In the past, Oldham has released music with distorted chords and jagged variations on old gospel and blues music.

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Early on, BET ran a mix of old movies, gospel, black college sports, infomercials and a few music videos.

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Crouch spoke earlier with NPR's Ed Gordon, and said that on this album, he reached back for that old-time gospel feeling.

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The first category of prayer comes out of the urgency of the Old Testament prophets and the Gospel itself.

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