''A Gerald Walker Christmas'' is the first

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, released by One Step at a Time Music on December 20, 2010 in the

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Background

The album is inspired by

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" and contains two traditional Christmas songs and three original songs. Most of them are re-arranged with up-tempo beats in hip-hop-style. The title track, A Gerald Walker Christmas, uses samples from Shutlz's aforementioned work. The album was recorded in Fall 2010 in the United States, but Walker also stated during an interview with, ''Ynotmydream.net'', that parts of the album were demoed in

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during the recording of I Remember When This All Meant Something.... In the same interview Gerald revealed: I've had the music for over a year now, but didn't know what I wanted to do with it. However, I knew that I wanted to knock it out and didn't want another year pass before doing so.

Singles

The song "Keep Me Going" was first released on December 17, 2010 for promotion of the released album.Gerald Walker's "Keep Me Going"

Track listing

# " Prelude" (

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) – 1:47 # "A Gerald Walker Christmas" (G. Walker, C. Cobb,) – 4:05 # "Keep Me Going" (G. Walker, C. Cobb) – 3:30 # "Christmas Isn't Just a Day, you know, It's a Frame of Mind" (G. Walker, K. Fresh,) – 2:01 # "Walker of The Bells (Bonus)" (G. Walker) – 0:52

Credits

*Writers: Gerald Walker *Producers: Chris Cobb, Gerald Walker, Kuddie Fresh *Executive producers: Gerald Walker *Engineer: Gerald Walker *Mixing: Gerald Walker *A&R: Barron Bollar *Recording director: Barron 'Slot-A' Bollar *Marketing: One Step at a Time Music, Inc *Art direction: Lillian Duermier *Video Direction: Chris Neuman

References

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