Album Info

Pray 4 Love (Deluxe)

By Rod Wave

Hip-Hop/Rap - 2020

Rod Wave’s sophomore album Pray 4 Love surfaced in April 2020, setting a new high watermark for the Florida rap... more

Tracklist

1

Pray 4 Love

2:57 min
2

F**k the World

2:20 min
3

Thief in the Night

2:12 min
4

Thug Life

2:51 min
5

I Remember

3:22 min
6

Rags2Riches (feat. ATR Son Son)

2:47 min
7

No Weakness

3:03 min
8

Roaming

2:27 min
9

The Greatest

2:48 min
10

Ribbon in the Sky

2:43 min
11

5% Tints

2:37 min
12

Girl of My Dreams

2:39 min
13

Thug Motivation

2:55 min
14

Dark Clouds

2:49 min
15

Fire & Desire

2:20 min
16

Letter From Houston

2:53 min
17

Freestyle

2:54 min
18

Sack Right (feat. Yo Gotti)

2:34 min
19

Rags2Riches 2 (feat. Lil Baby)

3:55 min
20

To My Grave

3:03 min
21

Smile

3:02 min
22

Out My Business

2:56 min
23

Through the Wire

3:43 min
24

FrFr

2:35 min
25

Ain't Mad At You

3:00 min
26

Pray 4 Love

2:59 min
27

F**k the World

2:20 min
28

Thief in the Night

2:12 min
29

The Greatest

2:50 min
30

Girl of My Dreams

2:40 min
31

Thug Motivation

2:54 min
32

Dark Clouds

3:17 min
33

Letter From Houston

2:54 min
34

Freestyle

2:55 min
35

Through the Wire

3:41 min

About Pray 4 Love (Deluxe)

Rod Wave’s sophomore album Pray 4 Love surfaced in April 2020, setting a new high watermark for the Florida rap crooner commercially. Despite its preponderance of smooth beats and sticky hooks, the album retained Rod’s unsparing focus on hard-bitten subjects and psychological trauma. Following his 2019 studio debut Ghetto Gospel by less than half a year, Pray 4 Love was an exorcism of pain—recorded, by his account, in just one month. These songs explore some of the most difficult subject matter of his career to date, from his family’s darkest struggles to deep betrayals by friends, coconspirators, and lovers. Pray 4 Love also evidences Rod’s hunger to harness his burst of creative energy for everything it’s worth. A deluxe edition of the album followed just three months later, expanding the original by 11 songs and revealing just how much he had to get off his chest. His excitement emanates from every moment on the full version of the LP, from the urgency of his recollection of gang banging on “Thief in the Night” to the unfiltered free association on “Dark Clouds.” “Through the Wire,” an homage to his espoused forerunner Kanye West, is especially moving, leading off with the most emblematic Rod Wave line possible—“So much pain built up deep inside”—set to a soaring melody and propelled by a raw, devastating vocal performance. The project is overrun with radio-friendly cuts that bolstered Rod Wave’s already storied track record as a singles artist. Every separately released track came with an auspicious video drop as he found new ways to connect with his fans through visuals. While a full 12 Pray 4Life songs charted on the Hot 100, the ATR Son Son-featuring “Rags2Riches” loomed largest in the rap world, with its combination of swaggering hook and penetrating autobiography. The deluxe album includes the sequel “Rags2Riches 2,” featuring the then-ascendant Atlantan Lil Baby, whose unrepentant Auto-Tuned verse gives the track even more traction than the original.