The Ambassador thought his classic album ‘Christology’ was a disappointment for years

I was headin’ out to Queens to see my favorite rapper, Ambassador /
I gave him a CD, hope he call me after /
He took my Bible and he autographed it /
Wrote, “Represent Him well,” all inside it /
Now I write the same thing when I’m signin’
– Andy Mineo on his Never Land song “Rewind”

Cross Movement member The Ambassador is one of the most influential artists in Christian hip-hop history, and some of his most influential music came on his debut solo album Christology: In Laymen’s Terms.

However, for years, The Ambassador didn’t think many people liked the project.

“I thought that the reception in-house was very temperate,” he told Rapzilla at Legacy Conference 2016. “From CM to everybody, there was no hype about it … I thought it was a disappointment.”

As a result, a visit to the bookstore of Dallas Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 2004, came with a surprise. DTS was selling Christology. In the years that followed, he finally started to hear stories of its impact.

The Ambassador released three more solo albums after ChristologyThe Thesis, The Chop Chop: From Milk to Meat and Stop the Funeral — (and he has another, When Sacred Meets Secular, coming soon), but he found humor in the fact that the rest of his discography is rarely mentioned compared to his debut.

“It’s almost like Nas and Illmatic — it feels like. I don’t mean to act like Christology is something that special,” The Ambassador said, “but sometimes people only know that CD.”

Watch The Ambassador tell the story behind Christology below.

David Daniels
David Daniels
David Daniels is a columnist at Rapzilla.com and the managing editor of LegacyDisciple.org. He has been published at Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, CCM Magazine, Bleacher Report, The Washington Times and HipHopDX.
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