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JESUS IS KING

Kanye West

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After deifying himself on 2013’s Yeezus, Kanye West now assumes the role of preacher in 2019, performing every week at his “Sunday Services”, travelling public jam-sessions during which he adds a gospel flair to some of his own tracks as well as some covers (Drake, No Doubt and even Nirvana). Jesus Is King is the culmination of this journey: a concept album, combining hip-hop and and church music which reminds us of the singularity and especially the liberty that Kanye West awards himself on each of his albums.

The Sunday Service Choir, who accompany him every week, are the ones lending their tones to an album which contains plenty of gospel references, notably the sample of Can You Lose by Following God by Whole Truth, a brilliant spiritual soul track made in Memphis, which sets the rhythm on the heady Follow God. There are a few strokes of genius on this album, such as the mystical and already mythical Selah, and the minimalist Use This Gospel, featuring Clipse and Kenny G, which starts out with a single string resonating between two notes, followed by chords played on an organ, then a saxophone solo during the last minute, before finally the drum beat comes in 20 seconds before the end along with all the previous tracks.

However with Hands On, featuring gospel singer Fred Hammond, he questions the criticisms of the American Christian community, themselves wary of the intentions of a man who has renamed himself Yeezus (“What have you been hearin’ from the Christians?/They’ll be the first ones to judge me”). Yet after this half-hour of music, we get the relaxing impression that we were able to look past the persona to better appreciate the artist. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz

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1
Every Hour
00:01:52

Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Budgie, Producer - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Shane Fitzgibbon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Benjamin Scholefield, ComposerLyricist - Sunday Service Choir, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

2
Selah
00:02:44

Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terrence Thornton, ComposerLyricist - Gene Thornton, ComposerLyricist - Rennard East, ComposerLyricist - Jahmal Gwin, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Benny Blanco, Producer, Additional Producer - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evan Mast, ComposerLyricist - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - CYDEL CHARLES YOUNG, ComposerLyricist - Jamie Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steven Felix, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey LaValley, ComposerLyricist - Shane Fitzgibbon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Starlite, Producer, Additional Producer - E. Vax, Producer - Zack Djurich, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Clemons, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bongo ByTheWay, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - BoogzDaBeast, Producer, Co-Producer - Sunday Service Choir, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Ray Emster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dexter Raymond Mills Jr., ComposerLyricist

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

3
Follow God
00:01:44

Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jahmal Gwin, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryant Bell, ComposerLyricist - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BoogzDaBeast, Producer - Xcelence, Producer - Curtis Eubanks, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Butts, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Eubanks, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

4
Closed On Sunday
00:02:31

Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angel Lopez, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Terrence Thornton, ComposerLyricist - Gene Thornton, ComposerLyricist - Rennard East, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timbaland, Producer - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Brian Miller, ComposerLyricist - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chango Farías Gómez, ComposerLyricist - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sean Solymar, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Victory Elyse Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Brian 'AllDay', Producer - Sage Skolfield, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

5
On God
00:02:16

Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jahmal Gwin, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Galland, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dijon McFarlane, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - CYDEL CHARLES YOUNG, ComposerLyricist - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jordan Jenks, ComposerLyricist - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pi'erre Bourne, Producer, Co-Producer - BoogzDaBeast, Producer - Michael Cerda, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremie Inhaber, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

6
Everything We Need
00:01:56

Mike Dean, Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Additional Producer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - B. Lewis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jahmal Gwin, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Berg, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tyrone Griffin, ComposerLyricist - Michael Mule, ComposerLyricist - Isaac DeBoni, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ty Dolla $ign, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Federico Vindver, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - CYDEL CHARLES YOUNG, ComposerLyricist - FNZ, Producer - Jamie Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shane Fitzgibbon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ronny J, Producer - Ronald Spence Jr., ComposerLyricist - Bradford Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Gerard Powell II, ComposerLyricist - Zack Djurich, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Clemons, ComposerLyricist - Sean Solymar, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ant Clemons, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BoogzDaBeast, Producer, Co-Producer - Jesse Ray Ernster, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sunday Service Choir, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sage Skolfield, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - tizhimself, Producer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

7
Water
00:02:48

Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angel Lopez, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jahmal Gwin, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timbaland, Producer, Co-Producer - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Haack, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jamie Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shane Fitzgibbon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Clemons, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ant Clemons, FeaturedArtist - BoogzDaBeast, Producer - Victory Elyse Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Sunday Service Choir, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Nelson Klein, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

8
God Is
00:03:23

Warryn Campbell, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angel Lopez, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Fryson, ComposerLyricist - Labrinth, Producer, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Timothy Lee Mckenzie, ComposerLyricist - Federico Vindver, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jamie Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victory Elyse Boyd, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

9
Hands On
00:03:23

Fred Hammond, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angel Lopez, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timbaland, Producer - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jamie Peters, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Butts, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

10
Use This Gospel
00:03:33

Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angel Lopez, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Terrence Thornton, ComposerLyricist - Gene Thornton, ComposerLyricist - Rennard East, ComposerLyricist - Jahmal Gwin, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timbaland, Producer - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Derek Watkins, ComposerLyricist - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Kenny G, Saxophone, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clipse, FeaturedArtist - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Suski, ComposerLyricist - Jordan Jenks, ComposerLyricist - Pi'erre Bourne, Producer, Co-Producer - BoogzDaBeast, Producer, Co-Producer - DrtWrk, Producer

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

11
Jesus Is Lord
00:00:49

Mike Dean, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Angel Lopez, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Josh Bales, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timbaland, Producer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Randy Urbanski, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Miller, ComposerLyricist - Josh Berg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jess Jackson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Claude Leveillee, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Drucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Federico Vindver, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jesse McGinty, Euphonium, French Horn, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Cordone, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremie Inhaber, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian 'AllDay', Producer

℗ 2019 Getting Out Our Dreams II, LLC, distributed by Def Jam, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 1755 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

Album review

After deifying himself on 2013’s Yeezus, Kanye West now assumes the role of preacher in 2019, performing every week at his “Sunday Services”, travelling public jam-sessions during which he adds a gospel flair to some of his own tracks as well as some covers (Drake, No Doubt and even Nirvana). Jesus Is King is the culmination of this journey: a concept album, combining hip-hop and and church music which reminds us of the singularity and especially the liberty that Kanye West awards himself on each of his albums.

The Sunday Service Choir, who accompany him every week, are the ones lending their tones to an album which contains plenty of gospel references, notably the sample of Can You Lose by Following God by Whole Truth, a brilliant spiritual soul track made in Memphis, which sets the rhythm on the heady Follow God. There are a few strokes of genius on this album, such as the mystical and already mythical Selah, and the minimalist Use This Gospel, featuring Clipse and Kenny G, which starts out with a single string resonating between two notes, followed by chords played on an organ, then a saxophone solo during the last minute, before finally the drum beat comes in 20 seconds before the end along with all the previous tracks.

However with Hands On, featuring gospel singer Fred Hammond, he questions the criticisms of the American Christian community, themselves wary of the intentions of a man who has renamed himself Yeezus (“What have you been hearin’ from the Christians?/They’ll be the first ones to judge me”). Yet after this half-hour of music, we get the relaxing impression that we were able to look past the persona to better appreciate the artist. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz

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