The Fight of My Life

The Fight of My Life
Studio album by Kirk Franklin
Released December 18, 2007 (U.S.)
Genre Urban contemporary gospel
Label GospoCentric Records
Producer Kirk Franklin
James “Jazzy” Jordan
Carla Williams
Jessie Hurst
Kirk Franklin chronology

Songs For The Storm: Volume 1
(2006)		 The Fight of My Life
(2007)		 Hello Fear
(2011)
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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 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. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #33 with 74,000 copies sold in the first week.[2]

Track listing

# TitleTimeNotes
1. "Intro"0:25Spoken word by Kirk Franklin
2. "Declaration (This is It)"4:24Music composed by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald [3]
3. "Little Boy" (featuring Rance Allen and Isaac Carree)5:07
4. "Help Me Believe"6:512009 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.)3:05Music 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

Instrumentalists

Orchestra

Certification and Chart Success

Billboard Album Chart Positions

Year Chart Peak
2007 U.S. Billboard Top Gospel Albums 1 [3]
2008 U.S. Billboard 200 33 [3]
2008 U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums 1 [3]
2008 U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 7 [3]

Billboard Singles Charts

Year Song Title Chart Peak
2007 "Declaration (This is It)" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 35 [3]

Awards

Awards Wins

Award Nominations

References

  1. ↑ Franklin, Kirk (2007). The Fight of My Life (CD inset). Kirk Franklin. GospoCentric Records.
  2. ↑ Chris M. Walsh, "Groban, Blige Enjoy Huge Weeks On Album Chart", Billboard.com, December 27, 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 The Fight of My Life at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". Grammy.com. Retrieved 2009-02-14.