[6] Pray 4 Love received positive reviews from music critics who applauded Green's "raw melodies".

[7][8] The album was supported by eight official singles: "Dark Clouds", "Thug Motivation", "Thief in the Night", "Pray 4 Love", "The Greatest", "Girl of My Dreams", "Through the Wire", and "Freestyle".

[9] In the interview, after being asked why the album doesn't have many features, Green went in-depth about his recording process:[9]Making music for me is personal.

Green stated that he'd just listen to beats and he'd come up with songs before he and his engineer would set up a studio in a hotel room and record tracks.

[11] The album's second single, "Thug Motivation" was released on January 13, 2020,[12] followed by "Thief in the Night" on February 28,[13] and "Pray 4 Love" on March 18.

[19][20] On August 6, Rod Wave released the music video for "Letter from Houston" exclusively on his YouTube channel.

AllMusic's Fred Thomas wrote that the album is a "slightly darker continuation of his 2019 debut Ghetto Gospel".

[1] Writing for Pitchfork Alphonse Pierre described the album as a "soulful record with constant mentions of faith" while noting that "it’s not exactly religious".

Pierre concluded his review by writing that "[the album's] straightforward and complicated; unpolished and imperfect" but that's what makes the pain and emotion in it feel "genuine".

Caramanica wrote that "often we hear him singing and rapping all at once, overlaying one track of his vocals atop another, as if he’s healing himself in real time".

Writing for Crack, Yemi Abiade stated that Green rapped with the passion of "four Marvin Gayes", describing the project as the "sound of a musician reaching the peak of his powers".

[25] Jon Caramanica for The New York Times ranked the album as the third best project of the year, writing that Rod Wave is a "potent R&B crooner working with familiar hip-hop subject matter", however, "his blend is closer to mournful blues".

[26] 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.