t/s: todd edwards vs kirk franklin

#NotAllChurches

OH OH

OH OH OH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBkDqMs0mFU

tony humphries played "looking for you" when i saw him this summer

if you click through to the grio article about franklin's apology for the church's approach to LGBTQ ppl he really does seem to've come around imo

Pretty sure that the Christian disavowal of religion isn't only evangelical phenomenon.

Don't know why I was disappointed when I first found out looking for you was a sample. Think I irrationally held gospel music to a different standard with that shit

chance the rapper brought kirk franklin on stage at pitchfork this summer as a surprise guest and he did a mini-set that included "looking for you", it was the best

From freelancer's Washington Post review of Kirk Franklin gig at 2,000 seat Warner Theatre in DC

Never one to mince words, Franklin poked fun at his status as gospel’s black sheep throughout the show and faced his latest controversy head-on. He altered the lyrics of the rallying “Give Me” to include the line “If we humble ourselves, anyone can be saved, even Kanye,” referring to his recent collaboration with the often-criticized Kanye West and subsequent defense of the rapper. On Instagram, a portion of the caption on a photo of the two read, “To a lot of my Christian family, I’m sorry he’s not good enough, Christian enough, or running at your pace.”

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Franklin dotted the night with lighthearted jokes and playfully directed his live band and dependable choir, the audience, as he ran through his catalogue of seemingly endless gospel hits. At moments, the blink-and-miss-it snippets of songs felt like a tease, but doing justice to 23 years of music in two hours would otherwise be an impossible task.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kirk-franklin-brings-the-gospel-music-and-an-electric-party-too/2016/03/20/e59beace-ee8f-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html

Same freelancer on Kirk Franklin's influence on Chance the Rapper

http://www.thefader.com/2016/05/19/kirk-franklin-gospel-hip-hop-chance-the-rapper

And now Caramanica talking to Franklin re Chance and Kanye and the president-elect

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/arts/music/kirk-franklin-kanye-west-chance-the-rapper-interview.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Music®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/15/entertainment/kirk-franklin-cursing-apology-trnd/index.html

todd edwards still rules. also seems like a genuinely cool, non-abusive individual.

https://soundcloud.com/rinsefm/toddedwards050321