Forever (Popcaan album)

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Forever
File:Popcaan Forever Cover.jpg
Studio album by Popcaan
Released July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Studio
  • Unruly Ent. Kingston
  • Mixpak Studios (Brooklyn, New York City)
Genre
Length 56:58
Label Mixpak 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
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
Crack Magazine 8/10[5]
HipHopDX 4/5[6]
NME 4/5 stars[7]
Pitchfork 6.9/10[8]
The Independent 3/5 stars[9]
The Observer 2/5 stars[10]
The Times 3/5 stars[11]
Tom Hull B+((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. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Silence"   Dre Skull 3:36
2. "Call Me"   Dre Skull 3:29
3. "Wine for Me"   Dre Skull 3:07
4. "Superstar"   Dre Skull 2:56
5. "Happy Now"   Dre Skull 3:48
6. "Naked"   Markus Records 2:54
7. "High Drive (Louis Out)"   Notnice 2:14
8. "Foreign Love"   Dre Skull 3:58
9. "Body So Good"   Dre Skull 3:37
10. "Lef My Gun"   Dre Skull 3:07
11. "Mi Luv Yuh"   Dre Skull 2:27
12. "Deserve It All"   Notnice 2:21
13. "Dun Rich" (featuring Davido) Dre Skull 3:23
14. "Strong Woman"   Notnice 3:23
15. "Through the Storm"  
  • Mini E5
  • Bless Beats
 3:30
16. "Firm and Strong"   Dre Skull 4:58
17. "A Wha Suh"   Notnice 3:25
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 (MegaCharts)[19] 139
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 100
US Billboard 200[21] 171
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] 21
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[23] 6
US Reggae Albums (Billboard)[24] 2

References

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  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Popcaan – Forever" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "Popcaan – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Popcaan. 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 for Popcaan. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  22. ↑ "Popcaan – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Popcaan. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  23. ↑ "Popcaan – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Popcaan. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  24. ↑ "Popcaan – Chart history" Billboard Reggae Albums for Popcaan. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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