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Kirk Franklin: Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin
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Beginning with his 1993 smash Kirk Franklin & The Family through 2002's stunning The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin—2005's Hero is conspicuously absent—all of the gospel entertainer's eras are represented. Even side ventures such as God's Property and 1NC get a mention here, albeit with one song each. The only new track is "Look at Me Now," but it turns out to be a dud—an out-of-place, fast-paced gospel/pop number that sounds like a throwaway from the Hero sessions.
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Not only these Kirk Franklin has ... given many other super hit albums such as 'The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin ' . Released on 19th February, 2002 'The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin ', this album was also a platinum album. On 4th October, 2005 'Hero' was released which was again a gold certified album by RIAA. Kirk has worked with number of other great names in the world of gospel music such as Pastor Shirley Caesar, Mary Mary, Crystal Lewis, Willie Neal Johnson, Tonex, tobyMac, Donnie McClurkin, Jaci Valesquez, and Richard Smallwood. Kirk in 2006 received two nominations for Grammy Award.
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On "The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin", Franklin achieves the impossible. He has crafted an album with familiarities that will draw fans of his former multi-platinum albums, while he is sure to bring in new fans with his most diverse project yet. From urban jams such as "Brighter Day" and "He Reigns" to songs that will be classics in the near future like "Hosanna" and the powerful "Blood Song" which features guest vocals from Donnie McClurkin, Jaci Velasquez, and Crystal Lewis. Other guests which appear here include Rev. Shirley Ceasar, T.D. Jakes, and Tobymac.
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Kirk Franklin has been a contemporary gospel sensation since his 1993 debut album, Kirk Franklin & The Family, broke records as the first gospel debut to reach platinum status. Since then, Franklin has spent his entire career at the forefront of a crossover-friendly gospel music scene, effortlessly riding the line between preaching and secular relevance. With s! ubsequent records receiving equally high praise over the next decade, Franklin continued to evolve his craft, though remaining primarily a rapper with melodic edges and leaving the heavier vocal lifting to extended members of the vastly talented Kirk Franklin "family." After his 2002 release, The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin, was hailed as a masterpiece, he waited a full three years before reemerging from the studio with Hero, a hip-hop-R&B-urban gospel amalgam that brought all of his best features to the forefront in a project that sounded stylistically like a Franklin "best of," but was refreshingly original.
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Franklin’s Midas touch continued on his three subsequent, best–selling albums: The Nu Nation Project (1998), The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (2002) and Hero (2005). Franklin’s all-star collaborations over the years have included working with R. Kelly, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Stevie Wonder and fellow gospel star Yolanda Adams.
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