The code on the cover of Kanye West's ninth studio album, Jesus Is King, has finally been cracked.
The co-owner of Jack White's Third Man records, Ben Blackwell, found that the code found on the blue vinyl record artwork is an Archer Records (AR) pressing plant code. According to a tweet from the label, the code refers to a record by 1970s Detroit gospel singer, Rubye Shelton.
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Third Man archivist and Detroit music historian Ben Blackwell has cracked the code on the mystery of what “AR 1331 A” means on Kanye’s "Jesus Is King" artwork. It’s the Archer Records (AR) pressing plant code assigned to this 1970 Detroit gospel single. @kanyewest @KimKardashian pic.twitter.com/ChOn1S4eZc
— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) November 1, 2019
The record in question features the songs I Want The World To Know Jesus and God's Going To Destroy This Nation on the A-side, and The Hypocrite and Come Out Of The Valley on the B-side.
Speaking about the discovery, 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?”
So there you go. You can sleep a little bit easier now.
