Kanye West pledges his life to a higher power on JesusIsKing Read our full album review below
release has evolved into a sport. Scrolling through timelines while hitting refresh on streaming services and social media — waiting for a drop requires extreme online vigilance. For the past three albums, West’s creative rollout has been punctuated by perennial lateness and collective Internet groans.
All arrival antics aside, the album, as its title makes clear, presents Kanye West as a champion of Christianity. Following a series of Sunday Service congregations and quotable interviews, West has undergone a spiritual transformation that has bled into his music. Rewind to the year 2004 when Jesus walked so Kanye West could fly, as a producer-turned-solo star.
“Closed On Sunday,” a more contemporary Christian rap track, not only sprinkles in shout-outs to Chick-Fil-A, but details West’s new guidelines to living a more fulfilling life: “Raise our sons, train them in the faith/ Through temptations, make sure they're wide awake/ Follow Jesus, listen and obey/ No more livin' for the culture, we nobody's slave.
From posing in a red hat next to Donald Trump to his celebrity fallouts and contradictory beliefs, it seemed that wherever ‘Ye was over the past few years, controversy and criticism were bound to follow. Pivoting towards faith-based music isn’t new to modern-day rap — see
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