{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Is He Real? | type = studio | artist = IDK | cover = Is He Real.png | alt = | released = September 4, 2019 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 35:46 | label = *Clue No Clue * Warner | producer = *IDK *Blwyrmnd *Calvin Valentine *DJ Alizay *DTonez *Frank Dukes *Efosa Beloved *Kal Banx *Dante Marinelli *Eden Eliah Nagar *Obi Nwadije *Rascal *Razjah *Skyhutch *Thelonious Martin | prev_title = IDK & Friends | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = IDK & Friends 2 | next_year = 2020 | misc = {{Singles | name = Is He Real? | type = studio | single1 = Digital | single1date = May 24, 2019 | single2 = 24 | single2date = July 23, 2019 }} }}
'''''Is He Real?''''' is the debut studio album by American rapper IDK. It was released on September 4, 2019, through Clue No Clue and Warner Records.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Pearce |first=Sheldon |title=IDK: Is He Real? |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/idk-is-he-real/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> It features guest appearances from DMX, Tyler, the Creator, Pusha T, JID, GLC, and Burna Boy; Frank Ocean was removed from the album due to last minute clearance issues.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Saponara |first=Michael |date=2019-09-04 |title=IDK Recruits Tyler, the Creator, Pusha T, DMX and More For Star-Studded 'Is He Real?' Album: Stream it Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/idk-is-he-real-features-album-stream-8529044/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Critical reception == Aaron Williams of Uproxx praised its insightful handling of faith and criticism of organized religion, adding that "IDK’s raps are stitched through these rugged and sweet soundscapes alike with the stuttering grace of a power sewing machine."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-04 |title=IDK Contemplates Faith On His Adventurous Major Label Debut, 'Is He Re |url=https://uproxx.com/music/idk-is-he-real-review/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=UPROXX |language=en-US}}</ref> Sheldon Pearce of ''Pitchfork'', gave the album a score of 6.3 out of 10, describing it as musically and lyrically uninteresting with "a whiff of self-importance".<ref name=":1" /> Ryan Middleton of ''Magnetic'' gave the album a positive review, praising its "raw and authentic" lyricism and its "dark" trap beats.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-05 |title=Review: IDK New Album 'Is He Real?' |url=https://magneticmag.com/2019/09/review-idk-new-album-is-he-real/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=magneticmag.com |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev1score = 6.3/10 <ref name=":1"/> }}
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''Is He Real?'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 35:46
| title1 = Cloud Blu | writer1 = {{hlist|Jason Mills|Herbie Hancock|Bennie Maupin|Jean Carole Hancock}} | extra1 = {{hlist|IDK|Rascal}} | length1 = 1:15
| title2 = 42 Hundred Choices | writer2 = Mills | extra2 = {{hlist|IDK|Skyhutch|DTonez}} | length2 = 1:35
| title3 = The "E" in Blue | writer3 = {{hlist|Mills|Earl Simmons|Kaseem Dean}} | extra3 = {{hlist|IDK|Eden Eliah Nagar}} | length3 = 0:53
| title4 = Alone | writer4 = {{hlist|Mills|Arthur Reid|Euwart Beckford}} | extra4 = {{hlist|IDK|Razjah|Nagar}} | length4 = 2:54
| title5 = 24 | writer5 = Mills | extra5 = {{hlist|IDK|Blwyrmnd|Nagar}} | length5 = 1:52
| title6 = Lilly | writer6 = {{hlist|Mills|Adam Feeney|Kerney Thomas}} | extra6 = {{hlist|IDK|Rascal|Frank Dukes|Nagar|Dante Marinelli}} | length6 = 1:48
| title7 = Porno | writer7 = {{hlist|Mills|Destin Route|Terrence Thornton|Ahmir Thompson|Fred Tackett|Malik Smart|Melvin Dinkins|Rehani Sayed|Scott Storch|Tarik Collins|Thomas Wlodarczyk}} | extra7 = {{hlist|IDK|Rascal}} | length7 = 3:21
| title8 = I Do Me… You Do You | writer8 = {{hlist|Mills|Tyler Okonma|Richard Harrison}} | extra8 = {{hlist|IDK|Nagar}} | length8 = 1:33
| title9 = December | writer9 = {{hlist|Mills|Damini Ogulu|Alton Taylor|Claydes Smith|Everton Bonner|George Brown|John Taylor|Lloyd Willis|Richard Westfield|Robert Bell|Ronald Bell|Robert Mickins|Sly Dunbar}} | extra9 = {{hlist|IDK|Wallis Lane|DJ Alizay|Nagar|Obi Nwadije}} | length9 = 3:30
| title10 = European Skies | writer10 = Mills | extra10 = {{hlist|IDK|Calvin Valentine|Nagar}} | length10 = 3:40
| title11 = No Cable | writer11 = {{hlist|Mills|Bobby Wilson|Charles Swann|Curtis Stewart|Darius Harrison|Dwayne Carter|Leonard Harris|Suzanne Swan}} | extra11 = {{hlist|IDK|Kal Banx|Nwadije|Rascal|Efosa Beloved}} | length11 = 3:04
| title12 = Digital | writer12 = Mills | extra12 = {{hlist|IDK|Kal Banx|Nagar}} | length12 = 3:22
| title13 = Michael What TF | writer13 = {{hlist|Mills|DeAndre Way|James Litherland|Jazmine Sullivan|Salaam Gibbs}} | extra13 = Rascal | length13 = 2:35
| title14 = Julia… | writer14 = Mills | extra14 = {{hlist|IDK|Thelonious Martin}} | length14 = 4:24}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:2019 debut albums Category:IDK (rapper) albums Category:Warner Records albums