Wow Gospel 2002 - two disc set

2 discs-30 biggest hits of the year, plus two bonus cuts Disc 1: 1. Unconditional-Kirk Franklin presents One Nation Crew 2. The Battle-Hezekiah Walker's LFT Church Choir 3. Victory (Live)-Kim Burrell 4. Jesus Children of America-Bebe Winans, Stevie Wonder, & Marvin L. Winans 5. Born Again-LeJuene Thompson 6. King of Kings (He's a Wonder)-CeCe Winan 7. You-Bad Boy Family, Faith Evans, 112, Carl Thomas, Mario Winans, Thelma Guyton, Asia & Ashley, Tammy Ruggeri, & Hezekiah Walker 8. Gotta Worship-Virtue 9. If We Pray-Anointed 10. I Believe-Marvin Sapp 11. Home-Deitrick Haddon 12. Run To The Water-Beverly Crawford 13. Deeper-Darwin Hobbs 14. When I Think About You-Lamar Campbell & Spirit of Praise 15. It's All About You-Smokie Norful (new artist) 16. Dear Lord-Remixx (new artist) Disc 2: 1. When My Season Comes-Bishop TD Jakes & The Potter's House Mass Choir 2. I Believe-The New Life Community Choir & John P. Kee 3. That's That I Believe-Donnie McClurkin 4. You Are The Living Word-Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ 5. Calvary-Richard Smallwood & Vision 6. The Battle Is The Lord's-Yolanda Adams 7. And Yet I'm Still Saved-Donald Lawrence & the Tri-City Singers 8. Jesus Can Work it Out-Kurt Carr & the Kurt Carr Singers 9. If We Faint Not-Ricky Dilliard & New G 10. II Chronicles-Daryl Coley & Beloved 11. Calvary-Excelsior (new artist) 12. I Want to be Ready-Dottie Peoples 13. Stand Up-The Christianaires 14. You Didn't Have To-Lee Williams & the Spiritual QC's 15. These Thorns-Angela Spivey & the Voices of Victory 16. Be Right-Keith 'Wonderboy' Johnson &

The fifth in the WOW Gospel series, WOW Gospel 2002 captures the sounds and soul of the genre's most popular artists in one handy two-disc compilation. In doing so, it also documents how blurred the lines are becoming between classic gospel, R&B, hip-hop, and urban soul. Traditionalists will certainly appreciate Hezekiah Walker's "The Battle" and Bishop T.D. Jakes's "When My Season Comes." But the pop appeal of Virtue's "Gotta Worship," Darwin Hobbs's "Deeper," and Kirk Franklin's multicultural mover "Unconditional" carry the potential of drawing a whole new generation into the fold. Other highlights include the driven "And Yet I'm Still Saved" by Donald Lawrence, the hot horns of Lamar Campbell on "When I Think About You," and the masterful Fred Hammond on "You Are the Living Word." --Michael Lyttle