Pray 4 Love | ||||
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Released | April 3, 2020 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 38:38 | |||
Label | Alamo Records | |||
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Singles from Pray 4 Love | ||||
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Pray 4 Love is the second studio album by American rapper and singer Rod Wave. It was released on April 3,2020,through Alamo Records. The album contains one collaboration featuring American rapper ATR Son Son on the track "Rags2Riches". A deluxe edition was released on August 7,2020 and contains guest appearances from Yo Gotti and Lil Baby—the latter appears on the remix of "Rags2Riches". [1] 12 of the album's tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100,with "Rags2Riches" becoming Rod Wave's highest-charting song at the time,peaking at number 12. [2] Each of the album's singles were accompanied with a music video. [3]
The rapper revealed that the album was created in only one month. [4] In an interview with Apple Music ,the rapper explained the process of making music,saying that it "helps me talk about [my eating problems]. I don't regret going through none of it,because if it hadn't went down like that,'Heart on Ice' wouldn't have even been a song. It would have been 'Wrist on Ice'". [5] Generally,he wanted the album listeners to feel like him instead of "pinpoint just one" message. [4]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 7.3/10 [7] |
The New York Times | (positive) [8] |
Tom Hull | B+ ( ![]() ![]() |
Pray 4 Love was met with generally positive reviews. At Album of the Year,the album received an average score of 77 out of 100,based on two reviews. [10] Tom Breihan of Stereogum described the project as "a warm and emotionally intense collection of stressed-out laments" with "thoughtful and graceful melodies",while lyrically,he "mostly sing-raps about overcoming huge struggles and then facing more". [11] Tom Hull called it "a hip-hop lovers rock". [9]
Pray 4 Love debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 72,000 album-equivalent units (including 2,000 pure album sales) in its first week. [12] It was Rod Wave's highest position on the chart at the time,and is his second US top-10 album. [12] In its second week,the album dropped to number nine on the chart,earning an additional 34,000 units that week. [13] In its third week,the album remained at number nine on the chart,earning 32,000 more units. [14] As of December 2020,the album has earned over 1,035,000 album-equivalent units in the US. [15]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Pray 4 Love" |
| Tre Gilliam | 2:58 |
2. | "Fuck the World" |
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| 2:20 |
3. | "Thief in the Night" |
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| 2:12 |
4. | "Thug Life" |
| Relly Made | 2:51 |
5. | "I Remember" |
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| 3:23 |
6. | "Rags2Riches" (featuring ATR Son Son) |
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| 2:47 |
7. | "No Weakness" |
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| 3:04 |
8. | "Roaming" |
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| 2:28 |
9. | "The Greatest" |
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| 2:49 |
10. | "Ribbon in the Sky" |
| Drum dummie | 2:43 |
11. | "5% Tints" |
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| 2:38 |
12. | "Girl of My Dreams" |
| Ace Lex | 2:40 |
13. | "Thug Motivation" |
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| 2:56 |
14. | "Dark Clouds" |
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| 2:49 |
Total length: | 38:38 |
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Fire & Desire" | Ace Lex | 2:20 |
16. | "Letter from Houston" |
| 2:53 |
17. | "Freestyle" |
| 2:54 |
18. | "Sack Right" (featuring Yo Gotti) |
| 2:34 |
19. | "Rags2Riches 2" (featuring Lil Baby and ATR Son Son) |
| 3:55 |
20. | "To My Grave" |
| 3:03 |
21. | "Smile" |
| 3:02 |
22. | "Out My Business" |
| 2:56 |
23. | "Through the Wire" |
| 3:43 |
24. | "FrFr" | D Swish | 2:35 |
25. | "Ain't Mad at You" |
| 3:00 |
Total length: | 68:55 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [27] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [28] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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