I'm a Kanye West fan. I'm also a Christian. Basically when Kanye got radically saved in April and decided to make this album, the stars basically aligned for me.

I'm gonna go through this album song by song and give my final thoughts at the end.





Every Hour

Even though Kanye himself isn't on this song, the Sunday Service choir does a great job here. The more I listened to the album though, the more repetitive and drawn out this song gets. I think it's a good opening track, but a little more variation on it wouldn't have hurt.

6.7/10





Selah

This one is a certified banger, but it has the opposite problem of the opener. I wish it were longer. When the choir comes in on the chorus, and starts chanting "hallelujah," I'm pretty sure I transcended into a different dimension. When the drums kick in, this song gets incredibly hype.

8.9/10





Follow God

Beat wise, this song is top 3 on the album. The sample that plays throughout the song is absolute fire, and Kanye displays that he is still a top notch rapper, even though it isn't present on many other songs here. It has the best lyricism on the album, and overall reminds me of "Otis," from Kanye and Jay-Z's collaboration album, Watch the Throne. The song has a pretty short run time, which seems to be a recurring theme on the album, and likewise doesn't feel fully fleshed out.

8.3/10





Closed on Sunday

Rhythmically, there isn't a lot going on here. The chorus is pretty lackluster, but I think that Kanye's verse here is really good. That's about all I have to say on this one.

6/10





On God

The beat on this one, produced by Pi'erre Bourne, is absolutely nutty. I'm talking dummy good. If you've ever played on the course "Waluigi Pinball," in Mario Kart DS, that course is how this track sounds. Lyrics here are also pretty good, but it's yet another short track that begs for a proper hook.

7.4/10





Everything We Need

When this song leaked as "The Storm", off of what was going to be Yandhi, I wasn't very fond of it. The XXXTentacion feature on it was pretty bad and out of place, and the whole thing seemed to lack focus. I think the version we got here is much, much better, and begins the best three song stretch on the album.

8.7/10





Water

This song is the one with the best beat on the album. The verse is pretty lackluster, but the chorus, sang by Ant Clemons (who is all over this album, and kills every feature) is really great. The instrumental alone makes this song one to look forward to on every replay of the album.

8.1/10





God Is

Best song on the album for me, hands down. It's Kanye at his most heartfelt, but instead of being introspective like he normally is on these types of songs, he turns his focus outwards to God. The sample at the beginning of the track leads into it absolutely perfectly. Towards the end of the verse, Kanye's voice gets hoarse and rough, but it only adds to the song's emotion. Before the album came out, there were sources saying that it was going to be 7 minutes long, so that makes me wonder what could've been. But all in all, this song is incredible.

9.8/10





Hands On

This song feels the most complete on the album, with a hook that occurs more than once on the track. The lyrical content is a shift from the norm on the project, instead focusing on the somewhat negative reception Kanye's received from Christians in the anticipation for Jesus is King. The lyrical content is good, but the production leaves something to be desired.

6.8/10





Use this Gospel

I don't think this song is as good as the version from Yandhi, "Law of Attraction." But the two songs do approach the same beat and melodic concepts from two different directions. "Law of Attraction" creates more of a hyped banger, while this song strips the drums from the verses and adds a saxophone instead of an electric guitar. While I do like this song in it's current form, it makes me long for a complete version "Law of Attraction" with the verses from Pusha T and No Malice that are present here.

8.2/10





Jesus is Lord

This one is a head scratcher. It's really good, but only clocks in at forty-some seconds. In the IMAX film with the same name as the album, a full version of this song plays during the credits. It makes me wonder why Kanye didn't include that version of the song on the album, instead opting for an extremely short outro. I'm not going to give this one a rating because I don't think it's long enough to do that.





All in all, I think this album is pretty good, albeit not on the level of some of the older works in Kanye's catalog. I hate to say it because it feels sort of like heresy, but I think that Yeezus is a better-crafted album than Jesus is King. If some of the songs here were extended to match their full potential, Kanye would have another classic on his hands.





7.9/10







