The Fight of My Life


The Fight of My Life is the ninth album by gospel singer Kirk Franklin, released on GospoCentric Records.

Background

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. It is the 10th studio album by Franklin and his 11th North American album. The U.S. release on GospoCentric Records occurred on. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #33 with 74,000 copies sold in the first week.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirk Franklin except where noted.
#TitleTimeNotes
1."Intro"0:25Spoken word by Kirk Franklin
2."Declaration (This is It)"4:24Music composed by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald
3."Little Boy" 5:07
4."Help Me Believe"6:512009 Grammy Award winner
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" 5:05
10."It Would Take All Day"5:11
11."A Whole Nation" 4:59
12."Still in Love"5:19
13."I Like Me" 3:05Music composed by Kirk Franklin and Emmanual Lambert
14."Chains"7:28
15."Still " 5:12
16."The Last Jesus"5:32

Personnel

Vocalists

  • 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

Musicians

  • 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

  • Emma Kummrow – violin
  • Igor Szwec – violin
  • Olga Konopelsky – violin
  • Ghislaine Fleischmann – violin
  • Charles Parker – violin
  • Gregory Teperman – violin
  • Luigi Mazzocchi – violin
  • Robert Martin – violin
  • H.S. Alexandra Leem – viola
  • Peter Nocella – viola
  • Jennie Lorenzo – cello

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
US Top Gospel Albums 23

Accolades

Wins

Nominations