Hero
File:Kfranklin hero.jpg
Studio album by Kirk Franklin
Released United States September 20, 2005
United Kingdom May 29, 2006
Japan June 26, 2006
Recorded July 2005
Genre Urban contemporary gospel, hip hop
Length 73:13
Label GospoCentric
Producer Kirk Franklin, J Moss
Kirk Franklin chronology
A Season of Remixes
(2002)		 Hero
(2005)		 Songs for the Storm
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

Hero is an album, the eighth overall, by American urban contemporary gospel singer-songwriter Kirk Franklin, released through GospoCentric on September 20, 2005.

Hero was certified as Gold by the RIAA on December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02) and Platinum on December 14, 2006 (2006-12-14) [2].

In 2007 Hero won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Imagine Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song[3].

Contents

Synopsis [link]

Produced by Franklin and J Moss, the album features songs with several urban contemporary gospel and R&B artists including Dorinda Clark Cole, Tye Tribbett, Marvin Winans (member of the Winans), Stevie Wonder, and Yolanda Adams[4]

Track listing [link]

# Title Time Notes
1. "Intro - America the Beautiful" 0:45 vocals by the African Children’s Choir
2. "Looking for You" 4:06 Samples "Haven't You Heard" by Patrice Rushen
3. "Hero" (with Dorinda Clark Cole) 5:20
4. "Interlude" (with Fred Hammond) 0:55
5. "Let It Go" (with Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. and tobyMac) 4:59 Samples "Shout" by Tears for Fears
6. "The Process" 1:08
7. "Imagine Me" 5:18 2007 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song
8. "Could've Been" (with J Moss and Tye Tribbett) 6:47
9. "Better" 4:00 Produced By Dre & Vidal
10. "Afterwhile" (with Yolanda Adams) 2:51
11. "Brokenhearted" (with Marvin L. Winans) 6:01
12. "Without You" 5:02
13. "Keep Your Head" 4:36 samples Keep Your Head to the Sky by Earth, Wind, and Fire
14. "Why" (with Stevie Wonder) 4:36
15. "First Love" 5:52
16. "The Appeal" 7:21
17. "Brokenhearted (Reprise)" 1:09
18. "Interlude" 0:30
19. "Sunshine" 4:59
20. "Outro" 1:11

Personnel [link]

*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner.[4]

Vocalists [link]

  • Nikki Ross
  • Daphanie Wright
  • Anashya Figueroa
  • Faith Anderson
  • Erica Davis
  • Jana Bell
  • Ashley Guilbert
  • Charmaine Swimpson
  • Isaac Carree
  • Eric Moore
  • Jason Champion
  • Anthony Evans
  • Myron Butler

Instrumentalists [link]

  • Kirk Franklin - Keyboards, Minimoog, Piano, Drum Programming
  • Terry Baker - Drums
  • Shaun Martin - Keyboards, Drum Programming, Minimoog, Programming, Drums
  • Jerome Harmon - Keyboards, Hammond B3
  • Braylon Lacy - Bass Guitar
  • Doc Powell - Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
  • Ernie G - DJ, Keyboards, Programming
  • Jason Bell - Lead Guitar
  • Sheila E. - Percussion, Percussion Color
  • Chris Godbey - Programming
  • Vidal Davis - Percussion, Additional Instruments
  • Andre Harris - Percussion, Additional Instruments
  • Ryan Toby - Percussion
  • Jason Boyd - Percussion
  • Humberto Ruiz - Trombone
  • Lee Thornburg - Trumpet
  • Paul Cerra - Saxophone
  • Dave Monsch - Baritone Sax
  • Jamie Hovorka - Trumpet

Orchestra [link]

Notable Singles [link]

Hero featured the singles "Looking for You" and "Imagine Me". "Looking for You" was released as a single on September 20, 2005 in the U.S. and was a top-five hit on the Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart [5][6].

Charts [link]

Hero peaked at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart on October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22), [7] It also reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[7]

Chart Peak
position [7]
U.S. Billboard 200 13
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4

Awards [link]

In 2006, the album won a Dove Award for Urban Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Looking for You" also won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year.[8]

References [link]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ RIAA official website
  3. ^ "49th Annual Grammy Award Winners". https://www.gospelflava.com/articles/grammywins-2007.html. 
  4. ^ a b "Looking for You". Hero (CD liner). Kirk Franklin. Inglewood, CA: GospoCentric Records. 2005. p.1. 
  5. ^ Hero at Allmusic
  6. ^ "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Kirk Franklin". https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=61891&model.vnuAlbumId=1093925. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
  7. ^ a b c "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Kirk Franklin". https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=61891&model.vnuAlbumId=728762. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
  8. ^ 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners on About.com; Jones, Kim

External links [link]
Articles and categories
North American albums
Notable singles
Other projects
Associated acts

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    by: Tynisha Keli

    verse1
    i took down the pictures of you and me
    and i changed the locks on my door
    don't wanna see your name on my phone when it rings
    and i don't dream about you no more
    ( i can't believe)
    i held on for so long
    knowing that you moved on
    the only thing that's left for me to do is
    Hook-
    Let It Go
    Movin on
    feelins gone
    i can see the light now
    I'm free from all the pain that comes with lovin ya
    Let It Go
    Took control
    now i know
    my future's starting right now
    i finally closed that book forevers gone its over now
    verse2
    it broke my heARt to watch you through it all away
    There was nothing i wanted more
    devastated waited patiently
    only to find i'm over it
    don't die without you no more
    (now i'm free)
    from all the lies you told
    now that i'm on my own




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