Pray 4 Love

The rapper revealed that the album was created in only one month.[4] 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'".[5] Generally, he wanted the album listeners to feel like him instead of "pinpoint just one" message.[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[7]
The New York Times	(positive)[8]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[9]

Pray 4 Love was met with generally positive reviews. At Album of the Year, the album received an average score of 77 out of 100, based on two reviews.[10] Tom Breihan of Stereogum described the project as "a warm and emotionally intense collection of stressed-out laments" with "thoughtful and graceful melodies", while lyrically, he "mostly sing-raps about overcoming huge struggles and then facing more".[11] Tom Hull called it "a hip-hop lovers rock".[9]

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.[12] It was Rod Wave's highest position on the chart at the time, and is his second US top-10 album.[12] In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, earning an additional 34,000 units that week.[13] In its third week, the album remained at number nine on the chart, earning 32,000 more units.[14] As of December 2020, the album has earned over 1,035,000 album-equivalent units in the US.[15]