Recorded November–December 2010 A Gerald Walker Christmas EP(2010) On Your Side(2011) Release date 20 December 2010 | Length 12.3 min (original) | |
Label One Step at a Time Music Recordings Producer Gerald Walker, Chris Cobb, Kuddie Fresh, Lillian Duermier, Ebony Haynes, Barron Bollar, Chris Neuman, Benjamin Mandel Genres Christmas music, Alternative hip hop | ||
A Gerald Walker Christmas is the first Christmas album by American rapper Gerald Walker, released by One Step at a Time Music on December 20th, 2010 in the United States.
Contents
Background
The album is inspired by Charles M. Schulz's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and contains two traditional Christmas songs and three original songs. Most of them are re-arranged with up-tempo beats in hip-hop-style. The title track, A Gerald Walker Christmas, uses samples from Shutlz's aforementioned work. The album was recorded in Fall 2010 in the United States, but Walker also stated during an interview with, Ynotmydream.net, that parts of the album were demoed in Chicago during the recording of I Remember When This All Meant Something.... In the same interview Gerald revealed: I've had the music for over a year now, but didn't know what I wanted to do with it. However, I knew that I wanted to knock it out and didn't want another year pass before doing so.
Singles
The song "Keep Me Going" was first released on December 17, 2010 for promotion of the released album.
Track listing
- "Prelude" (Vince Guaraldi., Gerald Walker) – 1:47
- "A Gerald Walker Christmas" (G. Walker, C. Cobb,) – 4:05
- "Keep Me Going" (G. Walker, C. Cobb) – 3:30
- "Christmas Isn't Just a Day, you know, It's a Frame of Mind" (G. Walker, K. Fresh,) – 2:01
- "Walker of The Bells (Bonus)" (G. Walker) – 0:52
Credits
Songs
1Prelude1:47
2A Gerald Walker Christmas4:05
3Keep Me Going3:30