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As urban gospel pioneer Deitrick Haddon celebrates the 25th anniversary of his third Tyscot Records album Chain Breaker, he’s shattering the traditional notion of what spiritual music should sound like. On “Back to Life” (Tyscot), D Haddy projects an affirmative, feel-good message of faith. Where he shakes things up is on the music bed itself. Haddon has created a danceable, futuristic groove that is permeated with the percussive accouterments of `80s funk bands (think of The Gap Band, the Dazz Band, Zapp, and Prince & The Revolution) with the pulsating bass lines of a sweaty club DJ. The rhythm cascades between in-your-face Funk and lilting Trap music loops, before closing out with a pulsating 4-on-the-floor fade.