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Fairest Hills new album, This is Your Moment, is an innovative combination of urban gospel, R & B, techno, and hip-hop music. And as if these tracks were not extraordinary enough, there is a singular message reflected in every facet of this musical jewel:

These are not just the words of a motivational speaker, they are the testimony of a man supernaturally called and empowered to live above and beyond his circumstances. Anyone who has met Fairest cannot help but be impressed with this energy and urgency. In particular, he is passionate about capturing the hearts and minds of today's youth before they slip through our grasp. Instead of waiting for them to darken the doors of a church, he takes his message of hope directly to tens of thousands of young people through almost 250 public school appearances annually. "My passion is to work with at risk students, telling them to hold on to their dreams and maximize their potential in Christ."

His mother, Grammy-nominated gospel singer Tessie Hill, poured those promises into their son's heart and now Fairest is taking that message to a whole new generation. In fact, one of the highlights of This Is Your Moment is a poignant duet with his mother, entitled "Never Let Your Dreams Die." Fairest recalls, "Twenty years ago, when my father was gravely injured in an auto accident, my mother put aside her own singing aspirations to care for our family. But her dream didn't die. God has renewed and restored her dream in these latter days."

Growing up in urban Detroit, Hill passed pimps and drug pushers on the way to school each day. Fairest remembers, "Having a good, strong family sheltered me from much of that. That's one reason why my music is so full of hope. My father was a pastor and very strict, but now I understand why he was the way he was. They didn't want me to fall in with the wrong crowd and end up being trapped in sin."

During his father's illness, Fairest helped support his family by working part-time at a Children's Hospital while studying at Detroit College of Business. Over the next seven years, he would work his way up from janitor to an administrator. "I was content with what I was doing and never thought I would make music a career. I had seen what my mother was going through and figured I would just earn a good solid living as a CPA. My mom discouraged the music path as well."

But music was in Hill's blood. "Mama was singing with Shirley Caesar, Inez Andrews, and was close to Aretha Franklin. Additionally, she has her choir. There I was, growing up in the midst of all of that music." As a teenager, Fairest and nine other guys formed an a cappella group called The Followers of Christ. They sang professionally for over ten years, and all attended Rhema Bible Training Center in Tusla, Oklahoma in the eighties. During that period, they were signed to Benson Records by gospel-soul star D.J. Rodgers, who produced their album, Taking Back What The Devil Stole. The Group eventually dissolved around 1989, because its members ere moving in different directions. Fairest had begun his Youth on the Move Ministry in 1986, and was becoming more consumed that ever by his duties there. In 1989, opportunities to perform in the public school system began to open up.

"Everybody needs that extra motivation to go a step further," Fairest says. "It's important to motivate and push through. Every flower has to push through some dirt to grow." Hill is currently spearheading two grassroots organizations to help prepare today's youth for their tomorrow. Project 2000 is training two thousand young people to be leaders in their school and community. "They are going to set the atmosphere in their schools," he adds. "You have to raise up a core group right in the middle of the gang leaders and in he middle of those having sex. They have to hold the standard." He's also formed Mothers for Change, which aims to mobilized 2,000 mothers for the same purpose.

Hill's first album, Go Easy, was produced by jazz keyboardist Ben Tankard and aimed at adults. In 1998, Fairest signed with Insync Records and released Full Circle, a project recorded with young people in mind:

This Is Your Moment, soon to be released, is his best-produced collection to date, featuring the extraordinary talents of members from Marvin Winan's "Perfect Praise" group, members of Fred Hammond's "Radical for Christ," and Brian Chambers (keyboardist for 'NSync). The project is intentionally divided between cuts for kids and songs for their adult parents. The album begins and ends with two different cuts of This Is Your Moment. The first version features Tim Bowman on smooth jazz guitar and the final version is a "motivational remix," featuring stirring voice-over by his mentor, Dr. Myles Munroe, who ordained Fairest to the ministry a decade ago.

The Album's second track, "It's A New Season," continues the theme of God's purposeful timing with layer upon layer of smooth R & B vocals reminiscent of Commissioned at their hey-day. "I'm Still Here" is an in-your-face rebuke of human and spiritual forces seeking to undermine God's plan for our lives. The project then cranks into high gear with the hip-hop flavored, "Let's Work It Out" and the techno-dance proclamation, "It's Not My World." Fairest sets his sights on family issues with the street-smart cuts, "Daddy Ain't Wit It" (featuring cameos by his 8 & 11 year old daughters) and "Mama Didn't Raise You That Way." Other highlights include the praise songs, "Thank You," and "He's Worthy To Be Praised." Hill competently uses urban, R & B, hip-hop, gospel choir, praise & worship, techno, and dance stylings to create an album that is newer predictable and always engaging.

He comments, "This is my most balanced album ever...it could almost be called 'Fairest, family and friends!"

Hill continues to live out his message of motivation. Recently, he fulfilled the requirements for his Doctorate at Friendship Christian International University in Merdec, California. Among his classmates was famed Tae-Bo aerobic fitness guru, Billy Blanks. For Fairest, his latest album is not just another jaunt into the studio; it is a musical scrapbook of all he holds dear, leading him and his listeners to the next level--this moment.