Kanye West hear our tweets.
As fans know, the Grammy-winning rapper released his ninth studio album on Friday afternoon after months of delays and re-imaginings.
Nearly a year after evolving beyond its Yandhi iteration, the record was announced by Kim Kardashian West to be released on September 27, then “definitely” on September 29.
Related: Kanye Banned North From Wearing Makeup — & She’s Pissed!
Well, nearly a month later, Kanye has risen with the gospel rap album Jesus Is King — and after all the hype, listeners naturally have thoughts.
Needless to say, fans flocked to social media to share their reactions to the hotly-anticipated spiritual project, which features the rapper’s Sunday Service Choir, Ty Dolla $ign, Clipse, and Kenny G, amongst others.
Ch-ch-check out the reactions to each track (below)!
Contents [hide]
Every Hour (Feat. Sunday Service Choir)
Fans were largely impressed with the album’s opening number, which featured the powerful vocal stylings of the father-of-four’s Sunday service choir.
me: man this album is gonna suck kanye so done bruh
*every hour starts*
me: pic.twitter.com/WfjVdDqUkt
— j4k3 (@lordsteele) October 25, 2019
My atheist ass 0:01 seconds into #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/f0KICgrd8a
— Chris (@c_snave314) October 25, 2019
Selah
The second pulse-pounding track took many listeners to a higher ground:
Listening to “Selah” for the first time #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/VDozU8pXNv
— Dãvíd☄️ (@DeMicheleDavid) October 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/cwhite_noise/status/1187841948184383491
Follow God
Fans were indifferent toward the third track, which critics say is “lyrically lazy” and “sounds like it could have come out over a decade ago.”
https://twitter.com/ItsQuynton/status/1187842765075304448
https://twitter.com/tinafromnyc/status/1187767773373648897
Closed On Sunday
This song is getting a lot of social media talk for it’s buzzy Chick-fil-A lyric, which goes:
“Closed on Sunday / You’re My Chick-fil-A / You’re number one with the lemonade”
Naturally, many enjoyed the reference.
Chick-fil-A owners when Kanye West name dropped them in #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/IWCYVknxVc
— Chad ➐ (@ChadBlue_) October 25, 2019
Kanye: “Closed on a Sunday, you’re my Chick-Fil-A”
Chick-Fil-A employees: #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/LchhIpi0ax
— santana grant (@santagclaus_) October 25, 2019
On God
The praise kept coming for the next track, which boats some string flourishes and Daft Punk-esque synths.
https://twitter.com/markanthony_w/status/1187840731391516673
https://twitter.com/la_SUZANITA/status/1187831414575828994
https://twitter.com/andrewreyex/status/1187766087561007105
Everything We Need (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Ant Clemons)
This track had everything listeners needed — but fans were disappointed late rapper XXXTentacion‘s verse was taken off.
https://twitter.com/The_SonieSideup/status/1187768262651731969
Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign on Everything We Need pic.twitter.com/LujvwPN3Cn
— Aaron Catterson-Reid (@ReidTheGame) October 25, 2019
Water (Feat. Ant Clemons)
There’s a bit of a Change The Rapper-ness to this uplifting track, and fans were lapping it up.
Water by Kanye got me like pic.twitter.com/It7hTEWTbl
— Ryan Dorsey (@RyanDorsey23) October 25, 2019
Ant Clemons on Water vs Kanye on Water #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/kSkvR5tpoa
— Tyler Kirk (@TylerIanKirk) October 25, 2019
God Is
The praise kept coming for the next song:
You won't ever be the same when you call on Jesus' name
Listen to the words I'm sayin',
Jesus saved me, now I'm sane
And I know, I know God is the force that picked me up
I know Christ is the fountain that filled my cup— "God Is" by @kanyewest
— J.A. Medders (@mrmedders) October 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/CarisLen/status/1187842113037389824
Hands On (Feat. Fred Hammond)
This track includes a nod to the 13 Amendment, which references Ye’s highly controversial comments about slavery being “a choice.” Aside from that nonsense, fans were into it — except for maybe Christians.
https://twitter.com/akyrejp/status/1187775350224367617
https://twitter.com/Mickeyclark33/status/1187802579813580802
listening to Hands On by Kanye West pic.twitter.com/6aJT2L4HNu
— jr (@AXEO0O) October 25, 2019
Use This Gospel (Feat. Clipse & Kenny G)
Fans were all about the verses from Clipse (made up of Pusha T and his born again brother No Malice) as well as the smooth sax of Mr. G.
The transition from Pusha T and No Malice to Kenny G on Use This Gospel pic.twitter.com/zE6eRZZtD3
— mj (@michaelschmiidt) October 25, 2019
Pusha T tryna not to slip a cocaine bar on 'Use This Gospel' pic.twitter.com/bQhri6zQwD
— DELULU era is OVER ???? (@tvnkth) October 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/bambam_shizzelo/status/1187770733650415616
Jesus Is Lord
It’s not a track so much as an outro of Kanye repetitively singing “Jesus is Lord”. Still, fans were here for it:
How did Kanye go from rapping “One day I’m gon' marry a porn star” to “Jesus is lord, every knee shall bow”
— Miss MaGenta (@missmagentaa) October 25, 2019
Muslims tryna listen to “Jesus is Lord” on Kanye’s new album without taking the L for shirk on Day of Judgement pic.twitter.com/A6xuce3ewe
— Hamza Ahsan (@HAhsan1) October 25, 2019
Me listening to Jesus Is Lord knowing it’s the last song on the album just to find outs it’s 47seconds long
It’s tooo short Kanye ???? pic.twitter.com/zKDNKFnpLp
— Le’Steph CurJames (@LeStephCurJames) October 25, 2019
What’s your favorite track on Jesus Is King?
[Image via Beats 1/YouTube]
-
Categories
