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Forever (Popcaan album)

Forever
Studio album by
Popcaan
ReleasedJuly 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Studio
  • Unruly Ent. Kingston
  • Mixpak Studios (Brooklyn, New York City)
Genre
Length56:58
LabelMixpak Records
Producer
  • Dre Skull
  • Bless Beats
  • Markus Records
  • Mini E5
  • Notnice
Popcaan chronology
Where We Come From
(2014) 		Forever
(2018) 		Fixtape
(2020)

Forever is the second studio album by Jamaican musician Popcaan. It was released on July 20, 2018 via Mixpak Records. Production was primarily handled by Andrew "Dre Skull" Hershey, who also served as executive producer. It features a sole guest appearance from Davido.

In the United States, the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 171 and reached number 2 on the Reggae Albums chart. Popcaan headlined Reggae Sumfest on the day of the album's release,[1] and toured in support of the album to arenas across the United Kingdom and Canada.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.3[3]
Metacritic74/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Crack Magazine8/10[5]
HipHopDX4/5[6]
NME[7]
Pitchfork6.9/10[8]
The Independent[9]
The Observer[10]
The Times[11]
Tom HullB+((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))[12]

Forever was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74 based on six reviews.[4] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.3 out of 10, based on eight reviews.[3] The aggregator Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 68 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.[13]

Accolades

Publication List Rank Ref.
Complex The 50 Best Albums of 2018
41
[14]
Esquire The 50 Best Albums Of 2018
*
[15]
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2018
65
[16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Silence"
Dre Skull3:36
2."Call Me"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull3:29
3."Wine for Me"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull3:07
4."Superstar"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull2:56
5."Happy Now"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull3:48
6."Naked"
  • Sutherland
  • Mark Myrie
Markus Records2:54
7."High Drive (Louis Out)"
  • Sutherland
  • Ainsley Morris
Notnice2:14
8."Foreign Love"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull3:58
9."Body So Good"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull3:37
10."Lef My Gun"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull3:07
11."Mi Luv Yuh"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull2:27
12."Deserve It All"
  • Sutherland
  • Morris
Notnice2:21
13."Dun Rich" (featuring Davido)
Dre Skull3:23
14."Strong Woman"
  • Sutherland
  • Morris
Notnice3:23
15."Through the Storm"
  • Sutherland
  • Damian Gager
  • Gareth Keane
  • Ryan Griffiths
  • Mini E5
  • Bless Beats
3:30
16."Firm and Strong"
  • Sutherland
  • Hershey
Dre Skull4:58
17."A Wha Suh"
  • Sutherland
  • Morris
Notnice3:25
Total length:56:58

Personnel

  • Andrae "Popcaan" Sutherland – vocals, A&R
  • David Adedeji "Davido" Adeleke – vocals (track 13)
  • Andrew "Dre Skull" Hershey – producer (tracks: 1-5, 8-11, 13, 16), executive producer, A&R
  • Markus "Markus Records" Myrie – producer (track 6)
  • Ainsley "Notnice" Morris – producer (tracks: 7, 12, 14, 17)
  • Damian "Mini E5" Gager – producer (track 15)
  • Gareth Keane – producer (track 15)
  • Ryan Griffiths – producer (track 15)
  • Mark "Exit" Goodchild – mixing (tracks: 1-8, 10-12, 14-17)
  • Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (tracks: 9, 13)
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Susannah Webb – creative direction, A&R
  • Phillip T. Annand – art direction
  • Ivar Wigan – photography

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 195
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 72
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 139
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 100
US Billboard 200[21] 171
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] 21
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[23] 6
US Reggae Albums (Billboard)[24] 2

References

  1. ^ "2018 Lineup". Reggae Sumfest. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kent-Smith, Jasmine (2 June 2018). "Popcaan is heading on a UK tour". Mixmag. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Forever by Popcaan reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for Forever - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. ^ Needham, Jack (13 June 2018). "Popcaan – 'Forever' review". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ^ Chintaluri, Narsimha (9 August 2018). "Review: Popcaan Strives For Timelessness On "Forever"". HipHopDX. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  7. ^ Bassett, Jordan (23 July 2018). "Popcaan – 'Forever' review". NME. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  8. ^ Wei, Whitney (21 July 2018). "Popcaan: Forever". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  9. ^ Shepherd, Jack (18 July 2018). "Album reviews this week: Daron Malakian, Popcaan, Skeletonwitch and Punch Brothers". The Independent. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  10. ^ Morris, Damien (22 July 2018). "Popcaan: Forever review - dreary and deracinated". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  11. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (20 July 2018). "Pop review: Popcaan: Forever". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  12. ^ Hull, Tom (25 February 2019). "Tom Hull: Streamnotes: 2019-02-25". tomhull.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Popcaan - Forever". Album of the Year. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  14. ^ Black, Adrienne (5 December 2016). "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Complex. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  15. ^ Ovenden, Olivia (7 December 2018). "The 50 Best Albums Of 2018". Esquire. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  16. ^ Corry, Kristin (5 December 2018). "The 100 Best Albums of 2018". Noisey. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Popcaan – Forever" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Popcaan Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Popcaan – Forever" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Popcaan – Forever". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Popcaan Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Popcaan Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Popcaan Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Popcaan Chart History (Reggae Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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