[4] She collaborated with several record producers and songwriters, including John Legend,Sam Barsh, Daniel Seeff, Butta-N-BizKit, Charles Hinshaw Jr., Hue Strother, DJ Camper, Timothy Bullock, Nelson Davis, Coleridge Tillman, Ivan Barias, Jacquetta Singleton, Jeff Gitelman, Jairus Mozee, Bryan Sledge, and long-time collaborator Rex Rideout.

[4] She also collaborated with some musicians she had never worked with in the past, such as DJ Khalil on "Shot Down"; Kirk Franklin on "If You Don't Mind".

[4] Aside from spoken word interludes by Iyanla Vanzant and Soledad O'Brien as well as "If You Don't Mind" by Kirk Franklin, Ledisi either co-wrote or co-produced all material on Let Love Rule.

[1] In August 2017, Ledisi performed "High" on the annual award show Black Girls Rock!.

[citation needed] On November 21, 2017, Ledisi appeared on NPR Music's Tiny Desk to perform a brief set list of songs from the album; including "Let Love Rule", "Add to Me", and "High".

"If You Don't Mind", which features gospel musician Kirk Franklin, was released as a radio-only single in late 2017.

[7] On October 25, 2017, Ledisi embarked on The Rebel, The Soul & The Saint Tour alongside Kirk Franklin and PJ Morton.

"[8] In May 2018, she embarked on the Let Love Rule Tour to promote the album, with Melanie Fiona and Tweet opening for her.

In his review for AllMusic, editor Andy Kellman wrote that Ledisi "continues to roll with Let Love Rule, an album rich with her characteristically positive and proud outlook and superhuman vocal skill.

"[4] Steve Horowitz of PopMatters praised the album for its themes "..about living for today, remembering tomorrow is a new start, that pain is essential to forgiveness, listening needed for understanding, and love is all that really matters.

[11] In the United States, Let Love Rule debuted at number one-hundred on the Billboard 200, only remaining on that chart for one week.