*Kanye West dropped his ninth studio a album “Jesus Is King” on Friday (Oct. 25) at noon ET, and shortly afterwards he announced a national tour to support the project.
Ye served up his long-awaited album along with IMAX film, nearly a month after the album’s original release date.
“Filmed in the summer of 2019, JESUS IS KING brings Kanye West‘s famed Sunday Service to life in the Roden Crater, visionary artist James Turrell’s never-before-seen installation in Arizona’s Painted Desert,” IMAX previously said in a statement. “This one-of-a-kind experience features songs arranged by West in the gospel tradition along with music from his new album JESUS IS KING — all presented in the immersive sound and stunning clarity of IMAX.”
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“JESUS IS KING”
Midnight pic.twitter.com/EMYldzBXCU— ye (@kanyewest) October 24, 2019
During an interview with Zane Lowe of Beats 1 published on Thursday, West explained how it’s his job now to “spread the gospel” and “let people know what Jesus has done for me.”
“I’ve spread a lot of things,” he said. “There was a time I was letting you know what high fashion had done for me, I was letting you know what the Hennessy had done for me, but now I’m letting you know what Jesus has done for me, and in that I’m no longer a slave, I’m a son now, a son of God. I’m free.”
He also admitted that he asked collaborators his new album “to not have premarital sex while working” while working on the project.
“Seriously, there’s times where I went to people that were working on other projects and said, ‘Could you just work and focus on this?’” he said. “I thought if we could all focus and fast — I mean, it’s known families that pray together stay together. When people pray together, and fast together, the power is increased.”
“Jesus Is King” was slated to drop midnight on Friday, but the hour came and went and fans concluded that the rapper had flaked again. West is notorious for being tardy with his work.
Early Friday morning, he tweeted that he and his team were still fine-tuning some tracks on “Jesus Is King”.
“To my fans, thank you for being loyal & patient,” he wrote. “We are specifically fixing mixes on ‘Everything We Need’ ‘Follow God’ & ‘Water.’”
He added, “We not going to sleep until this album is out!”
Listen to “Jesus Is King” via the embed below.
When TMZ caught up with the rapper to ask if he’s going on tour, he said, “Right away.” It’ll be Kanye’s first tour in three years.
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