Reality Check plays like a buffet for the ears, aimed at listeners who love dc Talk, Newsboys, Audio Adrenaline and even PFR. If you take elements of these bands and mix in a little 311, you get an idea of what Reality Check sounds like. The group raps a la dc Talk's Free At Last and mixes the guitar element of dc Talk's Jesus Freak, the fun grooves of Audio Adrenaline, and the Beatlesque harmony of PFR. This may sound like they're wishy-washy and trying to please everyone, but that's not it. The sound is more creative than a chameleon, like the buffet got mixed up in an earthquake--and, like chocolate and peanut butter, it tastes great. Lyrically, the songs address our life as believers. "Carousel" paints the struggle with sin as a dizzying merry-go-round; "Speak to Me" and "Losing Myself" are prayers; "Plastic" and "Masquerade" look at how we need to be real with each other. The most fun tune is the short collection of samples over a music bed "Turn It Up," which has that "you gotta hear this one" quality. If you have a hankering for Christian music firmly planted in that '90s pop-groove-rap-grunge thing, don't stop payment on your Reality Check.