"[4] In June 2013, during an interview with Vibe, No Malice spoke about some of the producers and features on the album, saying: "I have, of course, Chad Hugo.
I have S1, Illmind and a group of guys from Virginia that goes by the name of Profound Sounds who actually did the title cut "Hear Ye Him."
[6] On July 29, 2013, the final track listing and album cover were revealed, revealing 17 tracks and guest appearances on the album from Ab-Liva, Fam-Lay, Life Dutchee, Pusha T, Jon Bibbs, Eric David, PK Oneday, Bri and Jaeson Ma.
Matthew Sanderson of AllHipHop gave the album a nine out of ten, saying "Hear Ye Him isn’t too far removed for the old Malice, comprised of introspective flows on the drug game, and its repercussions on one’s self and family.
The album’s most impressive instrumental, a dancehall-influenced thumper, comes on “Shame The Devil,” which features the album’s only appearance from Pusha T. On it, the brothers sound just like old times, and No Malice delivers his sharpest line, ironically about coke, when he spits, “Mozart never tickled this many keys.” But moments like these are only brief lightning strikes of nostalgia.
On “Still Got Love,” No Malice talks directly to all his former cohorts—Pusha, Pharrell and even Sandman—and announces with confidence that “everything must come to an end.” Unfortunately, this also could signify the end of the witty punch lines and captivating storytelling that drew listeners to Clipse in the first place.
"[21] Ronald Grant of HipHopDX gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying "Hear Ye Him would be all the better if No Malice could rekindle the burning secular lyrical embers of the past more steadily instead of sometimes dismissively, albeit not completely, leaving them in the dust.
And even though No Malice’s candor in owning up to his past as well as pretty much remaining the same guy is commendable and energizing, he hasn’t quite found the perfect equilibrium between the brash, self-assured passion in lyrical delivery of his former self and the more reflective and topical nature of his new Rap persona.
Still, with a renewed focus and an ambitious new musical direction, No Malice has created in Hear Ye Him a viable contender for at the least being honorably mentioned as a notable Hip Hop album of 2013.
And unlike many of its contemporaries, both fans of Christian Hip Hop and those that steer towards more worldly fare, contradictions and all, can appreciate it.
The lingering pride that haunts "Bury That" and "Unforgettable" undercuts his moralizing by positing the reborn rapper as a work in progress who maybe misses the trap.
Jeremiads about Gonzalez' shattered family illuminate the impetus for Malice's rapid shift from coke-rap menace to Christian-rap luminary; "Still Got Love," the album's masterstroke, employs a clutch sample of the O'Jays' "Loving You" to address the question of whether his family and friends are cool with the conversion.