Album Review: Kanye West’s ‘Jesus Is King’

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Kanye West's 'Jesus Is King' 'contains flashes of inspiration — divine and otherwise — but that's all'

.” The album is his first since he experienced a well-publicized Christian awakening, began holding gospel-themed “Sunday Services,” and promised to have forsaken secular music for good. The album is West’s second-shortest, his least percussive, and his first to feature absolutely no swearing. It’s also not very good. But the degree to which it’s still worth listening to depends entirely on your relationship to Kanye.

“Jesus Is King” arrives, of course, after months of sneak peaks at West’s Sunday Service celebrations, including a hillside performance just outside of the Coachella festival grounds last April. Like almost everything West has done over the last half-decade, it was hard to know what to make of it at first.

This refusal to really reckon with the life West lived before his great awakening leaves a hole at the center of “Jesus,’ because our interest in hearing him rap about the Bible is entirely contingent upon knowing what he rapped about before. There are plenty of Christian rappers out there, most of whom can rhyme about Scripture with considerably more nuance than Kanye, but none of them wrote “Hell of a Life.

On the whole, however, the album is a lyrical mess, alternately alienating and bland. “On God” may be the worst offender, with West moaning about his taxes and going to great lengths to justify the eye-watering prices of his merch and his Yeezy sneaker line, explaining that if he were to charge less, his family might starve, or he might be forced to appear on “Dancing With the Stars.

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Stop with the BULLSHITS

Pure crap, if you ask me.

'But if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?'

Correction, it’s also VERY good.

Abide

Why because it is not about shooting cops selling cocaine and beating women doesn't fit the Liberal music Corporation narrative

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It’s actually very good!

Correction: 808 and heart break also didn’t have swearing either

He sucks

Best album ... your wrong. fakereview

Only a dark soul would have a negative reaction to a truly inspiring positive vibe album.

Wow

Not very good?... Of course, that's expected. But as far as I am concerned JesusIsKing period!

This review is fake news. This is one of his best albums to date. JesusisKing

Jesus wept...or yawned

kanyewest

Lol! Yet, it is somehow breaking download records despite your review.

I’m glad to see change in his life. That’s what really matters!

It is excellent!!!

If you know nothing about the Christian faith then you wouldn’t understand it anyway. Maybe if you opened up your mind and read into some of it, you could hear this album for what it is really worth! It’s anointed that’s for sure.

It’s awesome! You’ll just do anything for the clicks

Lies!!! It’s really good. Now go suck on a straw you sour pop

You have got to be kidding, right? Because you are so wrong! Best album ever! JesusIsKing

It’s not for the world or for you. It’s for God’s glory. JesusIsKing

Period

jantaste

Internet culture has ruined art for us. We all expressing a trending opinion cause you’ll get clicks. Surely numbers can’t be that important. This album could change the world, lead youths to God, shift Christian culture. But we wanna talk about what’s not good about it ?!

Yall buggin

You work for the devil so not surprised lol

not very good? BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR. PERIOD

It's actually excellent. You're welcome.

Black Twitter: JIK is 🔥🔥🔥 Me:

You don't get to tell us... What is good or not! ..We decide! I decide! And ...you know WHAT we decided👉 it's good!! Very very good!! JESUS IS KING.

Listening to it for a 3rd time. Gets better with each listen.

It's actually his best album for that reason. Brilliant.

Horrible title

I love the album ❤😊

you guys arent credible. its not like his other music, he said it from the start

🤣. Someone thought it was gonna be good? 🤣

It’s not good? Oh because there is no swearing 🤬... JesusisKing TrustGod Godis I don’t care what anyone says about you or me but anyone singing about Jesus is okay with me!! ThisisthedaytheLordhasmade Rejoice JesusSaves JesusIsKing

808’s doesn’t have any swearing if I remember right

LOL, it’s not good... meanwhile me and millions of others are JAMMIN it! Jokes on y’all’ 😆🤷🏾‍♂️🙏🏾

I bet he's swearing now.

Because the ones who run Hollywood need to sell sex and debauchery as that is their only currency

It is good actually lol

Sorry what

Exactly 🙅

Kanye I won’t be impressed until I see “flashes” of mental stability

F YE Jesus R'amen FSM SundayService KanyeWestSundayService JesusIsKing

Ignore the kartrashians Stop making stupid people rich.

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