Engage
PAX 217
Forefront Records

PAX217's sophomore release has all that is needed to be a hit. Songs like "Tonight" and "Engage" combine metal and hip hop smoothly. However, what appeases me the most about "Engage" is the fact that PAX217 has put God first. Each track carries a bit of what it means to live the Christian "life" and not the "genre".

I was just completely amazed that Tosti would share such an intimate part of his life as he did with "What Is Love." As he explained in a recent news release;

When you begin to truly love someone, you begin to feel their pain and their hurt, and most importantly you long to see their healing. My wife, like many other women (girls) in this world, was molested at age six and at age 19 was coaxed into premarital sex with her Christian boyfriend. She is in the process of healing and so am I. This must be talked about, and there must be others like us, so we must seek the healing of God to restore our generation. There is a better definition of love than what many children and adults have experienced.

So what does it mean to you to Engage? From the point of view of PAX it's engaging in your faith and putting it out in front in plain view. "Engage" is daring, forward, and entertaining.

-Ken W.