Jesus Is King
by Kanye West
User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1454 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 657 out of 1454
  2. Mixed: 241 out of 1454
  3. Negative: 556 out of 1454

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  1. todaywasagooday
    Dec 1, 2022
    0
    This must be a joke. It sounds so terrible that even my grandpa on a wheelchair stood up and turned this down
  2. Penaldothediver
    Nov 16, 2022
    0
    Sad to say that Kanye started declining from this album. Please come back stronger than ever because this new version of you is embarassing
  3. harshvardhan19
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    Tanked, everything made by this fad is horrible music my ears started bleeding never stream this fads any album
  4. PatchWurk777
    Dec 7, 2021
    3
    Forgettable, some songs are really good, like Selah, Closed on Sunday, and Use this Gospel, but other than that I hate this album.
  5. DequanJdfh
    Oct 31, 2021
    0
    So preachy. Corny production. Raps are basement tier. Everything about this album is embarrassing
  6. Mshad23
    Aug 31, 2021
    3
    Lackluster album with a singular theme of Christianity. An album that very much feels “by Christians for Christians” - which would not be an issue if the music itself was consistently good. Yet the album features only two good songs with “follow god” and “closed on Sunday” - the rest of the album is truly forgettable.
  7. Fra101
    Aug 30, 2021
    0
    It's such a boring album! That's all, just boring, nothing special. Sorry...
  8. ryanqthanh
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    literally the worst ever, boring, dull and toxic, couldn't figure out how tf this man is trying to do
  9. SpartanBlood_17
    Mar 30, 2021
    2
    Worst Kanye album and project, absolutely botched. Only a few tracks are very good, other are horrible.
  10. rassmenezes
    Dec 30, 2020
    1
    Que horrivel. já tentei ouvir quatro vezes e não passo da terceira música. Achei forçado e pouco natural.
  11. Aram2034
    Nov 19, 2020
    3
    Aside from On God and Follow God, this album fails to hook me or at even interest me in the slightest. This album sounds like a demo tape and judging by the mix I feel like it really is one. I could go on about the negatives but I'm just gonna stick to the positives. Follow God feels like the Kanye we know and love, albeit a little less focused or motivated. It honestly sounds like he'sAside from On God and Follow God, this album fails to hook me or at even interest me in the slightest. This album sounds like a demo tape and judging by the mix I feel like it really is one. I could go on about the negatives but I'm just gonna stick to the positives. Follow God feels like the Kanye we know and love, albeit a little less focused or motivated. It honestly sounds like he's freestyling on a Youtube "Kanye Type Beat" and the track feels like a quick catchy demo that would have otherwise been scrapped. On God has a terrific beat, and Kanye definitely finds his footing on the track, however the lyricism is extremely surface level and overall the track just isn't great, it's just pretty good. My final positive note is the opener, Every Hour, it's very good but because of the lack of progression or percussion it feels about a minute too long. There is a remix of this song which adds drums, and with the drums it is easily the best song on this album. Overall 3/10, Kanye's worst album.… Expand
  12. MikeMulaney
    Nov 19, 2020
    1
    Generic music, nothing special, typical Kanye egomania top to bottom, not worth the time.
  13. bushyforest
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    The album brings nothing special, just another attempt to say something original without the power to follow through with it.
  14. JohnSnow41188
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    Unoriginal work, it feels like Kanye was trying to hard but the results did not pay out.
  15. anapopescu
    Sep 13, 2020
    0
    It's clear that Kanye has run out of whatever inspiration he once may have had. This may be the end of his musical road.
  16. Harshyadav
    Jul 31, 2020
    0
    Kanye Is whore.
  17. amertume
    Jul 28, 2020
    0
    As shown from both the critic overall score and use score, the album is very bad and caters to Kanye's narcissistic personality and bringing him closer to a cult around himself and his music.
  18. jayaraya
    Jul 26, 2020
    0
    Such a mess. This album should be burn in HELL. Nothing special. The lyrics, the melody, the rap and the production is sh*t. DO NOT BUY THIS ALBUM.
  19. sashensg
    Jul 26, 2020
    0
    "Clowns to the West"
    - Taylor Swift "Peace" "Folklore" 2020

    All I think about is KARMA !!
  20. oldcardigan
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    lixo sonoro! não sei o que esse homem ainda faz na industria da música, só trabalhos irrelevantes
  21. jollibee
    Jul 24, 2020
    0
    Most dumbest album that been created in this entire world. Delusional and worthless piece of **** People are still giving a "10" to this? Y'all need prayers to enlighten your **** ears.
  22. M7md1989
    Jul 24, 2020
    0
    You can tell that kanye is going through some real **** when you listen to this mess
  23. andyn823
    Jun 6, 2020
    0
    I am sorry but this album is so bad. Repetitive, meaningless lyrics ("You're my Chick-fil-A"?). The title of the album made me laugh so hard. And so are the contents. I listened to the first 30 seconds of every songs and then I had to move on. Gospel is not Kanye's genre. I think Kanye should just stick to hip hop only and just don't go too far. Just don't think that you are the greatestI am sorry but this album is so bad. Repetitive, meaningless lyrics ("You're my Chick-fil-A"?). The title of the album made me laugh so hard. And so are the contents. I listened to the first 30 seconds of every songs and then I had to move on. Gospel is not Kanye's genre. I think Kanye should just stick to hip hop only and just don't go too far. Just don't think that you are the greatest of all time or you can be compared with the legends like Madonna, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, The Beatles... This album is a joke. I say all of this will not hurt Kanye's feelings or his fans trying to drag me and criticize me, right?… Expand
  24. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    1
    For a man who has found god, he sure left all his skills behind in his search for heaven.
  25. reputhrashion
    Apr 8, 2020
    0
    Funny how the got me is "Jesus is King" when ratye has nothing to do with religion or even being a decent human being. This album is a complete mess.
  26. alliedude
    Apr 7, 2020
    0
    manipulating liar = crappy personality = crappy person = crappy music = crappy album = k*nye is a flop
  27. tayvoodoo
    Mar 23, 2020
    0
    kanye = irrelevant

    my power is unmatched. the truth always comes out and karma is real.
  28. noebalami2
    Mar 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El peor álbum de Kanye West, es una porquería en todo sentido, la lírica espantosa, ritmos reciclados. Terrible experiencia.… Expand
  29. Yanstarr
    Jan 24, 2020
    1
    He needs to retire and focus on shoes or his wife's show cause this music he's making now ain't it. It's sad to see such a Great fall from grace but here we are.
  30. grxxvy
    Jan 23, 2020
    0
    Really bad album. It's not just the theme, it's bad executed..
    Wasted beats on that album. Kanye should just hang it up and focus on churches
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53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 25
  3. Negative: 4 out of 25
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Dec 30, 2019
    0
    His reunion with frequent collaborators belies a rich history of discovering and championing new voices. This ostensible distance from which Kanye preaches reveals King’s true tension: Kanye, like Kendrick on DAMN., is asking for our prayers, while also distancing himself from our hands and our mouths. And it doesn’t work. ... He has artistically lost track of his audience and himself in its midst.
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  2. The Wire
    Nov 20, 2019
    50
    He’s hung up on Jesus rather than pneumatic women. It’s hard to tell if that’s an improvement, but it doesn’t seem like a regression either. ... An album with zero fat, dense in at least three senses, two of them positive. [Dec 2019, p.60]
  3. RapReviews.com
    Nov 12, 2019
    50
    As with every Kanye album, there’s some magnificent production on a majority of “Jesus Is King” courtesy of Pi’erre Bourne, Timbaland and Boogz, among others. ... Kanye just seems like he’s in his own world; disregarding what’s going on around him. Other times, Ye’s writing delves into eyerolling contradictions and ego-driven intentions.
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