t/s: todd edwards vs kirk franklin

oh god

hard drive death => entire todd the godd collection gone. and that shit was hard to track down :(

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

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

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

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

#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