Whatcha Lookin' 4 (Cassette) ~ Kirk Franklin & The Family (Ar... Cover Art

Whatcha Lookin' 4 (Cassette)

By: Kirk Franklin & The Family (Artist)

More About this Product
Availability: This item is not currently available on Tower.com.
Share This:
Add To KaboodleAdd To Kaboodle  Submit To Digg!Submit To Digg!  Share On FacebookShare On Facebook  Add to FavoritesAdd to Favorites  TwitterTwitter 

Kirk Franklin Artist Snapshot:

Hailing from Fort Worth, TX, Kirk Franklin was leading the choir in his Baptist church by the age of 11, and before long, he was contributing material to numerous successful gospel artists. A smash straight out of the gate with his 1994 debut album, Franklin quickly became the biggest gospel star of the '90s, a musical wunderkind who, if he was performing secular material, would probably be ranked with the likes of Stevie Wonder or Prince. Ever the crossover king, he's led a number of ensembles, including the Nu Nation Project and God's Property, to both the gospel and the pop charts.

Product Description

Track Listing

DISC 1 for Whatcha Lookin' 4 (Cassette) Album By Kirk Franklin & The Family (Ar...
1   Savior More Than Life  
2   Whatcha Lookin' 4  
3   Melodies From Heaven  
4   Conquerors  
5   Don't Take Your Joy Away  
6   When I Think About Jesus  
7   Mama's Song  
8   Jesus Paid It All  
9   I Love You Jesus  
10   Washed Away  
11   Where The Spirit Is  
12   Let Me Touch You  
13   Anything 4 U  
14   Whatcha Lookin' 4 - (remix)  
15   Melodies From Heaven - (Skate Remix)  
 

Run a Quick Search on "Whatcha Lookin' 4" by Kirk Franklin & The Family to Browse Related Products:

Browse more products related to "Whatcha Lookin' 4"

Browse more products related to "Kirk Franklin & The Family"

Review

Entertainment Weekly (6/7/96, p.60) - "...Franklin's hit gospel album, a live effort, couldn't work harder to sound urban and up-to-date, employing new-jack swing inflections plus a Prince-like title to make religion seem groovy. Luckily, his Family can belt with the best of them..." - Rating: B

Title Note

Kirk Franklin & The Family: Kirk Franklin (vocals, piano, synthesizer); Jeannette Johnson, Keisha Grandy, Yolanda "Yo" McDonald, Sheila "Mother" Brice, Tamela "Biscuit" Mann, Stephanie "Chicken" Glynn, David "Big Daddy" Mann, Dalon "Big Love" Collins, Theresa Young, Terri Pace, Demetrice "De" Clinkscale, Bryon Cole, Carrie "Mousey" Young Davis, Jon "J.D." Drummond, Darrell "Singin'" Blair, Chris "Sweetie" Simpson (vocals).

Additional personnel: Bryan James (acoustic guitar); Anthony Thomas (guitar); Lawrence Robinson (trumpet, programming); Bobby Sparks (piano, synthesizer, Hammond B-3 organ, Mini-Moog synthesizer); Jerome Harmon (Hammond C-3 organ, synthesizer); Jerome Allen (bass); Erik Morgan (drums); Buster & Shavoni (drum & synthesizer programming); God's Property (background vocals).

Engineers: Malcolm Harper, Jr., Louis "Buster" Brown, Bob Tucker.

Recorded live at Calvary Temple, Dallas, Texas; Tree Studios, Atlanta, Georgia; We Fly Studios, Los Angeles, California; Aire L.A. Studios, Glendale, California.

WHATCHA LOOKIN' 4 won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.

Proving that some things are well worth the wait, WHATCHA LOOKIN' 4, recorded in 1994 and released two years later, successfully combines danceable hip-hop backgrounds with sanctified lyrics. Kirk Franklin is one of gospel's leading choir songwriter/arrangers (he's written for the DFW Mass Choir, Georgia Mass Choir and GMWA National Mass Choir, among others). Here he gives much of the spotlight to The Family, which shows off both standard and innovative vocal inflections and part divisions.

While WHATCHA LOOKIN' 4 is a must-have for contemporary gospel and R&B fans, gospel traditionalists will also find the album to their liking. After the smooth R&B-like ballad "Conquerors," led by Dalon Collins, Tamela Mann takes the lead for a down-home gospel, "Don't Take Your Joy Away," which is followed by the shout song "When I Think About Jesus."

"Mama's Song," dedicated to his late mother, finds Franklin singing alone at a piano. He remains on piano through the middle of the album, while The Family takes lead vocals on three beautiful gospel ballads. WHATCHA LOOKIN' 4 starts contemporary, mellows out, offers some traditional gospel and returns to contemporary with some remixed-in-'96 grooves. It's a superbly-produced, spirit-filled gospel album that keeps in step with the '90s without selling out.

Customer Reviews for "Whatcha Lookin' 4 (Cassette)" by Kirk Franklin & The Family (Ar...

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

Submit your Review

Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials

Tower Records music Sales, Promotions & Special Features

Today's Most Popular Music Genres

Tower.com Music Boutique Stores

  • Greatest Hits Boutique
    Expand your musical horizons with our monthly selections for "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" CD Collections.
  • Tower Records Vinyl Store
    Enjoy some of our favorite new pressings, indie rock releases, and milk crate essentials priced at up to 30% off so you can keep spinning right round (Like a record!)
  • The Beatles Collector's Boutique
    On 09-09-09, experience music history when the original studio albums by The Beatles are re-released, digitally remastered for the first time! Browse our favorite Beatles music, video and book titles!
  • Woodstock Anniversary Boutique
    Celebrating 40 years of Woodstock - Three days of music that changed the world forever!
  • The History Of Indie Rock Boutique
    Browse Our Album Art History of Indie Rock Influencers, from the 1960s to today!

Interact with Tower.com