With each person in Spiritual Items having a thorough studio background, it had been only a matter of your time before vocalists Terry Bolen, Sharon Muslar, Al ‘Lafons George and Fatima Lowe met up in 1998 to create their own make of urban gospel. Affected by R&B works such as for example Yolanda Adams, Karen Clark Sheard, Whitney Houston, Teena Marie and Daryl Cole, Tommy Boy Information noticed the light and released their debut AWAKEN in 1999. Spirit Food adopted a year later on.