The Host of RL's Lyric Lounge in Brooklyn is a Carolina king and displays royalty in his 2nd cd poetry cd that is blessed with awesome collabos & stupendous production.ccccccccccccFor_Immediate_Release:cccccc(Free-Press-Release.com) June 17, 2009 -- ccBrooklyn based spoken word artist RL tha Gifted 1 is back with a complete new offering entitled "The Abstract Messiah". Since releasing his debut poetry cd "The Bootleg Manifesto", RL has since moved from his native roots in NYC to the quiet plains of North Carolina. Armed with a new desire to punch his way back into the spoken word scene, RL has launchd a brand new disc featuring some of tha countries hottest producers. Abtract Messiah is a 15 track banger with strong messages dealing with racism, love, violence, and tha capturing of faith as only RL can portray.cc''Hardcore'', produced by AMIC Production features tha veteran Kasim Allah from New Jersey, and rips apart tha self proclaimed gangsta images young black men try and cling to. ''Love me Not'' is a beautiful collabo featuring soulful songstress Anita Wells (formerly of James Hall & Worship & Praise) that plays off tha age old games of hard to get. RL unleashes some serious wordplay with the Lord Qwest the Scribe produced ''Back 2 Reality'', a play off of the 'back in day' dreams that we all wish we could fall into. Also joining RL on his journey are Baron & tha young icon Autum Ashante with ''Momma Said'', produced by MPax Productions. This roaring combination of history, lyrical lightning round precision & descriptive painting simply seduces you into realizing just how far tha country has come in terms of race relations. But RL also rejoices with true praises with ''Ghetto Levites'', assisted by Brooklyn MCs Q the Prophet & Sha The Gifted. This song really raises the roof with a sizzling track created by Houston-based producer Yoshiggedy. Check out the love ballad ''Valentine in R Minor'', blessed with the mind of European producer Zambo & the title track ''Abstract Messiah'' that was birthed from the mind of Marcus Bartlett.ccOverall, RL has jumped back into tha fray with a strong selection that will make the average joe pump up the volume and add on to his heavy rotation in the ipod. This cd is worth the price of admission.