- I Can Never Forget You (feat. Liquid)
It's Pronounced Five Two
March 2008
Album Tracks
- Ya Bref Stank
- 47 Pop Stars
- Pick Yourself Up
- Don't Go
- Check Yourself
- Infomercial (Interlude)
- #1 Fan
- I Feel So Good
- I'm Guilty
- Outro
- Welcome to Five Two's
- Gimme Dat
- KJ Five Two
- Whoop Whoop
- Dear Slim, Pt. 2
- So In Love With You
- Cartoon Network
- Rock On
- Back In the Day
- Can I Speak With a Manager? (Interlude)
The Yearbook
April 2007
Album Tracks
- Can I Be Honest?
- Pump That
- 5 Minutes (In the Garden)
- Daddy's Girl (Featuring Liquid)
- Wake Up (FeaturingToby Morrell of Emery)
- Say What Ya Want
- You're Gonna Make It (Featuring Blanca Reyes of Group 1 Crew)
- You Hang Up First
- Always Here for You (Featuring Liquid)
- Take Every Part of Me (Featuring Ayeisha Woods)
- Will You Ever Know?
- Do Yo Thang
- You'll Never Take Me Down (Featuring Kevin Young of Disciple)
- Do You Got That?
- It Ain't Easy
- Push Up
- I Won't Ever Stop (Featuring Goldinchild)
- Fanmail
- You Can Still Come Back
KJ-52 Remixed
May 2006
Album Tracks
- Mullet Pride (Country Krunk Remix)
- For the Ladies (Soulvibe Remix)
- Things I Like (Timbojones Remix)
- Washed Up (Double Time Remix)
- Run for Cover (Remix)
- Napoleon Dynamite (Remix)
- (Blank Track)
- Contest Intro (Voice Track)
- Things I Like (Instrumental)
- Fivetweezy (Disco Mania Remix)
- Revenge of the Nerds (Horns A Plenty Remix)
- Dear Slim, Pt. 2 (True Story Remix)
- 47 Emcees (Plus 18 More Remix)
- I Can Call On You (Piano Love Remix)
- Are You Real? (Oregon Trail Remix)
- Jesus (Reggaeton Remix)
- Plain White Rapper (Kalimba Remix)
- Rock With It (Old School Eat to the Beat Lunch Mix Remix)
Behind the Musik
January 2005
Album Tracks
- Right Here
- Video Games
- Plain White Rapper
- Dad: "Ybor City" (Interlude)
- Things I Like
- Life After Death
- Never Look Away
- For the Ladies
- Mom: "I Wanted to Call You Sky" (Interlude)
- I Can Call On You
- Dad: "That's How You Got Your Name" (Intro)
- Cry No More
- One
- He Is All
- Dad: "It Was God Working In Your Life" (Outro)
- Fivetweezy
- Are You Real?
- Rock With It
- God
- Behind the Musik
- Mom: "Sitting In the Puddle" (Interlude)
- Thank You
- Jesus
Soul Purpose
July 2004
Album Tracks
- You're the One
- I Miss You
- Do You Want to Go?
- Captain Crunkaliscious (Interlude)
- It's Just You
- Only You
- WWSP Signing Off (Outro)
- Untitled 1
- Untitled 2
- Untitled 3
- WWSP Radio (Intro)
- Untitled 4
- Untitled 5
- Untitled 6
- Untitled 7
- Untitled 8
- Rocking the Jam
- Eyes Open Wide
- Bounce With Me
- WWSP Shout Outs (Interlude)
- Something for You
- Gonna Be Alright
- No Stopping Me
- WWSP Testimonials (Interlude)
Collaborations
July 2002
Album Tracks
- 5th Element
- Industry
- Why
- 47 Emcees
- ABC's and 1,2,3 S
- Where Were You
- Operator (Outro)
- Leave a Message (Intro)
- Do That
- The Choice Is Yours
- Rise Up
- Dear Slim
- Nursery Rhymes
- Sonshine
- Wait for You
- Revenge of the Nerds
7th Avenue
January 1994
Album Tracks
- Cipha All Stars (skit)
- It's The S.O.I. (Sons of Intellect Anthem)
- Micky Cakes (skit)
- Integrity
- This Is Love
- They Know Not
- The Greatest M.C. (Outro)
- The Greatest M.C. (Intro)
- 123
- Keep It Moving
- The Hardway
- Keep Ya Head Up
- Melvin's Not Here (Skit)
- Do What I Do
- The Greatest M.C. (Continued)
- We Rock The Mic