''The Fight of My Life'' is the ninth

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Kirk Franklin Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) a ...

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Synopsis

Produced by Franklin, James "Jazzy" Jordan, Carla Williams and Jessie Hurst, the album features songs with several

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, Christian hip hop and

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artists including

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Isaac Carree Isaac Thompson Carree III (born April 28, 1973) is an American gospel musician. He started his music career, in 1990, with the Gospel legend John P. Kee, yet his solo career commenced in 2011, with the release of ''Uncommon Me'' by Sovereign Age ...

, 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

occurred on . The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at #33 with 74,000 copies sold in the first week.Chris M. Walsh
"Groban, Blige Enjoy Huge Weeks On Album Chart"
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Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirk Franklin except where noted.

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 Myron Demond Butler (born July 27, 1974) is a gospel musician, record producer, singer-songwriter, music director, vocalist, organist and pianist. Most notably, he is known as the leader of the gospel choir, Myron Butler & Levi. Since 1997, he' ...

*Anthony Evans *Deonis Cook *Ryan Edgar

Musicians

*Kirk Franklin – keyboards, programming, piano, claps *

Shaun Martin Shaun Martin is an American composer, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumental musician. Martin is a member of the jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy, as well as music director for Gospel music star Kirk Franklin, and former Minister of Music at Dal ...

– 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 –

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*Peter Nocella – viola *Jennie Lorenzo – cello

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Single

Certifications

Accolades

Wins

* 40th GMA Dove Awards: Urban Album of the Year *

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: Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album * 51st Grammy Awards: Best Gospel Song (" Help Me Believe")

Nominations

* 40th GMA Dove Awards: Urban Recorded Song of the Year ("

Declaration (This Is It) "Declaration (This is It)" is a Urban contemporary gospel, gospel song by Kirk Franklin from his 2007 album ''The Fight of My Life (album), The Fight of My Life''. The song contains samples of and interpolations of "This Is It" by Michael McDonald ...

References

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