kirk wins it with "looking for you"
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 24 June 2007 09:48 (sixteen years ago) link
crazy moves
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 24 June 2007 09:52 (sixteen years ago) link
kirk franklin always wins everything by default because no one else would release an album called 'gospel house nation'
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 24 June 2007 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I like how "Looking For You" simultaneously spiritualises and slickens up "Haven't You Heard".
― Tim F, Sunday, 24 June 2007 14:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Makes me wanna daaaaaance Makes me clap my haaaaands STOMP!
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
just take it from mesomeday we're gonna be freewe've been waiting, Lord, for a nightbut the Lord said it's gonna be all righthallelujah!I said I'm gonna wait FOR YOU'cause I know that you're gonna pull ME THROUGHyou're telling me to BE STRONGcause I know that deliverance is COMING IN
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 13 January 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm gonna just keep periodically waking this shit up until fools show a little more love to Kirk Franklin
― J0hn D., Friday, 30 January 2009 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Never heard of him, so where do I start? (The YouTube link from 2007 is gone now...)
― Paul in Santa Cruz, Friday, 30 January 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032803338_pf.html
This doesn't exactly answer your question but it's interesting
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 January 2009 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh yeah
― bendy, Friday, 30 January 2009 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
start here
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 30 January 2009 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
this one is the one I am listening to every day right now
― J0hn D., Friday, 30 January 2009 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Thursday, 7 May 2009 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
thx j0hn D
that's for the strugglethat's for the painthat's for those dark nights
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 7 May 2009 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
my pleasure!! man just to be open it's a pleasure to be able to share enjoyment of this music w/someone
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Thursday, 7 May 2009 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
"Stomp" is an all-time jam imo
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
I sometimes DJ "Haven't You Heard" into "Looking for You"- I don't think there are many pieces of music that are more joyous than "looking for you", it's kind of outta control
― twice boiled cabbage is death, Wednesday, 26 May 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
real talk
― i don't care if big daddy kane signed your mommas tits (The Reverend), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
so last year I'm in a studio, it's toward the end of the session, and I mention how I think kirk franklin is a genius and the guy producing says "i did some work with kirk franklin" and I was like "are you serious, is there anybody you don't know" and he's like "I got the call, he'd heard something I did, we ended up recording a bunch of floor-stomps right in the control room, it was this song called 'kingdom come'" and I'm like WHOA THAT THERE IS MY DAMN JAM MAN
I was so stoked
― in which we apologize for sobering up (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i have listened to "looking for you" one million times this week
― horseshoe, Saturday, 3 September 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
step dance classix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkT9nQ4wGVo
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Saturday, 3 September 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
Kirk Franklin with a gogo beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjeTbyGDshA
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 11 February 2012 06:06 (twelve years ago) link
these two dudes are the best two dudes
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Saturday, 11 February 2012 08:07 (twelve years ago) link
I need to listen to more of the both of 'em. Don't know their music too well
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 11 February 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
Rev is correct.
I discovered this recent Edwards track on a 2-step garagey comp last year (it was also nommed I think) and it's brilliant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjHn-HNMhr4
― Tim F, Saturday, 11 February 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
hey Tim could you recommend me a few good 2-Step/UK Garage comps?
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 11 February 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
i got this recommendation from Tim many moons ago but I have to recommend it b/c it is some of the greatest music on earth
http://www.discogs.com/Shanks-And-Bigfoot-Ayia-Napa-The-Album/release/105924
get thissssss. You will love it
― D-40, Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Deej knows what's up.
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 February 2012 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
That one and this one are probably my favorites:http://www.discogs.com/Artful-Dodger-The-Rewind-The-Sound-Of-UK-Garage/release/112146
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
Garage Anthems 2005 is great on the poppier end of things
― river, Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
i can recommend some 2step comps but i tend to swing toward things with a some emphasis on speed garage
my #1 recommendation
my #2 recommendation
my #3 recommendation
― the late great, Sunday, 12 February 2012 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
I was the only person to vote for "Head Held High" in the eoy poll :(
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Sunday, 12 February 2012 10:54 (twelve years ago) link
It's even more remarkable knowing the song it's based on.
Rev did you download the comps I posted to this thread last year?
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
I dled Sound of the Pirates
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
I will come back soon with more comps.
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:43 (twelve years ago) link
Can I just:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBS_G-wUxtA
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
oh god
hard drive death => entire todd the godd collection gone. and that shit was hard to track down :(
― first period don't give a fuck, second period gon get cut (lex pretend), Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
In case you were wondering how much Kirk Franklin sometimes gets paid:
According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, the event’s $250,000 budget included nearly $80,000 to pay costs associated with a performance by gospel musician Kirk Franklin. Franklin traveled to the District with a 16-person entourage, including backup singers, according to budget documents.
In addition to Franklin’s $55,000 booking fee, city taxpayers spent $8,758 for airfare, $1,557 for his limousine and $8,721 to put Franklin and his entourage up at the JW Marriott hotel in Washington, including $2,600 for Franklin’s VIP suite. Records attributed $4,215 in food and beverage costs to the entourage.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration/2013/05/14/8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Kirk Franklin's new album is called Losing My Religion. The title cut is a recited poem with no music.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/losing-my-religion-lyrics-kirk-franklin.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 November 2015 05:22 (eight years ago) link
I get really wound up about evangelical insistence that they're not religious because the trappings of religion don't square with Christ's ministry
still stoked for a new Kirk Franklin album though
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 23 November 2015 05:36 (eight years ago) link
I am too. But was not aware of the following-- he's getting flack for prior homophobia and for his apologies
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-sosa/no-kirk-franklin-i-dont-a_b_8611394.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 November 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
#NotAllChurches
― brimstead, Monday, 23 November 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
OH OH
OH OH OH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBkDqMs0mFU
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
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
― tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 24 November 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
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
― tsrobodo, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
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
― gr8080, Tuesday, 24 November 2015 15:39 (eight years ago) link
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.”
....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
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 March 2016 15:11 (eight years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 May 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
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
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/15/entertainment/kirk-franklin-cursing-apology-trnd/index.html
― Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
todd edwards still rules. also seems like a genuinely cool, non-abusive individual.
https://soundcloud.com/rinsefm/toddedwards050321
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link