God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation

God's Property
Studio album by Kirk Franklin & God's Property
Released May 27, 1997
Recorded 1996-1997
Genre Urban contemporary gospel
Label B-Rite, Interscope
Kirk Franklin chronology
Whatcha Lookin' 4
(1996)		 God's Property
(1997)		 The Nu Nation Project
(1998)
God's Property chronology
'God's Property
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

God's Property is a collaboration studio album by Kirk Franklin and God's Property. It was released on May 27, 1997. At the time of its release, urban contemporary gospel had gained massive ground in the music industry, thus sending the album to its third position peak on the Billboard 200 album chart and making it the first gospel album to top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it reached number one on five nonconsecutive weeks.


Track listing

# TitleTimeNotes
1."Stomp (Remix)"5:04Written by Kirk Franklin (features interpolation of "One Nation Under A Groove" written by George Clinton, Jr., Garry Shider, and Walter Morrison, who are also credited with writing "Stomp")
Guest performance by Cheryl "Salt" James.
2."My Life Is In Your Hands"5:34Written by Kirk Franklin (It can be heard on the end credits to Spike Lee's "Get On The Bus", and is added to the soundtrack album 'Get On The Bus: music from and inspired by the motion picture', available on 40 Acres and A Mule MusicWorks and Interscope Records.)
3."It's Rainin'"3:49written by Larron Vaughn
4."More Than I Can Bear"5:21Written by Kirk Franklin
5."Up Above My Head"4:11written by Myron Butler
6."Love"5:23Written by Kirk Franklin
7."Sweet Spirit"4:54written by Robert Searight Jr.
8."Faith"5:45Written by Kirk Franklin (embodies portions of "Yes, We Can Can" by Allen Toussaint, who is also credited as a writer of this song)
9."You Are The Only One"6:47Written by Kirk Franklin and Greg Brown
10."So Good"5:10Written by Kirk Franklin
11."The Storm Is Over Now"5:46Written by Kirk Franklin
12."Stomp (Original Mix)"5:36Written by Kirk Franklin (features interpolation of "One Nation Under A Groove" written by George Clinton, Jr., Garry Shider, and Walter Morrison, who are also credited with writing "Stomp")
13."He'll Take The Pain Away"8:40Written by Kirk Franklin

RIAA Certification and Chart Success

The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 119,000 copies, making it the highest charting gospel album at the time (until Marvin Sapp's Here I Am debuted at #2 in 2010).[2] It was also #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 5 non-consecutive weeks making it the first gospel album ever to top that chart. It was also #1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart for 42 consecutive weeks also making it the longest streak at #1 on that chart, and the album would remain on the chart for 105 weeks total. In October 2001 the album was certified triple platinum with over 3 million copies sold across the United States and remains the best selling gospel album of all time.

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 3
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Top Gospel Albums 1

Singles chart positions

"Stomp"

Year Chart Peak
1997 U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 12
1997 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay 1
1997 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 52

Personnel

Musicians

See also

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=SBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71&lpg=PA71&dq=kirk+franklin+god%27s+property+first+week+sales+debut+number+3+billboard+200&source=bl&ots=5Jjz2YWSvu&sig=vTSoEKTm0TmoVpb7da7VcB79yAw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7ycWhoO7MAhXD1IMKHcAyD1gQ6AEILjAE#v=onepage&q=kirk%20franklin%20god's%20property%20first%20week%20sales%20debut%20number%203%20billboard%20200&f=false
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