JESUS IS KING VINYL WEST KANYE Def Jam US

Faith, doubt, megalomania: Kanye West's sonic confession of faith

With JESUS IS KING, Kanye West took a radical turn in 2019: away from ego and towards faith - at least in his musical production. The album combines gospel, hip-hop and minimalist sound to create a spiritual manifesto that oscillates between preaching, self-redemption and artistic self-dramatization. Tracks such as "Follow God" or "Selah" show Kanye as a searching artist, driven by contradictions and questions of faith. Uncompromisingly Christian in terms of content, the work remains musically innovative, raw and surprising. JESUS IS KING is not a classic rap album - but a polarizing confession between salvation and hubris.