Stomp
Kirk Franklin & God's Property built a No. 1 R&B radio hit out of a Funkadelic sample and a gospel choir, and split the church over it in the process — the sound of a genre's ceiling getting tested in real time.
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Kirk Franklin & God's Property
Texas-born gospel artist and choir director who spent the 1990s pushing gospel toward hip-hop and funk production, over loud objection from traditionalists. God's Property, the youth-choir ensemble he formed and directed, carried lead single "Stomp" — built on a Funkadelic sample — into mainstream R&B radio and MTV rotation, a rare gospel crossover on that scale.
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