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.

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]

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

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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]

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]

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

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.

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