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For the accompanying concert film of the same name, see Jesus Is King (film).
Jesus Is King
A blue LP vinyl with yellow lettering of the "Jesus Is King" album.
Studio album by Kanye West
Released October 25, 2019
Recorded August 2018 – October 2019
Genre
Length 27:04
Label
Producer
Kanye West chronology
Kids See Ghosts
(2018)		 Jesus Is King
(2019)		 Jesus Is Born
(2019)
Singles from Jesus Is King

Jesus Is King is the ninth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released on October 25, 2019, through GOOD Music and distributed by Def Jam Recordings. The album follows a Christian theme, with West describing it as "an expression of the gospel." West had formed his choir group "Sunday Service" in January 2019, performing gospel songs and covers of songs from his discography. Sunday Service performed the songs "Water" and "Everything We Need" live prior to release.

Jesus Is King features guest appearances from Clipse, Ty Dolla Sign, Kenny G, Fred Hammond, Ant Clemons, and the Sunday Service Choir. Production is included from West, Benny Blanco, E*vax, Finatik N Zac, Francis Starlite, Labrinth, Mike Dean, Pi'erre Bourne, Ronny J, Timbaland, and Warryn Campbell, among others. West quit taking medication for his bipolar disorder and began recording in August 2018, originally announcing the album as Yandhi. The album missed two initial release dates in September and November 2018 under its original title, before being delayed indefinitely.

In August 2019, West's wife Kim Kardashian reannounced Yandhi as Jesus Is King, but it missed two planned release dates for late September 2019 under the new title. The final release was simultaneous with that of a concert film of the same name. "Follow God" was released as the lead single in November 2019, with a lyric video and music video both being produced for the song. Upon release, the album received mixed reviews from music critics. Some noted the consistency throughout and praised it in comparison to West's previous solo album Ye, while other critics expressed negative feelings towards the lyrical content.

Jesus Is King stood as West's record-equaling ninth consecutive album to debut atop the US Billboard 200. With the release, West became the first artist to occupy all top ten spots on the US Christian Songs and Gospel Songs charts, respectively. West broke another record by being the first artist to simultaneously top five separate US charts: the Billboard 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums, Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums. The album was a chart topper in eight other countries, including Australia and Canada, while attaining top five positions in the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Background and recording

August – November 2018: Yandhi, Chicago and Uganda

Throughout May and June 2018, five seven-track albums produced by West at his ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming were successively released as the Wyoming Sessions. Pusha T's third studio album Daytona was released first, followed by West's eighth studio album Ye, West's collaborative studio album Kids See Ghosts, with Kid Cudi as Kids See Ghosts, Nas' twelfth studio album Nasir, and Teyana Taylor's second studio album K.T.S.E.; all of the albums were released in 2018. On Ye, West acknowledged his bipolar disorder diagnosis. He stopped taking his medication for the disorder in June 2018 during the rollout of the Wyoming Sessions albums.[3][4]

In July 2018, Chicago artist Chance the Rapper announced that West was coming to Chicago to produce for his seven-track debut studio album.[5][lower-alpha 1] West was seen in the city at the end of August 2018, and confirmed to Fox News that the two of them were recording music together.[7][8] West later stated that his recording sessions with Chance the Rapper had helped him reconnect with his roots and faith in Jesus.[9] That same month, West released the non-album single "XTCY", which was cut from Ye, while he released "I Love It" in September 2018, a collaborative single with American rapper Lil Pump.[10][11][12][lower-alpha 2] In September 2018, West reactivated his Instagram account after a half-year absence,[14] with indications that he was working with producer Ronny J, and Chance the Rapper, alongside the latter's brother Taylor Bennett, and G Herbo. Through his Instagram, West confirmed that he was collaborating with American rapper 6ix9ine and began posting snippets of new music.[15][16][17] Ant Clemons, who had previously worked with West on Ye and K.T.S.E., was invited to Chicago where he recorded his vocals for "Everything We Need" and an earlier version of the track "Selah".[18] West also announced that he was permanently moving back to Chicago, which his wife Kim Kardashian was not aware of until she heard about West's announcement through social media,[19] and that he was actively working on a collaborative album with Chance the Rapper titled Good Ass Job.[20] West didn't move back to Chicago and Good Ass Job never materialized.[21][22]

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The cover art for Yandhi revealed in September 2018. The minimalist recordable MiniDisc with a purple shutter was compared to the cover art of West's sixth studio album Yeezus (2013), with speculation that Yandhi would've been a follow-up album.[23][24]

On September 17, 2018, West announced his ninth studio album Yandhi, just three months after the release of his previous solo album Ye, revealing the cover art and initial release date of September 29, 2018.[25] On September 27, 2018, West visited The Fader headquarters to preview new music from Yandhi and invited people to change up the lyrics. Songs previewed included vocals from Ty Dolla Sign, 6ix9ine, and posthumous vocals from XXXTentacion; West was awaiting Rihanna to send in vocals for a track.[26] A working track list for the initial version of Yandhi included "I Love It" with Lil Pump, "We Got Love" with Taylor and Lauryn Hill (originally intended for K.T.S.E.),[27][lower-alpha 3] and "New Body", which Nicki Minaj recorded her verse for in under an hour after Kardashian coordinated to get her featured on the song.[29][19] Other tracks included "The Storm", "Bye Bye Baby", "Hurricane", "Alien / SpaceX", "Last Name", "City in the Sky / Garden", and "Chakras".[19]

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West recorded at the Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda in October 2018

West was the musical guest for the season 44 premiere of Saturday Night Live, slated to coincide with the release of Yandhi on September 29, 2018.[30] Universal Music Publishing Group accidentally leaked that this initial version of the album was to be eight tracks long, with Ant Clemons contributing to seven tracks.[31] After the album went unreleased, Kardashian later announced a rescheduled date of November 23, 2018.[32] That same day, West visited the TMZ offices for an interview, admitting that the album wasn't actually finished yet and that he would be going to Africa in two weeks to continue recording for Yandhi. West talked about recording in Chicago and how he "felt the roots" but wanted to go to further his energy by touching African soil and recording in nature. West said the previous five albums he released in 2018 as the Wyoming Sessions were "superhero rehabilitation" and declared that Yandhi was a "full Ye album", comparing it to his critically acclaimed albums Watch the Throne (2011), 808s & Heartbreak (2008) and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). West stated that "the alien Ye is like, fully back in mode, off of medication."[33]

On October 12, 2018, West arrived in Uganda and restarted work on the album in a dome-shaped studio set up in the Chobe Safari Lodge at the Murchison Falls National Park.[34] West played new music, including a studio recording of the "We Got Love" remix, for a group of about 100 Ugandan school children during a charity event.[35] In an October 21, 2018 interview, Quavo stated that his trio Migos had recorded for the album.[36] In November 2018, following a Kids See Ghosts performance with Kid Cudi at Tyler, the Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, West tweeted that he felt Yandhi was not finished, and that he would "announce the release date once it's done", delaying the album indefinitely.[37]

December 2018 – April 2019: Sunday Service

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See also: Sunday Service Choir

In December 2018, West reiterated on Twitter that he was still not taking medications for his bipolar disorder in order to record critically acclaimed music.[38] Amanda Mull, writing for The Atlantic, described West's erratic tweets as promoting a dangerous myth that suffering is required for great art and creativity.[38] That same month, American producer Timbaland and Argentinian jazz pianist Federico Vindver, the most-credited producer on the album other than West with work on ten tracks, were recording in Miami when West joined their studio session to make "more healing music" for Yandhi.[39] In January 2019, West began splitting time between Los Angeles and his newly purchased house in Miami, being seen in the latter city recording with artists such as Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Migos, Tee Grizzley, and YNW Melly.[40]

On the first Sunday of 2019, West began the first Sunday Service Choir rehearsal, where he performed gospel arrangements of songs from his discography and other songs with choir group The Samples,[41] and frequent collaborators such as Tony Williams and Ant Clemons. Guest performers have included Francis and the Lights, Kid Cudi, and 070 Shake.[42] During the second Sunday Service in January 2019, West and a choir performed two unreleased songs titled "The Storm" (later renamed "Everything We Need") and "Garden", sung by Ant Clemons.[43] On February 14, 2019, West met saxophonist Kenny G for the first time after hiring him for a Valentine's Day performance. The day after, West began previewing new songs to him in the studio and Kenny G suggested that his saxophone "would sound really good" on "Use This Gospel". West pulled out a microphone and Kenny G recorded his part, keeping the track for later reverb and EQ tweaks.[44]

External video
video icon "This the only time we allow dope on Sundays" – Viral Twitter video showing West lead the outdoor Sunday Service rehearsal

On February 25, 2019, Sunday Service was rehearsed outdoors for the first time. A video of West playing a keyboard and leading a group of musicians and singers in recording a cover of Fred Hammond's "This Is The Day" was tweeted by rapper Cyhi the Prynce and went viral.[45] "Sunday Service" has been held every Sunday since January 6, 2019. The track "Water" was recorded in April 2019,[18] and was debuted live less than a week later with Ant Clemons and Ty Dolla Sign at the first public Sunday Service performance at Coachella for Easter on April 21, 2019.[46][47] In April 2019, West has claimed that he was "radically saved" around the time of the Coachella performance and later enlisted Adam Tyson as a personal pastor for weekly Bible studies.[48]

May – October 2019: Wyoming and Jesus Is King

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In September 2019, West returned to Wyoming to finish Jesus Is King, the same state where he recorded his previous solo album Ye (2018).

In May 2019, West invited American rappers Pusha T and No Malice to Wyoming,[49] the same state where West recorded his previous two albums Ye and Kids See Ghosts.[50] Pusha T and No Malice reunited as their duo Clipse. A feature from Clipse was requested by West, though Pusha T had been unsure about whether or not No Malice would say yes. Their feature on "Use This Gospel" marked the first time in five years since No Malice stated that the duo would never perform together again. West no longer wanted to rap on the album until he was persuaded by No Malice.[49] West also spoke to Tyson about quitting rapping because he viewed it as "the devil's music", to which Tyson suggested that West rap for God.[51] Tyson was invited to weigh in on how to include Christian elements within the album.[48]

In the summer, Vindver was invited to Wyoming and Calabasas, California to work on the project again, where he produced the track "Hands On". Vindver noted that West's "faith went past a point of no return."[39] In July 2019, the planned release of the standalone promotional single "Brothers" was abruptly cancelled due to a shift in focus on Yandhi.[52] That same month, Nicki Minaj stated during an episode of Queen Radio that West had recently told her that he was a born-again Christian.[53] West quit his self-diagnosed pornography addiction and asked collaborators on the album not to engage in premarital sex.[54]

On August 29, 2019, Kardashian announced Jesus Is King by posting a handwritten tracklist of the project on her Twitter. The note also listed a September 27, 2019 release date.[55] In early September 2019, West was reportedly finishing up the album with Pusha T at his newly purchased ranch in Cody, Wyoming.[56] On September 25, 2019, multiple sources indicated that Def Jam executives had met with West in Wyoming and that the album would miss its scheduled released date.[57][58] Following a listening party in Detroit, Kardashian announced that the album would miss its September 27 release date and would instead be released two days later on September 29, 2019, as mixing had to be finalized.[59] Within the two days, West had re-recorded the track "Selah" and was still awaiting a new Nicki Minaj verse for "New Body".[lower-alpha 4] The September 29 release date was also missed.[62] According to TMZ, the album had already been completed, but West was continually revising it since he was unsatisfied with the end product.[63] In October 2019, West continued working on the album in Wyoming and invited Swizz Beatz to help finish it.[64]

On October 21, West tweeted out a new release date, October 25, 2019.[65] However, Jesus Is King went on to miss its midnight premiere, with West explaining the delay hours after by tweeting: "To my fans, Thank you for being loyal & patient. We are specifically fixing mixes on 'Everything We Need' 'Follow God' & 'Water'."[66] West entrusted frequent collaborator Consequence to overlook final mixing and the album was delivered to streaming services at 4:30 AM.[67] Jesus Is King was ultimately released on its planned release date.[68]

Music and production

Jesus Is King is a Christian hip hop record, and features a significant gospel influence.[71][72] Complex journalist Eric Skelton considered that it was not a sonic departure from West's previous work, noting its "healthy doses of bass, pretty chords, hip hop sensibilities, and pop melodies", and claimed that it borrows elements from his past albums such as My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Ye, and The Life of Pablo (2016),[73] while Samuel J. Robinson of Rolling Stone highlighted its use of trap drums, ambient flourishes and samples.[72] However, Charles Holmes, also from Rolling Stone, described it as a "far more muted, stripped-down affair than most West albums", with him noting the exception of the track "On God", produced by Pi'erre Bourne, due to its "galactic, fiery, and intense" beat.[71]

Holmes also considered that, despite its gospel influences, "Jesus Is King is a gospel album in the same way a square is a rectangle", only fitting "the most basic criteria", and wrote that its production consists largely of recognizable gospel components such as "pared-back guitars, mournful organs and pianos, and choral arrangements deployed like soul samples."[71] Andrew Legg, Tasmanian musician and director of the ARIA award-nominated Southern Gospel Choir described Jesus is King as "a remarkable gospel album", calling it "[g]enuinely contemporary" and predicted it would "inevitably challenge the traditional concept of African American gospel while influencing it shape for years to come".[74] Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick viewed the album as where "West has confounded expectations once again with a set of dramatic, evangelical hip hop testimonials."[75] Torsten Ingvaldsen from Hypebeast noted the influence taken from West's previous albums, describing Jesus Is King as what "can be seen as Kanye's way of reenvisioning his past, updating it within his own hip-hop missionary lens in an attempt to bring something new to these seemingly anachronistic principles."[76]

Themes and lyrics

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West references the Thirteenth Amendment on "On God" and "Hands On". In October 2018, West met with US president Donald Trump and discussed altering the amendment.

Jesus Is King focuses on the Christian concept of salvation with the entire album being clean of explicit lyrics, including verses from guest features. West spoke at the listening party in New York on September 29, 2019, stating "This album has been made to be an expression of the gospel and to share the gospel and the truth of what Jesus has done to me. When I think of the goodness of Jesus and all that he does for me, my soul cries out."[62] Adam Tyson, who became West's personal pastor after April 2019, was present in the recording studio of the album and helped tweak certain lyrics "to articulate the gospel more clearly."[48] The album also focused on sanctification—obeying Jesus, avoiding sin, and growing in one's faith.[77] Indeed, West "asked people working on the album to fast or to avoid premarital sex."[78] In the song "Hands On", West asks fellow Christians to pray for him so "that he may learn and grow in sanctification."[77] Tyson had discussed both justification and sanctification with West in their conversation.[79]

West emphasized that the purpose of Jesus Is King was to preach the gospel and evangelize, leading to nonbelievers' conversion to Christianity.[77] This was made clear in the song "God Is", where West sings "Everybody, I will tell 'til the whole world is healed."[77] Within the album's opening track "Every Hour", the Sunday Service Choir implores people to "sing until the power of the Lord comes down."[80] "Selah", the first full track on Jesus Is King, sees West assert his faith.[81][82] It includes West comparing himself to Noah before the flood.[81] "Selah" also includes a reference to West releasing Jesus Is King instead of Yandhi as West vowed to only produce Christian hip hop after his new birth experience.[62][81][83] West references his connection to Christianity and his father Ray West on "Follow God".[84] In "Closed on Sunday", West emphasizes the traditional Christian doctrine of Sunday Sabbatarianism, referencing the fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, which West praises for being closed on the Lord's Day in order to allow people to attend church and rest.[85][86][80][81][87] West links the observance of the Christian Sabbath with the "end of imprisonment, slavery, and debt peonage."[86]

"On God" features West "delivering I've-seen-the-mountaintop style preaching," with West being "prodding and unconvincing in a soundscape where he was a compelling idol." Throughout the song, West makes it clear that he must be richer than the clergy.[87] West references the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery on "On God" and "Hands On".[88] This followed on from West having previously called for the repeal of the amendment in September and October 2018, which he did because of the penal labor exemption that suggests that the enslavement of convicts is legal.[89][90] The imagery used in "Water" is a reference to the Christian sacrament of baptism.[91] In Jesus is King, West teaches the doctrine of the Social Kingship of Christ through his advocation of "defying worldly authorities" and "seek[ing] liberty from lower powers by submitting to a higher one."[86]

Release and promotion

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See also: Jesus Is King (film)
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West previewed the album at The Forum in Los Angeles in October 2019.

Originally titled Yandhi, the album was set for release on September 29, 2018, but was postponed to November 23, 2018. West later postponed the album again in November 2018 with no new release date set.[37] In January 2019, a representative for West denied a report claiming West was refusing to submit the album to gain leverage in a legal dispute with his record labels GOOD Music and Def Jam.[92] On August 29, 2019, Kardashian announced Jesus Is King with the release date of September 27 alongside a notebook featuring the track list via Instagram. A representative for West reported to E! News that Jesus Is King would be his "latest album."[93] During a Sunday Service performance on September 16, 2019, West confirmed the release date that Kardashian tweeted out.[94]

On September 27, 2019, following a Sunday Service performance in Detroit, West previewed the album and the upcoming film also entitled Jesus Is King at the Fox Theatre. Kardashian then announced the album had been pushed back two days to be released on September 29, 2019, stating that mixing had to be finalized and that there'd be two more listening sessions in Chicago and New York.[59][95] The album also missed that date with no explanation provided by either West or Kardashian.[62] On October 12, 2019, West announced a tentative release date of October 25, 2019 at a Washington, D.C. listening party.[96] West ultimately confirmed via Twitter on October 21 that this was the official release date and pre-ordering for the album began the following day.[97][98][99] Jesus Is King and its accompanying film were previewed again at The Forum in Los Angeles on October 23, 2019, for 17,000 attendees, two days before the release of them.[100]

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Rendering of the Roden Crater, the shooting location of the Jesus Is King film.

On October 25, 2019, Jesus Is King was released for digital download and streaming by GOOD Music, distributed by Def Jam Recordings.[101] The album's release was simultaneous with that of an experimental concert short film of the same name, directed by Nick Knight. The film was shot over the summer of 2019 at the Roden Crater in Painted Desert, Arizona, and features the Sunday Service group. It was released in IMAX theaters, with tracks from the album being included as part of the soundtrack.[68] Prior to the album's release, West had performed the songs "Everything We Need" and "Water" live with the Sunday Service group in January and April 2019, respectively.[43][47] When premiering "Water", West announced the song as a new track.[47] It was ultimately released as the seventh track on Jesus Is King.[69] Various churches across the state of Texas have revealed that they won't play the album, and it has also been predicted by numerous people involved with Christianity to not be played on Christian radio stations across the state.[102]

The cover art for Jesus Is King is a blue vinyl, with the album's title and West's name being written at the top and the bottom, respectively. The art contains text on the left reading "New Songs AR 1331 A," while 33RPMLP is written on the right. After confusion of what "AR 1331 A" meant, Third Man Records co-founder Ben Blackwell explained that the text is the Archer Records (AR) pressing plant code assigned to the 1970 A-Side gospel single by Rubye Shelton that consists of "I Want The World To Know Jesus" and "God's Going To Destroy This Nation".[103]

A lyric video for "Follow God" premiered on October 26, 2019.[104] On November 5, the song was selected by West for release as Jesus Is King's lead single to US rhythmic contemporary radio stations, with it being serviced to radio by his record labels on November 12, 2019.[105] The song was serviced to mainstream radio stations across the United Kingdom on November 8, 2019, through West's record labels as the lead single in the UK.[106] That same day, an accompanying music video was released. Within the video, West and his father walk together in snow, while the two of them also drive ATV's in the visual.[107] The song reached number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming West's 18th top ten entry on the chart.[108] Similarly, it peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart, standing as West's 23rd top ten single on the chart.[109] On December 9, 2019, "Follow God" was certified gold in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 500,000 units.[110] An accompanying music video for "Closed on Sunday" was released on November 28, 2019, coinciding with the day of Thanksgiving in the US for that year. The video features West huddling together and trekking with Kardashian, and the two of them are joined by their children North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.[111] At the time of Jesus Is King being released, West simultaneously launched "a clothing line depicting Christ blessing the people."[112] After its launch, the Jesus Is King clothing line had sold out.[112] The apparel in the Jesus is King clothing line features the album name and "includes a T-shirt, long-sleeved shirt, crewneck and hooded sweatshirts, sweatpants and baseball caps."[113]

On October 27, 2019, West and his choir performed the first Sunday Service since the album's release at The Forum, with songs from it being performed.[114] Songs from The Life of Pablo were performed as well, which Kardashian referenced on Twitter, while she also tweeted out in excitement over the event.[114] West performed songs from Jesus Is King with his choir in front of inmates at two jails in Houston, Texas, on November 15.[115] On November 16, 2019, it was announced that West would be performing at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church the next day to promote the album.[116] Simultaneously, tickets were made available for free through Ticketmaster, and were gone within seven minutes.[116] Scalpers immediately began selling them on Twitter and Craig's List at up to $250 each.[116] The event was called the "Sunday Service Experience", with the Sunday Service including West and his choir performing, though it was open to fans of all faiths despite being centered around Christianity.[117] Tracks from Jesus Is King were performed alongside material that West released earlier in his career, including "Jesus Walks" (2004).[116] As well as this, gospel remixes were performed of R&B ballads, notably SMV's "Weak" (1993) and Destiny Child's "Say My Name" (1999).[116]

Promotion for Yandhi and leaks

West performed the single "I Love It" with Lil Pump and "We Got Love", a duet with Taylor featuring a pre-recorded voice memo by Lauryn Hill, on the season 44 premiere of Saturday Night Live that coincided with the original September 29, 2018 release date. West closed the show by performing "Ghost Town" from Ye with Kid Cudi and 070 Shake and giving a speech in support of US president Donald Trump.[118] After the SNL performance, full-size costumes from the "I Love It" music video were put up for sale online.[119] West recorded a music video for "We Got Love" with Taylor on October 1, 2018, in the TMZ parking lot,[33] though the music video was never released. West then revealed to TMZ that he had a song about body shaming featuring Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign on Yandhi.[120] The recording of Minaj's verse on the song, entitled "New Body", was prominently showcased in an April 2019 episode of American television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.[19] Following the airing of the episode, Kardashian discussed the writing of the song on Twitter.[29] "I Love It", "We Got Love", and "New Body" were all initially intended for Yandhi.[19] "We Got Love" was later released as a single by Taylor on December 6, 2019.[28]

In July 2019, tracks dated from a late-December 2018 session of Yandhi began leaking online, including "New Body" featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla Sign, "The Storm" featuring XXXTentacion, Ty Dolla Sign, and Ant Clemons, a solo track entitled "Bye Bye Baby", and demos of "Alien / SpaceX" and "Law of Attraction", both featuring Ant Clemons.[60][121] The leaks were precipitated by "group buys", online money-pooling efforts organized by fans in order to purchase the tracks from a well-known leaker. Producers who worked on "Law of Attraction" denounced the leak of their track as an "invasion of privacy",[122][123] while GOOD Music president Pusha T wrote on Twitter that "it ruins all that we have in store for [you] guys."[124] Paul Thompson, writing for The Fader, noted that the leaks didn't receive mainstream attention and were a "minor story" compared to West songs that had leaked previously. Thompson cited factors such as the lukewarm reception of Ye and that songs don't typically enter "popular canon" nowadays unless they're released on streaming services.[125]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 53/100[127]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[69]
Chicago Tribune 2/4 stars[128]
The Daily Telegraph 4/5 stars[75]
Entertainment Weekly C+[87]
Exclaim! 6/10[129]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[82]
The Independent 2/5 stars[81]
NME 4/5 stars[80]
Pitchfork 7.2/10[130]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars[131]

Jesus Is King was met with mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 53, based on 25 reviews.[127] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave Jesus Is King 4.9 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[126]

Jordan Bassett from NME wrote of the album: "Where last year's truncated, seven-track 'ye' largely felt sterile and unfinished, a collection of messy, half-realised conceits, here is an album with absolute clarity and confidence."[80] Bassett continued, calling it "concise by West's standards" but not one of his "masterworks" like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and The Life of Pablo, though asserted that "there's density and focus throughout."[80] McCormick expressed similar feelings, writing: "Packed with gospel choirs, church organs and soulful ululations condensed into a typically bravura tableaux of obscure samples, warped synths and spooky slabs of vocoder harmonies, Jesus Is King sounds as scintillating as anything in West's considerable canon."[75]

Rawiya Kameir from Pitchfork called the album "a markedly more cohesive and enjoyable album than I believed him capable of creating at this juncture" but criticized it for being "largely focused on the ways in which religion has served Kanye himself."[130] Daniel Bromfield at Spectrum Culture viewed Jesus Is King as being "a confounding, often disappointing, and always interesting work," praising the production and criticizing "the subpar quality of the rapping" and its "lack of personality."[132] Sam C. Mac of Slant Magazine also praised the production, but criticized West's lack of capability to "translate his spiritual awakening to his music as confidently as he has nearly every other experience in his life on previous albums."[133] Writing for The New York Times, Jon Caramanica said in reference to the album: "A more engaged and vivid album than 'Ye' from last year, though nowhere as robust as 'The Life of Pablo' from 2016, it is bare-bones and curiously effective, emotionally forceful and structurally scant."[134]

In a mixed review, Brendan Klinkenberg of Rolling Stone looked at the album as where West is "no longer poking at contradictions, but reveling in a newfound zeal," though concluded by writing that "it will likely be placed alongside last year's ye as a distinctly lightweight entry" in West's discography despite being "filled with moments of undeniable brilliance."[131] Ross Horton was somewhat negative in The Line of Best Fit, expressing the viewpoint that Jesus Is King "isn't even as hilariously shit or infuriatingly offensive as Ye," and concluding by stating that "it's one great tune and a bunch of other ideas, and it isn't entertaining in the slightest."[135] For The Guardian, Dean Van Nguyen called the album "too slight a record, too lacking in substance, to offer any sense of purification or real insights into West's mind" and branded it as "perfunctory religious discussion that tell us little of God's place in the life of this one believer and almost nothing of God's place in the modern world."[82] In another negative review, Wren Graves from Consequence of Sound gave the album a "F" rating, viewing it as "27 minutes of cliches, half-finished thoughts, and vaguely religious gesturing," while claiming that the album "feels surprisingly long" and writing: "Ideas develop and fizzle, but nothing sticks."[84]

Commercial performance

On the US Billboard 200, Jesus Is King opened at number one with 264,000 album-equivalent units, of which 109,000 were pure album sales, ranking as the second-largest sales week of 2019 for an R&B/hip-hop album.[136] This gave West his ninth consecutive album to debut atop the chart, tying him with a record held by fellow rapper Eminem.[136] The chart-topping position stood as the sixth time that West did so with an album in the 2010s, tying him for second place with fellow rapper Future and Canadian singer Justin Bieber for most number one albums of the decade.[136] The album simultaneously entered atop the US Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums charts.[137] By doing so, Jesus Is King gave West his first appearance on the respective charts and the sales stood as the biggest unit week on both charts.[137] On the US charts, the album became the first to ever top the Billboard 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Rap Albums, Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums at the same time.[138] In its second week on the Billboard 200, Jesus Is King didn't remain atop the chart, falling to number two.[139] The album moved 72,000 album-equivalent units that week, experiencing a 73% decline in sales.[139] Jesus Is King further descended four places to number six on the chart the following week, pushing 38,000 units and declining in sales by 47%.[140] In its fourth week on the Billboard 200, the album fell down four places to number ten with 30,000 album-equivalent units, declining by 20% in sales.[141]

Jesus Is King topped the Canadian Albums Chart with 16,000 total consumption units and 17.9 million on-demand streams.[142] This stood as West's seventh number one album in Canada and his second consecutive chart topper.[142] The following week, the album dropped to number two on the chart.[143] Jesus Is King debuted atop the ARIA Albums Chart, giving West his third number one album in Australia and following on from Ye as his second consecutive solo chart topper, while standing as the first time that an album with the word "King" in its title reached the summit.[144] This led to West ranking at number 157 on the list of "Accumulated Weeks at No.1: 1965 to 2019" and stood as the 498th time that an album debuted atop the chart, though was the 20th in 2019.[144] The reign of the album at the top position continued into its second week on the ARIA Albums Chart, with Jesus Is King becoming West's first album to remain at number one for over a week in Australia.[145] The following week, the album descended five places to number six on the chart.[146] Jesus Is King gave West his second chart-topping solo album in Norway by debuting at number one on the Norwegian Albums Chart.[147] A chart-topping debut was also attained by the album on the Danish Albums chart, standing as West's second chart topper in Denmark.[148] Jesus Is King debuted atop the Estonia Tipp-40, ending the seven-week reign of rapper Post Malone's third studio album Hollywood's Bleeding.[149] The album also reached number one in Iceland, Latvia and New Zealand.[150][151][144]

Jesus Is King debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, being blocked from the top spot by Welsh rock band Stereophonics' eleventh studio album Kind.[152] However, this gave West his sixth top ten album on the chart.[152] The album also entered at number two on the Irish Albums Chart, with it being prevented from becoming a chart topper by Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy's debut studio album Without Fear.[153] Despite this, Jesus Is King stood as the highest new entry of the week on the chart and West's sixth top ten album in Ireland.[153] On the Sverigetopplistan albums chart, the album reached number two, tying with The Life of Pablo for West's highest charting album in Sweden, while reaching the same position on the Lithuanian Albums chart.[154][155] In the Netherlands, Jesus Is King peaked at number three on the Dutch Album Top 100.[156] Similarly, the album charted at number four and five on the Finnish Albums and Czech Albums charts respectively.[157][158]

All eleven tracks from Jesus Is King charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Follow God" debuting the highest at number seven.[108] This made West the artist with the fifth-most songs in the history of the chart, with his total number of Hot 100 entries amounting to 107, while also leading to him ranking at number one on the US Billboard Artist 100.[108][138] With the album, West simultaneously became the first artist to monopolize all top ten spots on the US Christian Songs and Gospel Songs charts.[159] Upon the release of Jesus Is King, three of the tracks entered the UK Singles Chart; this is the largest number allowed by the Official Charts Company per artist at any one time, with "Follow God" charting the highest at number six.[160] The album was the sixth highest selling digital album of 2019 in the US.[161]

Sequels

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Main article: Jesus Is Born

In a pre-recorded promotional interview with Zane Lowe released a day before Jesus Is King, West announced that a Sunday Service album entitled Jesus Is Born would be released on December 25, 2019, to coincide with Christmas.[162] During a special Christmas Eve edition of Sunday Service, choir director Jason White addressed the audience and reconfirmed the album's release date.[163] Jesus Is Born was released on streaming services for Christmas afternoon on December 25, 2019. Brendan Klinkenberg of Rolling Stone described the album as "[t]he companion to Jesus Is King".[164]

On November 18, 2019, West announced on Twitter that he was working with American rapper and record producer Dr. Dre on a project entitled Jesus Is King Part II.[165] During a December 2019 Sunday Service performance, West stated that he had always wished he could collaborate with Dr. Dre and added, "Who knew all I had to do was do an album for God and then Dr. Dre would start mixing my beats? Spend your time on God, and he’ll handle the rest."[166] That same month, Consequence confirmed that he was in Wyoming when asked about recording for Jesus Is King Part II.[67]

Track listing

Track listing and credits adapted from Tidal.[167]

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Every Hour" (featuring Sunday Service Choir)
  • West
  • Budgie
  • Vindver
 1:52
2. "Selah"  
2:45
3. "Follow God"  
  • West
  • BoogzDaBeast
  • Xcelence
 1:45
4. "Closed on Sunday"  
  • West
  • Lopez
  • Brian "AllDay" Miller
  • Vindver
  • Timbaland
 2:32
5. "On God"  
2:16
6. "Everything We Need" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Ant Clemons)
1:56
7. "Water" (featuring Ant Clemons)
  • West
  • BoogzDaBeast
  • Lopez[a]
  • Vindver[a]
  • Timbaland[a]
 2:48
8. "God Is"  
3:23
9. "Hands On" (featuring Fred Hammond)
  • West
  • Lopez
  • Vindver
  • Timbaland
 3:23
10. "Use This Gospel" (featuring Clipse and Kenny G)
  • West
  • Lopez
  • DrtWrk
  • Vindver
  • Timbaland
  • BoogzDaBeast[a]
  • Bourne[a]
 3:34
11. "Jesus Is Lord"  
  • West
  • Lopez
  • Miller
  • Vindver
  • Timbaland
 0:49
Total length:
 27:04

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Sample credits[168]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[167]

Musicians

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  • Sunday Service Choir – additional vocals (1, 2, 6, 7)
  • Ant Clemons – additional vocals (2, 7)
  • Bongo ByTheWay – additional vocals (2)
  • Bradford Lewis – guitar (6)
  • Labrinth – additional vocals (8)
  • Kenny G – saxophone (10)
  • Jesse McGinty – tuba (11), trombone (11), trumpet (11), saxophone (11), French horn (11), euphonium (11)
  • Mike Cordone – trumpet (11)

Engineers

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  • Josh Berg – recording (all tracks)
  • Josh Bales – recording (all tracks)
  • Shane Fitzgibbon – recording (1, 2, 6, 7)
  • Zack Djurich – recording (2, 6)
  • Jesse Ray Emster – recording (2, 6)
  • Steven Felix – recording (2)
  • Randy Urbanski – recording (2–11)
  • Jamie Peters – recording (2, 6–9)
  • Andrew Drucker – recording (2–7, 10–11)
  • Federico Vindver – mixing (1)
  • Mike Dean – mixing (2–4, 6–11), mastering (all tracks)
  • Jess Jackson – mixing (2–4, 6–11)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing (5, 11)
  • Chris Galland – mix engineering (5, 11)
  • Sage Skolfield – assistant mixing (4, 6)
  • Sean Solymar – assistant mixing (4, 6)
  • Robin Florent – assistant mixing (5, 11)
  • Scott Desmarais – assistant mixing (5, 11)
  • Jeremie Inhaber – assistant mixing (5, 11)

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various October 25, 2019
[101]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Chance the Rapper's debut studio album The Big Day was later released in July 2019 with no contributions from West.[6]
  2. ↑ "I Love It" was later included on Lil Pump's second studio album Harverd Dropout, released in February 2019.[13]
  3. ↑ Taylor later released "We Got Love" as a single in December 2019, with it including production from West.[28]
  4. ↑ "New Body" initially leaked online in July 2019.[60] It was revealed in October 2019 by Nicki Minaj that she was re-recording her verse to be religious, but that her and West were having disagreements.[61] The track was ultimately scrapped from the album.

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