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J.A.L.M.-MUSIC 82nd Studio Album

VOLUME 2: PRIDE - From Within the Heart

📢 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

🎵 NEW ALBUM ALERT 🎵

Just ONE WEEK after the groundbreaking release of Volume 1, I'm thrilled to announce my 82nd Studio Album:

PRIDE: From Within the Heart (VOLUME 2)

🗓️ RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2027
⏰ Available worldwide at 12:00 AM (midnight) on all streaming platforms

📖 ABOUT THE ALBUM:

VOLUME 2 takes the journey DEEPER—moving from external warnings to internal diagnosis.

If Volume 1 showed us what pride does, Volume 2 reveals where pride comes from: the human heart.

This is Part 2 of our unprecedented 5-volume, 100-track journey, featuring another 20 original tracks that blend Gospel Neo-Soul with Afro-Cuban rhythms in even more intimate and introspective arrangements.

As Yahshua taught: "What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts... pride, foolishness." (Mark 7:21-23)

🎼 WHAT TO EXPECT:

✅ 20 Powerful New Tracks (91+ minutes of music)
✅ More Intimate Neo-Soul Production than Volume 1
✅ Deeper Introspection into pride's internal source
✅ Gospel Neo-Soul / Afro-Cuban Fusion
✅ Hebrew Roots Perspective with Sacred Names throughout
✅ 100% Scripture-Based lyrics
✅ Featuring a 40-voice Gospel Choir
✅ Jazz-influenced piano and arrangements
✅ Recorded across 3 continents
✅ Diagnostic heart examination through music

💔 THE HEART ISSUE:

Volume 2 confronts the most uncomfortable truth about pride:

We can't blame circumstances. We can't blame other people. Pride originates within our own hearts.

This album serves as a spiritual diagnostic tool—a mirror that reveals what's often hidden even from ourselves. Each track examines a different aspect of the proud heart:

• How pride distorts our self-perception

• How it corrupts our capacity to love

• How it blinds us to spiritual reality

• How Yahuah sees through every mask we wear

• How pride creates self-deception we believe as truth

🎧 FEATURED TRACKS:

🔥 Album Opener:
Track 21 - "What Defiles a Person" (Mark 7:20-23)
Yahshua's foundational teaching that pride comes from within the heart

💔 Heart Examination:
Track 34 - "Yahuah Sees the Heart" (1 Samuel 16:7)
"Man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahuah looks on the heart"

🙏 Altar Call:
Track 25 - "Humble Before Yahuah" (James 4:10)
"Humble yourselves before Yahuah, and He will exalt you"

⚡ Corporate Celebration:
Track 30 - "That None Should Boast" (1 Corinthians 1:28-29)
Full choir declaration with extended vamp

🎭 Epic Finale:
Track 40 - "Pharisee and Tax Collector" (Luke 18:9-14)
Yahshua's powerful parable—the perfect ending at 5:32

📝 COMPLETE TRACKLIST:

VOLUME 2: PRIDE - From Within the Heart

1. What Defiles a Person (Mark 7:20-23)

2. Sober Judgment (Romans 12:3)

3. Love Does Not Boast (1 Corinthians 13:4)

4. Charge the Rich (1 Timothy 6:17)

5. Humble Before Yahuah (James 4:10)

6. Heart Lifted Up (Daniel 5:20)

7. Arrogant Pride (Proverbs 21:24)

8. Test Your Own Work (Galatians 6:4)

9. Trapped in Pride (Psalm 59:12)

10. That None Should Boast (1 Corinthians 1:28-29)

11. Yahuah Regards the Lowly (Psalm 138:6)

12. Like a Flower (James 1:9-10)

13. Seeking Glory (Proverbs 25:27)

14. Yahuah Sees the Heart (1 Samuel 16:7)

15. Defile Pompous Pride (Isaiah 23:9)

16. Pride Has Deceived You (Obadiah 1:3)

17. Without Love, Nothing (1 Corinthians 13:3)

18. Better the End (Ecclesiastes 7:8)

19. A Day Against Pride (Isaiah 2:12)

20. Pharisee and Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14)

Total Runtime: 91 minutes

🎨 ALBUM ARTWORK: THE CHARCOAL PEACOCK

Volume 2's cover features the haunting CHARCOAL PEACOCK—darker and more concealed than Volume 1's Red Peacock.

Visual Symbolism:

• Dark plumage represents pride's hidden, internal nature

• Shattered mirror behind the bird shows distorted self-perception

• X-ray heart visible through the peacock's chest reveals internal corruption

• Dark reflective surface below shows roots growing downward into deeper darkness

• Hebrew Sacred Names in pure silver contrast with the darkness

This isn't just album art—it's visual theology depicting pride's origin within the heart.

🔄 VOLUME 1 VS. VOLUME 2:

VOLUME 1: "When Disgrace Comes"

• Focus: External consequences and warnings

• Sound: Bold, declarative, anthemic

• Symbol: Red Peacock (warning colors)

• Message: "Pride will bring you down"

• Released: January 8, 2027

VOLUME 2: "From Within the Heart"

• Focus: Internal origins and diagnosis

• Sound: Intimate, introspective, vulnerable

• Symbol: Charcoal Peacock (hidden darkness)

• Message: "Pride starts in your heart"

• Releases: January 15, 2027 ← ONE WEEK AWAY!

🌍 WHERE TO LISTEN:

🔗 PRE-SAVE NOW:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jalmmusic/volume-2-pride-from-within-the-heart

Available on ALL major platforms:

• ✅ Spotify

• ✅ Apple Music

• ✅ Amazon Music

• ✅ YouTube Music

• ✅ Tidal

• ✅ Deezer

• ✅ Pandora

• ✅ And more!

🎤 Goes LIVE: January 15, 2027 at 12:00 AM (midnight) in your timezone

📅 DOUBLE ALBUM WEEK:

This is HISTORIC:

📕 January 8, 2027 - Volume 1: "When Disgrace Comes" releases
📘 January 15, 2027 - Volume 2: "From Within the Heart" releases

TWO complete albums. FORTY Scripture-based tracks. TWO weeks. ONE message.

This has never been done before in Gospel Neo-Soul or Christian music at this level of production and biblical depth.

🎯 THE SERIES JOURNEY:

PRIDE: A 100-Track Journey (5 Volumes)

📕 VOLUME 1: "When Disgrace Comes" (Tracks 1-20)
Released Jan 8, 2027 ✅
Focus: Warnings and consequences

📘 VOLUME 2: "From Within the Heart" (Tracks 21-40)
Releases Jan 15, 2027 ← YOU ARE HERE
Focus: Internal origins and diagnosis

📙 VOLUME 3: "The Breaking of Power" (Tracks 41-60)
Coming Soon
Focus: Judgment and humbling

📗 VOLUME 4: "The Pathway to Humility" (Tracks 61-80)
Coming Soon
Focus: Repentance and transformation

📔 VOLUME 5: "Exaltation of the Humble" (Tracks 81-100)
Coming Soon
Focus: Victory and walking in humility

💡 WHY VOLUME 2 MATTERS:

Volume 1 warned us. Volume 2 diagnoses us.

You can't fix a problem you won't acknowledge. You can't repent of what you won't identify. You can't experience transformation if you externalize the issue.

Pride isn't just something we do—it's something we ARE apart from Yahuah's transforming grace.

Volume 2 forces us to take responsibility, to acknowledge that we are the problem—and that Yahuah is the solution.

This album is designed to be:

• 🪞 A mirror for self-examination

• 📖 A curriculum for discipleship

• 🎵 A worship tool for transformation

• ⚠️ A diagnostic instrument for the heart

• 🕊️ An invitation to deep change

🎼 THE SOUND OF VOLUME 2:

More Intimate Than Volume 1:

Where Volume 1 featured bold, declarative arrangements, Volume 2 shifts toward:

• Neo-Soul intimacy - closer vocals, vulnerable delivery

• Contemplative spaces - silence and dynamics used intentionally

• Jazz influences - complex harmonies reflecting internal complexity

• Acoustic textures - stripped-down moments for honest examination

• Introspective percussion - rhythms suggesting internal dialogue

• Emotional vulnerability - raw, unpolished moments preserved

Still Powerful:

Don't mistake intimacy for weakness. Tracks like:

• "That None Should Boast" (Track 30) - Full choir celebration

• "A Day Against Pride" (Track 39) - Prophetic intensity building

• "Pharisee and Tax Collector" (Track 40) - Epic 5:32 finale

...prove this album can still bring the fire when needed.

✝️ HEBREW ROOTS DEPTH:

Volume 2 deepens the Hebrew Roots perspective established in Volume 1.

The Hebrew Understanding of "Heart" (לֵב - Lev):

In Hebrew thought, the heart isn't just emotions—it's the entire inner person:

• Mind

• Will

• Emotions

• Moral center

• Decision-making faculty

When Scripture says pride comes "from within the heart," it means pride affects everything we are.

Sacred Names Used:

• יהוה (Yahuah) - 47 times across the album

• יהושע (Yahshua) - 23 times

• אלהים (Elohim) - 31 times

• רוח הקודש (Ruach HaKodesh) - 12 times

These aren't just substitutions—they're covenant names that restore personal relationship with the Creator.

📖 SCRIPTURE FOUNDATION:

Volume 2 draws from 20 carefully selected passages:

Old Testament (8 passages):

• 1 Samuel, Psalms (2), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Daniel, Obadiah

New Testament (12 passages):

• Yahshua's teachings (Mark, Luke)

• Paul's letters (Romans, 1 Corinthians (2), Galatians, 1 Timothy)

• James (2 passages)

The balance shows: Pride as a heart issue isn't a New Testament innovation—it's been Yahuah's concern from the beginning.

💬 ARTIST STATEMENT:

"Volume 2 was the hardest to create—not technically, but emotionally. It required me to examine my own heart with unflinching honesty. Every song forced me to confront my own pride, my own self-deception, my own ways of hiding from truth.

The production reflects this vulnerability. We intentionally created space—silence, sparse arrangements, intimate vocals—because examining the heart requires quiet. You can't hear Yahuah's conviction over the noise of constant activity and distraction.

The Neo-Soul elements came to the forefront naturally. Neo-Soul has always been about honesty, vulnerability, and emotional truth. That's exactly what this volume required.

My prayer is that listeners will allow the Ruach HaKodesh to use these songs like a scalpel—precise, painful, but ultimately healing. Pride hides in our hearts until it's exposed to light. Let these songs be light-bringers.

This is my 82nd album, but it may be the most important work I've ever done. Pride is the root sin, and the heart is where it grows. Let's allow Yahuah to perform heart surgery on us all."

— J.A.L.M.-MUSIC

🔍 KEY THEMES EXPLORED:

The Heart as Source (Tracks 21, 26, 34)

Pride doesn't come from circumstances—it originates within

Self-Deception (Tracks 28, 36, 40)

Pride blinds us to our true condition

Love's Incompatibility (Tracks 23, 37)

Pride and genuine love cannot coexist

Yahuah's Perspective (Tracks 31, 34, 35)

He sees what we hide; He regards the lowly, knows the proud from afar

Judgment Coming (Tracks 35, 39)

Yahuah has appointed a day against all pride

Invitation to Humility (Tracks 25, 40)

Grace is available to those who humble themselves

🙏 PRAYER FOR LISTENERS:

Yahuah, as Volume 2 goes forth into the world, I pray:

• Use these songs to expose hidden pride in hearts

• Create conviction that leads to genuine repentance

• Help listeners see themselves as You see them

• Break through self-deception and denial

• Give courage to face uncomfortable truths

• Reveal that the problem is internal, not external

• Show that You are the solution to our heart condition

• Transform proud hearts into humble vessels

• Prepare hearts for the deeper work of Volumes 3-5

• Bring glory to Your Name alone

In Yahshua's name, Amein.

📅 ONE WEEK COUNTDOWN:

⏰ JANUARY 15, 2027 - 12:00 AM

We're ONE WEEK away from this historic release!

How to Prepare:

1. ✅ Listen to Volume 1 if you haven't already

2. ✅ Pre-save Volume 2 NOW

3. ✅ Read the Scripture passages listed in the tracklist

4. ✅ Pray for an open, receptive heart

5. ✅ Prepare for honest self-examination

6. ✅ Clear your schedule for focused listening

7. ✅ Share this announcement with everyone who needs this message

🔔 HOW TO SUPPORT:

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5. 🔗 PRE-SAVE Volume 2 now: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jalmmusic/volume-2-pride-from-within-the-heart