REVIEW: Leandria Johnson's 'Jesus' Worth the Wait
By Mona Austin The Slice Leandria Johnson's "Jesus" Worth the Wait By Mona Austin In June of 2010, with a voice that tranquilized 20 finalists and garnered 2 million votes from television viewers, Le’Andria Johnson became the season 3 winner of Sunday Best. At first, it was not clear where that victory would lead her: for some time the praise and worship leader from Florida was not signed to a label and she hadn’t made any major appearances until she appeared on BET’s Celebration of Gospel over six months after the win. One year later, alas, Johnson roars again with the new single “Jesus,” from her forthcoming freshman CD, “The Awakening of Leandria Johnson” to be released on Music World Gospel. Along with waiting to be signed, the trouble was Johnson had second thoughts about a gospel music career, admitting in a You Tube video “ … Even after ‘Sunday Best’ I found myself going back to where I had came from … I didn’t think I’d minister again.” Her journey to Sun...