The Fight of My Life explained

The Fight of My Life
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kirk Franklin
Cover:	Kirk franklin-fight of life.jpg
Released:	December 18, 2007
Genre:	Urban contemporary gospel
Length:	1:16:54
Label:	GospoCentric
Producer:	Kirk Franklin, James "Jazzy" Jordan, Carla Williams, Jessie Hurst
Prev Title:	Songs For The Storm: Volume 1
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Hello Fear
Next Year:	2011

The Fight of My Life is the ninth Gospel album by Kirk Franklin 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirk Franklin except where noted.

	Title	Time	Notes
1.	"Intro"	0:25	Spoken word by Kirk Franklin
2.	"Declaration (This is It)"	4:24	Music composed by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald
3.	"Little Boy" (featuring Rance Allen and Isaac Carree)	5:07
4.	"Help Me Believe"	6:51	2009 Grammy Award winner ("Best Gospel Song")^[3]
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" (featuring tobyMac)	5:05
10.	"It Would Take All Day"	5:11
11.	"A Whole Nation" (featuring Donovan Owens)	4:59
12.	"Still in Love"	5:19
13.	"I Like Me" (featuring Da’ T.R.U.T.H.)	3:05	Music composed by Kirk Franklin and Emmanual Lambert
14.	"Chains"	7:28
15.	"Still (in Control)" (featuring Doug Williams and Melvin Williams)	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 (2008)	Position
US Billboard 200^[4]	133
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[5]	4
US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard)^[6]	2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	37

Single

Accolades

Wins

• 40th GMA Dove Awards: Urban Album of the Year
• 51st Grammy Awards: 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)")

Notes and References

1. The Fight of My Life. The Fight of My Life (album). Kirk Franklin. 2007. Kirk. Franklin . CD inset. GospoCentric Records.
2. Chris M. Walsh, "Groban, Blige Enjoy Huge Weeks On Album Chart", Billboard.com, December 27, 2007.
3. Web site: The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List . February 14, 2009 . Grammy.com.
4. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008. Billboard. October 18, 2020.
5. Top Christian Albums – Year-End 2008. Billboard. October 18, 2020.
6. Top Gospel Albums – Year-End 2008. Billboard. October 18, 2020.
7. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2008. Billboard. October 18, 2020.
8. Top Gospel Albums – Year-End 2009. Billboard. October 18, 2020.