As I was perusing blogs and various news outlets, I came across this video of Dietrick Haddon singing R&B superstar Usher’s song “Climax” on The Gospel Guru courtesy of The Old Black Church! Instead of the original love song, however, Haddon has reworked the song into a gospel song…Check it out below…

Some people may have a problem with that, but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…In fact, Haddon says to Usher that he likes Usher’s song at the beginning of the video. And according to Ecclesiastes 1:9, “there is nothing new under the sun.” In fact, R&B artists also borrow from gospel. R&B legend Ray Charles was known for borrowing from gospel music. His song “I Got a Woman” is a reworking of the song “It Must Be Jesus” by the Southern Tones. (Remember that scene in the movie “Ray” when Della Bea criticizes Ray Charles for reworking the song? She says, “But it… it ain’t… It ain’t right to be changing gospel music into this.'”) Anyhow, take a look at the “It Must Be Jesus” video and then the video for “I Got a Woman.” Frankly, I like both songs…

So my question of the day is: Do you think gospel artists should borrow from secular artists and vice versa?

Any thoughts?

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