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The Fight of My Life is an American Gospel music album by Kirk Franklin on GospoCentric Records .
Synopsis
Produced by Franklin, James "Jazzy" Jordan, Carla Williams and Jessie Hurst, the album features songs with several urban contemporary gospel , Christian hip hop and Contemporary Christian artists including tobyMac , Rance Allen , Isaac Carree , Doug Williams , Melvin Williams , Da’ T.R.U.T.H. , and Donovan Owens.[1] It is the 10th studio album by Franklin and his 11th North American album. The U.S. release on GospoCentric Records occurred on December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18 ) . The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #33 with 74,000 copies sold in the first week.[2]
Track listing
#
Title
Time
Notes
1.
"Intro"
0:25
Spoken word by Kirk Franklin
2.
"Declaration (This is It) "
4:24
Music composed by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald [3]
3.
"Little Boy" (featuring Rance Allen and Isaac Carree)
5:07
4.
"Help Me Believe "
6:51
2009 Grammy Award winner ("Best Gospel Song")[4]
5.
"Hide Me"
5:14
6.
"How It Used to Be"
4:53
7.
"He Will Supply"
4:26
8.
"Jesus"
3:43
9.
"I Am God" (featuring tobyMac )
5:05
10.
"It Would Take All Day"
5:11
11.
"A Whole Nation" (featuring Donovan Owens)
4:59
12.
"Still in Love"
5:19
13.
"I Like Me" (featuring Da’ T.R.U.T.H. )
3:05
Music composed by Kirk Franklin and Emmanual Lambert [3]
14.
"Chains"
7:28
15.
"Still (in Control)" (featuring Doug Williams and Melvin Williams)
5:12
16.
"The Last Jesus"
5:32
All songs composed by Kirk Franklin except where noted. [3]
Personnel
Vocalists
Rance Allen
Mariah Carey
Nikki Ross
Anaysha Figueroa
Ashley Guilbert
Charmaine Swimpson
Eric Moore
Isaac Carree
Joy Hill
Faith Anderson
Sheri Jones-Moffett
Melonie Daniels
Candy West
Jana Bell
Melodie Davis
Myron Butler
Anthony Evans
Deonis Cook
Ryan Edgar
Instrumentalists
Kirk Franklin - Keyboards, Programming, Piano, Claps
Shaun Martin - Keyboards, Programming, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Claps, Vocals
Robert "Sput" Searight - Drums
Jerome Harmon - Keyboards, Hammond B3, Programming
Doc Powell - Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Jonathan David Wyatt - Keyboards, Hammond B3
Ayron Lewis - Hammond B3
Tre Nagella - Drum Programming, Guitar
Rodney Lawson - Lead Guitar
Keith Taylor - Bass Guitar
Pablo Batista - Percussion
Terry Baker - Drums, Percussion
Brian Haley - Drums
Todd Lawton - Bass Guitar
Tim Rosenau - Lead Guitar
Ernie G - DJ
Todd Parsnow - Lead Guitar
Braylon Lacy - Upright Bass Guitar
Ric Robbins - DJ
Lloyd Barry - Trumpet
Vinnie Ciesielski - Trumpet
Roy Agee - Trombone
Joe Johnson - Saxophone
Doug Moffet - Saxophone
Matt Cappy - Trumpet
Carl Cox - Saxophone
Jeff Bradshaw - Trombone
Orchestra
Certification and Chart Success
Awards
Wins
Nominations
References
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