JESUS IS KING
by Kanye West
- Type: Album
- Released: 25 October 2019
- Label: GOOD, Def Jam, Getting Out Our Dreams, Def Jam Recordings
- Country: United States
- Length: 26:59
- Community rating: 2.54/5 from 31 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Kanye West's 'JESUS IS KING' marks a stark thematic pivot to Christian gospel, trading secular themes for overt expressions of faith. The album's production, helmed by West and producers like Timbaland and Pi'erre Bourne, fuses minimalist hip-hop beats with the prominent choral arrangements of the Sunday Service Choir, creating a distinct gospel-rap hybrid. Evolving from the unreleased project 'Yandhi', the concise, 27-minute album received mixed critical reviews for its lyrical substance but achieved significant commercial success, tying the record for most consecutive number-one debuts on the Billboard 200 and winning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, choral, spirituality, melodic, classic
Tracklist
- Every Hour (01:52)
- Selah (02:44)
- Follow God (01:44)
- Closed On Sunday (02:31)
- On God (02:16)
- Everything We Need (01:56)
- Water (02:48)
- God Is (03:23)
- Hands On (03:23)
- Use This Gospel (03:33)
- Jesus Is Lord (00:49)
Credits
- Kanye West - primary artist, vocals, production, lyrics and composition, producer
- Clipse - guest appearance, vocals
- Ty Dolla Sign - guest appearance, vocals, lyrics and composition
- Kenny G - guest appearance, vocals, saxophone
- Fred Hammond - guest appearance, vocals, feature
- Ant Clemons - guest appearance, vocals, lyrics and composition
- Sunday Service Choir - guest appearance, featured artist, vocals
- Pusha T - collaboration, writing credit, vocals
- No Malice - collaboration, writing credit, vocals
- Federico Vindver - production, lyrics and composition, producer, co-production
- Ronny J - production, collaboration, co-production
- Pi'erre Bourne - production, producer, co-production
- Labrinth - co-production
- Timbaland - production, producer, co-production
- Budgie - producer, lyrics and composition
- benny blanco - producer, co-production
- BoogzDaBeast - producer, co-production
- E*vax - producer
- Francis Starlite - producer
- Xcelence - producer
- Angel Lopez - producer, co-production
- Brian 'AllDay' Miller - producer
- Michael Cerda - producer
- FNZ - producer
- Mike Dean - collaboration, lyrics and composition, producer, mixing, mastering
- Cydel Charles Young - lyrics and composition
- Bradford Lewis - lyrics and composition
- Isaac DeBoni - lyrics and composition
- Jahmal Gwin - lyrics and composition
- Michael Mule - lyrics and composition
- Ronald Spence Jr. - lyrics and composition
- Dexter Raymond Mills Jr. - written by
- Evan Mast - written by
- Gene Thornton - written by
- Jeffrey LaValley - written by
- Rennard East - written by
- Terrence Thornton - written by
- Aaron Butts - written by
- Bryant Bell - written by
- Calvin Eubanks - written by
- Curtis Eubanks - written by
- CyHI the Prynce - co-written by
- Jason White - conductor