With his fourth CD The Big Picture, Da' T.R.U.T.H. takes listeners from individually being Open Books (the title of his previous album) to now becoming a part of a collective and more signifi cant production in God's master plan.

A lover of the double entendre, Da' T.R.U.T.H. once again tackles unveiling a double message - The Big Picture as God's master plan unfolded in five major parts (Creation, The Fall, Intermission, Redemption and End Times) and The Big Picture as God's eternal perspective on our living realities (joy, pain, suffering, prejudice, love and hate, life and death); all for the purpose of showing how God calls people to be a part of something much bigger than themselves.

The dark and piercing Tree to Tree pairs Da' T.R.U.T.H. up with Tye Tribbett again as they paint the story of The Fall. The infectious That Great Day Remix reprises a gospel favourite from Da' T.R.U.T.H.'s Open Book CD with a 21st century twist on Bebe & Cece Winans' blockbuster hit Heaven to drive home the message of The Return. Fantasy, the rhythmic feel-good groove that features J.R., pleads with us to stop wasting the precious gift of life.

By the end of his sonically impeccable fourth release, you realize every flashback, every lyric, every mini-sermon is as intentional as the crisp beats, radiant keys and soulful background vocals lent by veterans like Kirk Franklin.

While he again launches into eyebrow-raising territory with "Tree to Tree," dramatically imploring Eve not to eat from the tree in the Garden of Eden, his straightforward gospel rendering and appealing vocals carry the record far beyond its questionable moments. The rapper's rare listen-ability stamps this ebullient disc a hit.

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