Church in These Streets

Church in These Streets is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jeezy. It was released on November 13, 2015, by Def Jam Recordings and CTE World.^[1][2] The album was supported by four singles: "God", "Church in These Streets", "Gold Bottles" and "Sweet Life" featuring Janelle Monáe.

Church in These Streets
Studio album by Jeezy
Released	November 13, 2015
Recorded	2015
Genre	Hip hop
Length	61:44
Label	CTE Def Jam
Producer	Jeezy (exec.) Shakir Stewart (exec.) Steve "Steve O" Carless (co-exec.) Beezo Blanco The Ear C4 Cassius Jay D. Rich London on da Track Nard & B Rance Southside Smurf TM88 Will-A-Fool XL Eagle Zaytoven
Jeezy chronology
Seen It All: The Autobiography (2014) Church in These Streets (2015) Trap or Die 3 (2016)
Singles from Church in These Streets
"God" Released: September 4, 2015 "Church in These Streets" Released: September 23, 2015 "Gold Bottles" Released: October 9, 2015 "Sweet Life" Released: October 16, 2015

Singles

On September 4, 2015, the album's first single, "God", was released.^[3] On September 23, 2015, the album's second single, "Church in These Streets", was released.^[4] On October 9, 2015, the album's third single, "Gold Bottles", was released.^[5] On October 16, 2015, the album's fourth single, "Sweet Life" featuring Janelle Monáe, was released.^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
HipHopDX	[9]
Now	[10]
Pitchfork Media	6.0/10[11]

Church in These Streets received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69 based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[7] David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "When taking in a full album, his monotone, bellowing delivery is an acquired taste, and with only a few guest shots, plus a long track list, newcomers might find this big LP a tough go. Regardless, the ambitious Church in These Streets stands with the man's great Thug Motivation 101 while beating that album on artistic merit and meaningful lyrics."^[8] Aaron McKrell of HipHopDX stated, "With Church in These Streets, Jeezy has succeeded in staying fresh through six albums. Church in These Streets is a batch of trap-based jams that will inspire its target audience and delight a wide array of listeners."^[9] Matthew Ramirez of Pitchfork Media said, "The best Jeezy music often exploited how far he could go with memorable ad libs and punchlines, a triumphant kind of simplicity. Here that gets muted to muddied results."^[11]

Commercial performance

Church in These Streets debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with 107,000 equivalent album units and first week sales of 98,000 copies in the United States.^[12] As of December 2015, Church in These Streets has sold 140,000 copies in the United States.^[13]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[14]

Church In These Streets^[15]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Grind State"	Jay Jenkins Dwayne Richardson	D. Rich	3:43
2.	"Lost Souls"	Jenkins Richardson	D. Rich	3:44
3.	"Holy Water"	Jenkins Joshua Cross	Cassius Jay Beezo	4:13
4.	"Gold Bottles"	Jenkins London Holmes	London on da Track	3:12
5.	"Hell You Talkin' Bout"	Jenkins Holmes	London on da Track	2:31
6.	"Hustlaz Holiday"	Jenkins James Rosser, Jr. Brandon Rackley Willie Byrd	Nard & B XL Eagle Will-A-Fool[16]	3:27
7.	"Eternal Reflection (Interlude)"	Jessica Care Moore	Cassius Jay	2:02
8.	"God"	Jenkins Joshua Luellen Bryan Simmons Lionel Nealy Latasha Williams	Southside TM88	3:28
9.	"Church in These Streets"	Jenkins Xavier Dotson	Zaytoven	3:08
10.	"New Clothes"	Jenkins Rosser, Jr. Rackley	Nard & B XL Eagle[17]	3:45
11.	"Sweet Life" (featuring Janelle Monáe)	Jenkins Rodrequez Yancy Jonathan Priester Lorine Chia	C4 Supah Mario	3:42
12.	"Scared of the Dark"	Jenkins Rosser, Jr. Rackley	Nard & B	3:39
13.	"No Other Way"	Jenkins Richardson Michael Glover	D. Rich	3:33
14.	"Sister Good Game's Testimony"	Jenkins Rosser, Jr. Rackley	Nard & B	1:29
15.	"J-Bo"	Jenkins Rosser, Jr. Rackley	Nard & B XL Eagle[a][18]	3:27
16.	"I Feel Ya"	Jenkins Rosser, Jr. Rackley	Nard & B	3:28
17.	"Go Get It (Interlude)"	Jenkins Cross	Cassius Jay Blanco The Ear[b]	1:29
18.	"Just Win"	Jenkins Alden Ellis Cross Andrew Hale Simon Hale	Smurf	3:51
19.	"Forgive Me" (featuring Monica)	Jenkins Ellis Larrance Dopson Charles Hamilton Christopher Brown	Smurf Rance[a] Blanco The Ear[b]	3:53
Total length:				61:44

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies a vocal producer
• "God" features additional vocals from Tasha Catour

Sample credits

• "Lost Souls" contains an audio excerpts from the motion picture entitled "Street Life".
• "No Other Way" contains an interpolation from Miami Nights 1984's original composition Astral Projection.
• "Just Win" contains audio excerpts of a motivational speech by Les Brown and a sample of "Main Theme" from L.A. Noire, written by Andrew Hale and Simon Hale.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[14]

Performers Jeezy – primary artist Janelle Monáe – featured artist (track 11) Monica – featured artist (track 19) Tasha Catour – additional vocals (track 8) Musicians Julian Michael – guitar (tracks 16, 19) Technical Seth Firkins – mixer (tracks 1–3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19) Micah Wyatt – recording engineer (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 9–12, 14–16, 18, 19) Andres "Muzzy" Solis – recording engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8) V12 – recording engineer (tracks 3, 13, 18) Miles Walker – mixer (tracks 4, 5) Ryan Jumper – assistant mixer (tracks 4, 5) Nick Speed – assistant recording engineer (track 7) Tony Rey – recording engineer (track 8) Leslie Brathwaite – mixer (track 11)

Production D. Rich – producer (tracks 1, 2, 13) Cassius Jay – producer (tracks 3, 7, 17) Beezo – producer (track 3) London on da Track – producer (tracks 4, 5) Nard & B – producer (tracks 6, 10, 12, 14, 15) XL Eagle – producer (track 6, 10), co-producer (track 15) Will-A-Fool – producer (track 6) Southside – producer (track 8) TM88 – producer (track 8) Zaytoven – producer (track 9) C4 – producer (track 11) Supah Mario – producer (track 11) Blanco The Ear – vocal producer (tracks 16, 19) Smurf – producer (tracks 18, 19) Rance – co-producer (track 19)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015–16) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19] 59 US Billboard 200[20] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position US Billboard 200[22] 158 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 14 US Rap Albums (Billboard)[24] 9