Veteran Christian rapper Derek Minor (formerly known as PRO) turns Empire into a search for meaning and grace amid the false gods and temptations of a fallen world. Armed with an impressive battery of beats and a superb sense of contrast and flow, he delivers dub-dipped EDM sounds (“Who You Know”), breezy tropical tunes (“Oceans”), buoyant urban ballads (“Fly”), and dramatic pledges of faith (“Until the End of Time”) with equal conviction. Guest stars like Lecrae, Chad Jones, Colton Dixon, Social Club, and Traneshia “Truth” Chiles add further variety to this confident, Spirit-filled release.