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2018 - 2019 - 2020

In 2019, Kanye West debuted the Sunday Service Choir and began coordinating Sunday Service events. He scrapped Yandhi and released his ninth album Jesus Is King on October 25 after several delays. He also began working with Dr. Dre on their now-unreleased collaborative album, Jesus Is King II.

Releases[]

JESUSISKING

The cover for Kanye's ninth studio album, Jesus Is King.

Kanye-west-coachella-2019

Kanye at Coachella.

Albums[]

Singles[]

Features[]

Production credits[]

Music videos[]

Films[]

January[]

February[]

  • 15: The day after meeting Kenny G after hiring him for a performance, Kenny's contribution to "Use This Gospel" is recorded.[17]

April[]

  • 14: Ye performs at Coachella 2019 with the Sunday Service Choir on the first weekend.
  • 21: Ye performs at Coachella 2019 with the Sunday Service Choir and previews "Water" on Easter.[18] The song was recorded just a week prior.
  • ?: Ye said that his performances at Coachella "radically saved" him, prompting him to enlist Adam Tyson as a personal pastor for weekly Bible studies.[19] Due to his revelation, he scrapped Yandhi and began working on a much more religious album.

May[]

  • ?: Ye invited Pusha T and No Malice (together known as Clipse) to Wyoming, the same place where Ye worked on the 2018 albums including ye and KIDS SEE GHOSTS.[20] The duo recorded their contributions to "Use This Gospel" which marked their first track together in five years.
  • ?: Ye was almost convinced not to rap again, but his pastor Adam Tyson convinced him that he could "rap for God."[21]

July[]

  • ?: Producer Pi'erre Bourne worked on the album with Ye while in Japan.[22]

August[]

  • 29: Kim Kardashian shares the first tracklist and release date for Jesus Is King, set at September 27.[23]

September[]

  • 6: Ye purchases a ranch in Wyoming for $14 million.[24] Sometime after doing so, he and Pusha T finished working on the album together.[20]
  • 25: Reports indicate that Ye met with Def Jam executives to tell them that the album would not be released in time for the September 27 release date.[25][26]
  • 26: Ye has a listening party for the album in Detroit, Michigan, the same day that Kim says the album will release on September 29, as the album was awaiting mixing.[27] Within those two days, Ye re-recorded "Selah" and was still waiting for a new Nicki Minaj verse for Yandhi song "New Body."[20]
  • 30: The September 29 release date was also not met. TMZ reports that the album's complete "but Ye keeps tweaking it."[28]

October[]

November[]

  • 8: The music video for "Follow God" drops and the song is released as a single.
  • 18: On Twitter, Kanye announces a new collaboration album with Dr. Dre, titled Jesus Is King II.[31]
  • 28: The music video for "Closed on Sunday" drops and the song is released as a single.

References[]

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_King
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow_God
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_on_Sunday
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Personalities
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_(album)
  6. https://open.spotify.com/track/1owQcOxm2rbvenVNRMdSTh?si=e422567a36e84d71
  7. https://open.spotify.com/track/4xR7m33ECxSjY1nXyWmAx0?si=85745fddeb3744f0
  8. https://genius.com/Francis-and-the-lights-take-me-to-the-light-lyrics
  9. https://open.spotify.com/track/4OTh0IWxSN1lLwhg8VPJim?si=25749074073541c0
  10. https://genius.com/Pusha-t-coming-home-lyrics
  11. https://open.spotify.com/track/0KAzP1Rbp0Vz5pw8i1KDDI?si=9c80aece653f4987&nd=1&dlsi=e3a9685c29e64ccb
  12. https://open.spotify.com/album/3NwhTKHbDm6I5sOVT4L94z
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_Born
  14. https://youtu.be/ivCY3Ec4iaU
  15. https://youtu.be/MKM90u7pf3U
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_King_(film)
  17. https://www.gq.com/story/kenny-g-interview-jesus-is-king
  18. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/entertainment/kanye-west-new-song-water/index.html
  19. https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/09/kanye-west-pastor-wrote-jesus-is-king-says-kanye-was-radically-saved-2019
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_King#May%E2%80%93October_2019:_Wyoming,_Calabasas_and_Jesus_Is_King
  21. https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/21/kanye-west-quit-rap-devils-music
  22. https://www.complex.com/music/pierre-bourne-interview-feds-video-premiere
  23. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/new-kanye-west-album-jesus-is-king-878415/
  24. https://www.complex.com/music/2019/09/kanye-west-purchases-14-million-dollar-ranch-wyoming
  25. https://variety.com/2019/music/news/kanye-west-new-album-not-coming-friday-kim-kardashian-disagrees-jesus-is-king-1203348966/
  26. https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-delay-8531383/
  27. https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/inside-kanye-west-jesus-is-king-album-detroit-sunday-release-8531647/
  28. https://www.tmz.com/2019/09/30/kanye-west-all-smiles-album-delay-no-release-jesus-is-king/
  29. https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/kanye-west-swizz-beats-wyoming/
  30. https://www.newsweek.com/kanye-west-jesus-king-release-date-time-delayed-twitter-1467676
  31. https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.53506/title.kanye-west-grabs-dr-dre-for-jesus-is-king-sequel
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