Big Swag Tent Revival

Jesus rappers bore the hell out of me if they aren't unironically bitin' some misogynist rapper's instrumental or lyrical phrasing. How could one not appreciate the thinly-veiled insult of a JC-reppin' emcee that pillages, then transmutes the vice-soaked hard luck stories of heathen entertainers into praise and worship drivel? I'm not going to kick Evangelical Christianity while it's down but I will lift up the righteous realness that is Lil Sainsta:




What gets me gaggin' about Lil Sainsta is her blatant appropriation of Foxx's "Wipe Me Down" instrumental for her pre-invocation boast, "Worship God". She raps of catching the congregation's attention with her "fresh heels, fresh long blue dress, fresh nails, fresh hair" and throughout the track refers to the Devil as a "hater". Natch, Lil Sainsta's realness is in full bloom when her verses aren't overshadowed by her desire to stunt in the name of the Lord. "Away Out" is her best chance at converting her audience, and not through the song's baseball-assed organ and vocal pad arrangement. "There's a way out from your crackhead service, and smokin' that purp'" she implores in the chorus. Not surprisingly, her protagonist's rags-to-religion experience is convincing and poignant. I'd be eating communion wafers out of Lil Sainsta's hand by now if it weren't for that literal pussy between her legs in the third photo.

Lil Sainsta - Worship God
Lil Sainsta - Away Out