I’M SURE YOU’VE HEARD: KIM BURRELL GETS SLIM & “SECULAR”
At first I didn’t want to write about this, but I keep getting emails from other people and friends asking me if I’ve heard about Kim Burrell. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, everyone I’ve heard! The only way I wouldn’t have heard the news is if I was trapped in my house with no Internet or cell phone access.
I guess it is kind of big news. She is one of the industry’s biggest Gospel artists that have managed to capture the admiration of a large portion of the secular music community. I’m just not on Kim Burrell’s jock like many others because I haven’t really been happy with much of her material since that awe-inspiring, musical masterpiece “Everlasting Life.”
I have to admit that Kim Burrell is looking a lot lighter and younger due to the 100lbs. she recently lost. I saw her on TBN a couple of months ago talking about how she had suffered 3 heart attacks, so it was definitely time to make a change. Along with her weight loss, Kim has a new image, lucrative endorsement deals, a new reality show and a new secular album all coming in 2010.
The news of Kim recording a secular album has some members of the Gospel community up in arms. But after seeing Kim’s incredible, show-stopping, chill-sending tribute to Whitney Houston performing “I Believe in You and Me” on the “BET Honors,” it should have silenced most of the naysayers.
My take on Kim doing a secular project is that this is her livelihood. If those Gospel CD’s ain’t selling, why not reinvent yourself!?!? Many artists would jump at the opportunity to reach the masses and still maintain a positive Christian image. Often times it’s their one chance to reach an audience they would normally NEVER have access to by selling 10,000 copies of their album to Gospel music lovers only! And something tells me the “secular” album Kim is going to record won’t be anything like what we hear from Rihanna, Keri Hilson or Beyoncé, so I think we can all relax and eat some bran!! (lol)
Make sure you check out her new look and website at www.backstagewithkim.com
