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  album again for a wider release. It was like a bud, a blossom and
  then fruit!

  OK, 2005 Is Coming To A Close: What Have The Highlights
  Been For You...?
  Getting my song played on Kiss 100, joining my church Calvary
  Chapel South London (holla!), becoming more grounded in God
  and going to an area called Hume in Manchester and seeing the
  kids touched by God and going crazy over my CD!! (They knew the words by the second day!) My heart melted for those guys!
 
Ayo, my 12 year old son (as you know, my kids are huuuge fans) says to ask you these two questions:

What's Your Favourite Song In The Collection, and What Made You Become Tryumf...?
Dat's a tuff one, but it's between Holding On and Ghetto Scripture... But Holding On takes it by a nose dive!

The name Tryumf came about when I was watching a Wu Tang Clan music video called "Triumph". I saw the title on the screen and liked it and thought that it should be a name, then I looked at my typewriter and the make was called Triumph.

As I looked at it the thought came to me that I should be called Triumph! I changed the spelling because I knew the name was quite popular and I then found out that the way I had spelt it was how Triumph was spelt in Polish!

And finally, let's end with the story behind 'Ghetto Scripture'. I give you the song title, and you tell me what the back story is...

Ghetto Scripture Intro
I made the beat after a four day fast (no food) the sample in the back is taken from the PASSION OF CHRIST film at the point when he was taken down from the cross. Many times people focus on the death of Christ but forget that he actually "Rides again!" All what is mentioned in the verses is because he "Rides again!"

The Limit
The Limit came about when I nearly got married based on lust and not love. The repercussions of my actions in that relationship were very, very painful both financially and emotionally. A lot of people turned on me and hoped my ministry would fail but "Who God bless no man curse...." If only I could turn back time... Boy. Which leads nicely on to track 3

Open Up Your Heart (Ft Dave Fisher)
This song is like an answer to the situation I just mentioned above, I wanted to build a relationship properly hence the line "We don't need lust it's love..." I fell in love again but really I was jumping from one relationship into another but another relationship was not what I needed. This led me to write track number 4 "HOLDING ON"

Holding On (Ft Tyrone Henry)
After two broken relationships every situation said to me "give up", but deep inside my heart as I was walking home one night I started singing the hook "Holding on, holding on". Through the pain and heart ache I was determined to keep holding on because of the strength of Christ in me, hence the line "I called the Messiah and Love lifted me higher".

I remember you calling me over summer when you were mixing "the limit all star remix" (ft Judah, Jahaziel, Don P and Marga Man) and telling me the track was serious.

When i heard it, i totally understood what you meant!

With this track I just wanted the best MCs I could think of to feature on the track, and Marga Man brought the comic relief at the end!

The Reason (ft Ramiyah)
The Reason again came about after having made a lot of enemies. I had to remind myself why I loved God; David said it best in the Psalms 103:2 "Forget not all His benefits".

I think that about sums up the song. Getting permission to use the sample was a drawn out relay of emails and phone calls but in the end they gave me 50% and I asked for nothing really.

My advice: always get clearance before even recording the vocals; it'll save you a lot of time and money!

Where D'You Think You're Going (ft Progress)
This is the first Gospel rap I ever wrote. I had to present it under the disguise of spoken word poetry to my church at the time before they would let me perform it.

Then I rapped it to the church over a beat and everyone loved it (the Pharisees were too late to stop me by then!)

I wrote and produced the track back in 1999 when I was in a rap duo called Wayne And Dwayne. Wayne's rap name was Progress. We were in a rap group b4 we became Christians and both got saved about the same time.

The Rapture (ft Progress)
The music for this track was made back in 1998. When we wrote the song we just wanted to make folks aware that the return of Christ was a reality and not just some story.

Everywhere we performed the song crowds were loving it!

Final Word...
  I was listening to the preview mix I did for UKGShop.com the other day
  (over 90% of the music on UKGShop.com come with free previews),
  and now - four years down the line - the project still sounds as fresh
  as ever.

  In the intervening yearsTryumf went on to put out more classics, some more well known than others. His work has included production for artists as varied as Four Kornerz (Soul Flower), Dwayne Lanks (Favour), as well as feature spots (Ian Green's My God),

There's also been the more high-profile material he's done in recent months, from his follow up EP, 777 Mark Of The Peace, to his short but highly memorable stay in the States which included the now-famous feature on Lecrae's track Don't Waste Your Life...

And right now, we're weeks away from the new album, the full '777: Mark Of The Peace'. I ran out of Ghetto Scripture quite a while ago, but a deal is in the works for UKGShop.com to offer a download version. I suspect we might have to go down the same route for the 777 EP.

If you can't wait that long, I'm sure you can find them both on iTunes or direct from Tryumf's website.

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