''The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin'' is a live album by

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) ...

. ''The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin'' is the seventh album released by

and is his first album to be considered a solo artist. The U.S. release on

GospoCentric Records GospoCentric Records was an Inglewood, California based Gospel music record label, started as an independent label by Vicki Mack Lataillade and Claude Lataillade in 1993. The label rose to prominence in the 1990s, largely on the runaway success o ...

and

Arista Records Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertain ...

occurred on . The album was recorded live on June 16, 2000 at

Lakewood Church Lakewood Church is a non-denominational evangelical Christian megachurch located in Houston, Texas. It is one of the largest congregations in the United States, averaging about 45,000 attendees per week. The 16,800-seat Lakewood Church building ...

in Houston, Texas. Originally scheduled to be released sometime in mid-June or early July 2001, the album encountered multiple delays primarily due to modifying songs before finally being released on February 19, 2002.

Track listing

*Unless otherwise noted, information is taken from Discogs.com "Throw Yo Hands Up" was featured in the

Xbox Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. The brand consists of five video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming services, an online service by the name of Xbox network, and the development arm by the ...

game ''

Project Gotham Racing ''Project Gotham Racing'' (''PGR'') is a series of racing video games developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft Studios (Xbox and Xbox 360) and Sega (Dreamcast). The series appeared on the Dreamcast, Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles, ...

'' under the artist name Souljahz.

Personnel

Vocalists

Note: Members from One Nation Crew are featured in the choir Faith Anderson, Joy Willis, Dinora Brandon, Shanika Leeks, Daphanie Wright, Joy Hill, Carinia Hill, Myron Butler, Machelle Robinson, Ashley Guilbert, Karla Nivens, Sheila Ingram, LeTitia Calhoun-Smith, Kendra Greene, Hope Jones, Jana Bell, Nathan Young, Krista Norman, Tierannye Daniels, Tiwanna Phillips, Brandon Kizer, Candy West, Patricia Rangel, Lashonda Watson, Frank Lawson, Heith Guilbert, Douglas Fell, Donald Wright Jr., Cortrinia Holly, Tommy King, Jason Huff, Michael Kimbrow, Demetrius McClendon

Musicians

* Bobby Sparks II: Hammond B-3, Keyboards * Shaun Martin: Keyboards * Keith Taylor: Bass * Lawrence "Peabody" Ferrell: Drums * Todd Parsnow: Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar * Terry Baker: Drums * Michael Robinson: Piano * Rickey “Bongo" Carthen: Percussion * Mark Baldwin: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar * David Huntsinger: Piano * Ernest "Ernie G" Greene: DJ * Chris McDonald: Trombone * Vinny Ciesielski: Trumpet * Quinton Ware: Trumpet * Doug Moffitt: Tenor Sax * Jim Horn: Baritone Sax, Alto Sax * The Nashville Strings: Strings

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 91,000 copies.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certification

It was certified

Gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile ...

on and

Platinum Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver". Pla ...

on .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rebirth of Kirk Franklin, The 2002 albums Kirk Franklin albums