Leave it to Kirk Franklin to get people talking.
According to AlwaysAList.com, the gospel performer is leading the way to reunite with God’s Property, a popular choir that attracted mainstream and gospel music success with their self-titled debut album.
The offering, which was the choir’s only release, came out in 1997 and included the hit single “Stomp,” which featured Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl “Salt” James.
Franklin made his intention of getting back with God’s Property known by posting the following entry to Facebook on New Year’s Day:
“FAMILY I think it’s time to get the band back together…! GP ARE YOU WITH ME?!?! #2014″
The message instantly triggered a flood of reaction as more than 50,000 people liked the message, 528 people reposted it on their timelines and 2,400 comments addressed Franklin’s mission.
With a monster single in “Stomp,” God’s Property encountered success with it’s first album selling more than 3 million copies and residing at the top of Billboard’s gospel chart for at least 71 weeks. The “Stomp” music video became a fixture on MTV, BET and VH1 with frequent play.
News of a potential God’s Property reunion comes nearly 17 years after the choir and Franklin went their separate ways following a lawsuit filed against the entertainer by God’s Property. The lawsuit, filed in November 1998, accused Franklin of coercing the choir’s founder Linda Searight into signing an “onerous and one-sided” contract with B-Rite Music. In addition, the lawsuit claimed that Franklin owed the choir money. It was ultimately settled.
Despite things ending on a less than stellar note with Franklin, members of God’s Property have found individual success since the split. The choir lead Myron Butler released four CDs after landing his own record deal with the former EMI Gospel, which later became Motown Gospel.
GP singer Candy West took the path of collaboration as she went on to record with Bishop TD Jakes, Marvin Sapp, Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond and Deborah Cox as well as Franklin’s 1 Nation Crew. In addition to West and Butler, AlwaysAList noted that “God’s Property” member Victor Evans encountered national exposure as a vocalist in the ensemble Ten on NBC’s “The Sing-Off.”
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