3x Grammy® Award nominated singer, songwriter and producer, Deitrick Haddon, and his Detroit choir, Voices of Unity, have united for the first time since 2012 when they collaborated on the soundtrack for Haddon’s film, A Beautiful Soul. Haddon and the ensemble have come together for a poignant new version of their classic cut, “Hold On 2 Your Faith” (ManHaddon Ministries/ Tyscot Records), that first appeared on their, Live the Life, album in 1997.
Haddon’s former wife, DAMITA, who sang the original version of the song has been battling cancer for four years, returns to share leads with vocal dynamo, Tasha Page-Lockhart. Long before she won BET’s 2013 Sunday Best talent competition and scored Billboard Top Ten hits such as “Different,” Page-Lockhart recorded and toured with the Voices of Unity during the promotion of the 1998 album, Round Midnight: Tyscot Live. “In a world filled with uncertainty, Hold On 2 Your Faith stands as a powerful reminder that God is in control,” says Haddon who pastors Hill City Church in Los Angeles as a reason for the remake. “Trust that all things will work together for our good if we remain steadfast in our faith.”
On this new incarnation, DAMITA’s cascading soprano still sparkles atop a simmering backbeat and provides an appealing contrast to Tasha’s volcanic alto while Haddon serves as emcee. The two divas trade verses in the first half of the track. In the second half, the song takes on a new flavor with DAMITA testifying about her cancer battle as Tasha exhorts her and the listener to hold on to their faith. It is a heartfelt twist on an established underground contemporary gospel classic.
They all recently met up at the Peerspace warehouse in South Central Los Angeles to film a music video that has premiered on BET Gospel: https://www.bet.com/topic/bet-gospel
Deitrick Haddon & Voices of Unity mined a goldmine of cutting-edged urban gospel recordings in the late 1990s such as their now classic contemporary gospel songs such as “Who Is Like Our God,” “Anybody Here,” and their signature anthem, “He’s Able.” The first Voices of Unity album, Come into This House, was released in 1996 and it included fan favorites such as “Rain on Me” and “Don’t Give Up.” They won a Grammy® Award nomination for their 2007 album, Deitrick Haddon Presents Together in Worship, that featured the radio smashes “Watch Me Praise Him,” “We Cry Holy,” and “He’s Able.” As a solo artist, DAMITA has scored hits with songs such as “No Looking Back,” “Won’t Be Afraid” and “Won’t Turn Back.” Tasha Page-Lockhart has scored Billboard chart hits such as “Over & Over,” “Different,” “Why Not Me?” and the No. 1 cut, “Beautiful Savior” with Bryan Popin.
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