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Gospel Superstar CeCe Winans Gets 'Purified'
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CeCe Winans has been singing gospel music for as long as she can remember, and she's seen the genre go through a series of changes, becoming more popular as it became, to some, more secular.
But Winans takes pride in having never strayed from the principle message of the music: love and reverence. She says her new CD, Purified, is a statement about the meaning of pure love.
"It's a CD that's really talking about relationships," she tells Ed Gordon. "It's important that you know what real love is. Real love is pure."
The tunes on Purified aren't your typical Sunday-morning choir spirituals -- they boast pop, soul, hip-hop and R&B flavors, updating the message with a contemporary sound. But Winans says she remains true to the spirit of gospel.
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"I will never compromise the gospel message, because that's the thing that makes the difference," she says. "That's the thing that changes it from just being entertainment to being a ministering tool."
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