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, featuring Yo Gotti and Lil Baby, the latter on the remix of “Rags2Riches”. Twelve 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. Music videos were released for all of the album’s singles.

Background

The rapper revealed that the album was created in only one month. 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'”. Generally, he wanted the album listeners to feel like him instead of “pinpoint just one” message.

Commercial performance

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. It was Rod Wave’s highest position on the chart at the time, and is his second US top-10 album. In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, earning an additional 34,000 units that week. In its third week, the album remained at number nine on the chart, earning 32,000 more units. As of December 2020, the album has earned over 1,035,000 album-equivalent units in the US.

Top Comments in Fresh Thread

i’ve never listened to rod wave before someone sell me on him rq

He’s basically a trap gospel singer. He could sing in a church and sound like a choir

Fat niggas about to fuck with this heavy

Big Rod Wave fan. He’s 🔥

Sad boys hours

He’s literally a soul singer that raps. He’s like a modern Barry White

Top Comments in First Impressions Thread

It’s pretty good for a new listener I can imagine, but after already listening to his other projects, this sounded a little repetitive to me. It’s not bad, there’s great singing and meaningful bars, but it just wasn’t interesting enough to make me go back to this instead of his last album. 7/10

thug motivation is hard asf

I think it’s just as good as Ghetto Gospel, which is another album I really fuck with. He’s one of my favorite artists rn and I hope he continues to get more recognition on here

Goes dumb!

I loved the album! Rod continues to strike a perfect balance between hard hitting lyrics and somber ballads about love, growing up impoverished, anxiety, doubt, and more. I think his content is some of the most compelling of the newer artist, and he’s able to do it while rapping and singing better than most of em (his singing is actually really good compared to other hybrid artist).

Highlights for me are Thug Life, Thug Motivation, 5% Tint, and of course Dark Clouds (When he said “you had me but you lost me, I’m not mad I’m exhausted” I felt that shit).

Overall it’s a pretty good listen. If you’re already familiar with his projects, it may start to sound somewhat repetitive and a little too similar to what he’s put out before, but I enjoy his work so I’m not complaining.

8/10

Top Comments in Deluxe thread

Rod Wave def needs more attention from this sub. He’s not me of the most unique sounding rappers

To me he sounds like if nba youngboy and kevin gates had a kid

no love for rod on this sub? yall trippin

Rod Wave is one of the hottest artists out right now and you would never know it if you only used this subreddit. This place is kind of a bubble in all honesty.

Rod Wave is so underrated man, really like his ability to rap and sing. Still have The Greatest, Ribbon in the Sky, 5% Tint and Girl of my Dreams in rotation. The Rag2Riches track with Lil Baby is so nice 🔥

Man I came to see if that baby verse was getting any love here and was disappointed, shits hot

Letter from Houston ok

Late but here to say Letter from Houston is the one fr