Kanye Jesus Is King Album Cover Mystery Solved by Third Man Records

Ben Blackwell, co-owner of Jack White's record label, has figured out what “AR 1331 A” means

Upon the release of Kanye West’s latest album Jesus Is King earlier this month, fans immediately began breaking down every facet of the project. One such detail was the inclusion of a strange code on the blue vinyl record album artwork that read “AR 1331 A.” Now, Third Man Records co-founder Ben Blackwell has put the mystery to rest. “It’s the Archer Records (AR) pressing plant code assigned to this 1970 Detroit gospel single,” a new tweet from the label reads.

The A-side of the gospel single in question was recorded by Rubye Shelton and features two songs: “I Want the World to Know Jesus” and “God’s Going to Destroy This Nation.” According to Blackwell, the B-side features another two tracks: “The Hypocrite” and “Come Out of the Valley.” In a statement to Pitchfork, Blackwell said: “I knew the past decade spent in the deepest, loneliest recesses of Archer Record Pressing nerd-dom would eventually lead me to the biggest recording artist in the world. But enough about Jack White...who is this Kanye guy?”

pitchfork.com/news/kanye-jesus-is-king-album-cover-mystery-solved-by-third-man-records

I immediately went to Discogs to find what record that was assigned to when he tweeted the cover. Cool that someone found it cause it wasn't on discogs.

Also insane how deep you gotta dig to find this s***. You know it's rare and obscure as f*** if it ain't on discogs.

I did the same lol

2. God's Going to Destroy this Nation

10th album title imo

Sounds like a SHMG sequel

i thought it was the runtime of the album tbh

Would be low key hard

highkey tbh

Need angry Christian Kanye

Fire and brimstone trap classic

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it would be the christian version of Yeezus

im tryna listen to this but its nowhere goddam

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Jesus Christ this is obscure.

tysm

this is so unsettling

yeah. I cant imagine kanye listening to this and saying cool this should be put on my album cover

this dope tbh

amazing

but it fits the album theme so well.

1. I Want the World to Know Jesus
2. God's Going to Destroy this Nation (if yall sinners dont chill)

Well it can't be a coincidence, it's also a Gospel album.

Cool

'Rubye'
'Kanye'