Kirk Franklin - The Fight of My Life
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Artist: Kirk FranklinEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 2007-12-18
CD Release Date: 2007-12-18
Music Label: Gospo Centric
Soundtracks:
- Declaration (This Is It!)
- Little Boy (featuring Rance Allen)
- Help Me Believe
- Hide Me
- How It Used To Be
- He Will Supply
- Jesus
- I Am God (featuring Toby Mac)
- It Would Take All Day
- A Whole Nation
- Still In Love
- I Like Me (featuring Da' T.R.U.T.H.)
- Chains
- Still (In Control)
- The Last Jesus
Music reviews of The Fight of My Life
Music Review: Pretty Decent Album
Rating: 4 Stars
One thing that always ring sure with Kirk Franklin that none of his two albums have ever nor will be alike.
Kirk delivers an album that will help the saints of God close the chapter on 2007 and walk into the year of 2008 (which is new beginnings!)
Kirk Franklin's latest studio album, "The Fight Of My Life", offers a variety of songs to listeners of all ages with a pure message of JESUS!
Sure the album isn't Kirk's best..but its not his worst!
The album opens with an attention grabbing Intro followed by the Radio smash "The Declaration (This Is It)". The Declaration sets the overall tone of the album that no matter where you are in your walk with Christ, you have to make today the last day of your mediocre existence and get ready for the next level. It is a catchy and edgy track that grabs listeners and forces to them to think while they are jamming!
The next track is entitled "Little Boy". This song is Kirk's open letter to the youth of the land encouraging them that hurt exists and it happens, but God can take care of all that and he does through the hope of the message of Christ. He encourages the listeners to seek ye first the kingdom of God and have a relationship for yourself before it is too late. The track is raw and edgy and a weird second track, but does drive a message home to the youth as well adults that its time to get good and saved.
The next message is a letter to God, per the opening words of the track, which is entitled "Help Me Believe", and it is classic Kirk Franklin. I got misty listening to it, it encourages all (believers and non-believers alike) to be raw and honest. Kirk and his singers sing the letter of not knowing how to believe and not being quite sure what the presence of God feels like. Its a song that establishes faith and renews faith. The harmonies are tight and the horns add a classic Kirk feel that asks God to help one believe.
Kirk follows up with a mellow track entitled "Hide Me (Rain Don't Go Away)". This song is like another open letter for the believer who wants to run from storms but soon realizes that the rain is here to only make us stronger. Nice and tight vocals are the highlight of this track.
The next track for me is one of this albums highlights.
"How It Used To Be" is raw and brutally honest. The theme is that pride comes before a fall, and before the fall destructive behavior. The highlight is that the songwriter asks for a second chance, because yesterday cant be changed, but today can. The vocals and message are amazing. So many feel God owes them, but the songwriter encourages listeners to apologize! The song is contemporary and something that speaks to believers and followers of all levels.
The next track, "He Will Supply", is an old message with an old time feel that will never be timeless. That Jesus is our lawyer in the courtroom, doctor in the exam room, mind regulator when you are lost, and friend when you are friendless.
The next song picks up the pace a bit and sings about the greatness and goodness of the ultimate Gift gave man, Jesus! And that is the title of the track, "Jesus!". It is an okay mid-tempo track that has a positive message and is encouraging listeners to do as our church mothers would do, thank God for Jesus!
The next track is entitled "I Am God". Here Kirk teams up with his homeboy, tobyMac, to create genre-less music that feels good like these two always do. The song borrows from a familiar scripture and is an edgy punk-rock tune that encourages the listener to reaffrim the fact that God is God all by himself!
The next track is mellow, simple, yet beautiful! It is entitled "It Would Take All Day". And as the title suggests, the songwriter proclaims that a day would not even be enough to thank God for all he does for us. The vocals are amazing, as is the message. The fact that we do not thank God half enough, yet he still finds time to make time for us individually is an incredible testament to the power of God.
The next song features a young vocalist singing about the fact that" A Whole Nation" needs to be involved in the raising of a child. The young vocalist is The message is powerful, and a needed one!
Kirk picks up the pace and message with a BBQ/Get-Together/Skate Party jam entitled "Still In Love". It is a groovy jam that is another standout that sings that just as much as the first touch from Jesus, everyday still feels like that; thus being the reason that the songwriter proclaims that he is still in love with Jesus.
Okay, the next track......FIRE! Perhaps the albums ultimate stand out entitled "I Like Me". At first glance I wrote the song off....but upon second lesson, the song is absolute FIRE! It features a rapper from Philadelphia by the name of Da T.R.U.T.H. . The song is essentially about the fact that we have to fall in love with ourselves in order to experience and give Love. Kirk encourages listeners to like yourself, if not for the simple fact that God likes and loves you; and that should be good enough. Not the prettiest or privileged, but the most prized is who we are as believers and followers. Featuring raps and chants, and no vocals, Kirk makes magic again saying being a tall, fat, size 12, 17 or 22 does not matter to God, because he still likes you!
The next track is entitled "Chains" and is an okay track that highlights the different chains we encounter in our walk with Christ, and the fact that we have to ask for the CHAINS to be released. Beautiful vocals, however I think the piano drowns them out at times. Potential to be a good track, but falls flat at times. Good message, not so good production.
The Williams Brothers lend their vocals and production to the next track entitled "Still (In Control)". It is an absolute BEAUTIFUL track! It is about not forsaking the brethren of fellowship and the power of the total body of Christ. The songwriter has a friend encouraging another friend to realize that God was, is, and will always be in control. The Williams Brothers vocals are beautiful. And this was the one folks where I finally broke and my spirit and cried like a baby! No matter where you are in your walk, know that God is in control and he wants US TO GIVE him our problems. ABSOLUTELY beautiful!
Finally the last track is yet another Highlight that is titled "The Last Jesus". I did not get the track at first listen but after a second review, I understand that the songwriter is saying that non believers are looking at us believers and if we're not living the lives we claim we lead, then there is no point to calling yourself a Christian. God did not give us the message of Christ to keep for ourselves, instead it was given to us to spread the gospel to all the corners of the world. The songwriter encourages if we moved a little bit out of us out of the way, then God could get some glory and the Jesus in each and every one of us believers would shine to the non-believers of the world. No man can physically see Jesus, but through Christians, one should be able to see the message and purpose of the ultimate message of Christ. The song is POWERFUL...it encourages the church to wake up and do the original work of the church that Jesus built upon that rock 2000 years ago. No more excuses, the Jesus is in me should be jumping out and filling another with Jesus. Beautiful song!
So the highlights (In no particular order):
1. "How It Used To Be"
2. "It Would Take All Day"
3. "I Like Me"
4. "Still (In Control)"
5. "The Last Jesus"
I am not quite sure what I was expecting, but Kirk Franklin delivers. This album is a 4 out of 5 stars that is sure to deliver. I feel that the overall production could have been a little tighter. I feel some songs were overdone and some were underdone; however there is a message in EACH and EVERY single song. And that my friends is the albums saving grace. No track was done for filler, but for purpose.
Kirk Franklin delivers yet another classic that is sure to be a great stocking stuffer!
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