Kirk Franklin, Needs | Track Review 🎵
![Kirk Franklin, Needs [📷: Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kirk-franklin-needs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
As always, Grammy-winning gospel musician Kirk Franklin inspires and uplifts on “Needs,” an advance single from his 2003 LP, Father’s Day.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![Kirk Franklin, Needs [📷: Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/kirk-franklin-needs.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
As always, Grammy-winning gospel musician Kirk Franklin inspires and uplifts on “Needs,” an advance single from his 2003 LP, Father’s Day.
![Kirk Franklin, Try Love [📷: Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kirk-franklin-try-love-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin and his anointed choir preach love on the exuberant, uplifting single, “Try Love.”
![Shirley Caesar, “All of the Glory”[📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; MNRK; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shirley-caesar-all-of-the-glory-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Well into her eighties, the legendary Shirley Caesar continues to minister through her music with the uplifting gospel single, “All of the Glory.”
![Dionne Warwick & Dolly Parton, “Peace Like a River” [📷: KIND MUSIC GROUP]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/dionne-warwick-dolly-parton-peace-like-a-river-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Iconic musicians Dionne Warwick and Dolly Parton ‘get their praise on’ on the inspiring, uplifting single, “Peace Like a River.”
![Whitney Houston, "He Can Use Me" [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/whitney-houston-he-can-use-me.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In advance of the posthumous gospel compilation, I Go To The Rock, the estate of Whitney Houston unveils a second previously unreleased track, “He Can Use Me.”
![Whitney Houston, "Testimony" [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; OpenClipart-Vectors, PIRO via Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/whitney-houston-testimony.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Ahead of the posthumous gospel compilation, I Go To The Rock, the estate of Whitney Houston unveils the previously unreleased, “Testimony.”
![Tasha Cobbs Leonard, “Gotta Believe” [📷 : TeeLee / Capitol CMG]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/tasha-cobbs-leonard-gotta-believe-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Gospel standout Tasha Cobbs Leonard encourages on her short but moving and prudent single, “Gotta Believe.”
![Keedron Bryant & Symba, "I Know I Been Changed" [📷 : Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/keedron-bryant-symba-i-know-i-been-changed-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the song 🎵 “I Know I Been Changed,” by Keedron Bryant & Symba featuring Gary Clark Jr.
![For KING & COUNTRY, Tori Kelly & Kirk Franklin, "TOGETHER" [Photo Credit: Curb]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/for-king-and-country-together-curb-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Grammy-winning Christian artists For KING & COUNTRY, Tori Kelly & Kirk Franklin join forces for the hopeful, unifying single, “TOGETHER.”
![Ricky Dillard, "Let There Be Peace on Earth (Live)" from CHOIRMASTER [Photo Credit: Motown Gospel]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ricky-dillard-let-there-be-peace-on-earth-choirmaster-motown-gospel.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Ricky Dillard, joined by a mass choir and an anointed countertenor, delivers a record for times like these, “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”
![Tori Kelly, Hiding Place [📷: Capitol]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/tori-kelly-hiding-place.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
“Never Alone” is a beautifully written and performed pop-gospel record. It’s rhythmic, thoughtful, and incredibly uplifting that perfectly suits Tori Kelly.

Grammy-nominated pop musician Tori Kelly returns with a new single, “Help Us to Love.” She enlists The HamilTones for the assist.