Artist:Joshua Rogers
Song:Pour Some Oil
Album:Returning
Yesterday I was talking about American Idol as a double edged sword. I guess I could say the same thing about BET's Sunday Best. There are so many of these talent contest shows it's hard to keep them straight. Sunday Best is supposed to do for contemporary gospel what AI did for pop. So the format is similar. Kirk Franklin is the host and executive producer. Erica and Tina Campbell aka Mary Mary are judges and executive producers. I thought the Sunday Best winner got a record deal with Franklin's Fo Yo Soul label. But he may just have first rights. There have been ten seasons of Sunday Best. I don't think it has been renewed but I heard it might turn up on the BET+ streaming service. Joshua Rogers won season five of Sunday Best in 2012. He was the first male to win the show. He was born Mar. 22, 1994 in Greeleyville, SC. He grew up singing in his grandmother's church. When Rogers won Sunday Best, he got cash, a car and a record deal with Music World Entertainment. Who dat? That's Matthew Knowles. That's right, Beyonce's dad. I always thought he was too screwy to be in the record business. He sold Music World last year so maybe he came to that conclusion too. Rogers released one album for Music World and then he left the label. He has since signed with Mixed Bag Entertainment and released the 2018 album Returning. I think Pour Some Oil was the second single. The album was produced by Elvis "Blac Elvis" Williams who has worked with plenty of R&B artists and gospel artists like Ruben Studdard and Smokie Norful. Rogers is a pretty good singer. He just released a new single on Mixed Bag. Who dat? From what I can tell, they are owned by Christian rapper Emmanuel Lee "Da' T.R.U.T.H." Lambert. The label is distributed by eOne. Plenty of gospel labels use them. But Mixed Bag has to spend their own money on promotion etc. So how much can Lambert spend? I always say the best way to make a small fortune in gospel music is start with a large fortune. So we'll see how things go with them. I do like Rogers. Gospel fans should check him out. Here's the video for Pour Some Oil by Joshua Rogers.
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