The Party Never Ends
2024 studio album by Juice WRLD
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The Party Never Ends is the fifth and final studio album by the American rapper Juice Wrld. It was posthumously released through Grade A Productions and Interscope Records on November 29, 2024, nearly five years after his death in December 2019. The album contains guest appearances from Nicki Minaj, Benny Blanco, Eminem, the Kid Laroi, Offset, and Fall Out Boy. Various producers contributed to the album, including Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Happy Perez, Nick Mira, Boi-1da, Tommy Brown, Blake Slatkin, Charlie Handsome, Metro Boomin, Andrew Watt, Purps on the Beat, and Zaytoven.
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| Released | November 29, 2024 | |||
| Length | 54:24 | |||
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Release and promotion
In July 2021, Juice Wrld's manager, Lil Bibby, revealed the title of the album and shared what his plan with it would be.[1][2] In February 2023, his estate announced that the album was in active development.[3][4] After teasing the album's release, the lead single of the album, "Lace It", a collaboration with American rapper Eminem and American record producer Benny Blanco, was released on December 16, 2023.[5] A two-track extended play, The Pre-Party, was released as a precursor to the album on September 9, 2024.[6][7] The second and final single of the album, "AGATS2 (Insecure)", a collaboration with Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, was released on November 15, 2024.[8][9]
The album's cover art, which was designed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, was revealed on November 21, 2024.[10] Juice Wrld's estate collaborated with Epic Games to include a character skin of Juice Wrld in Fortnite Battle Royale.[11][12] At the end of Chapter 2 Remix of Fortnite Battle Royale, a virtual concert was held in tribute to Juice Wrld on November 30, 2024.[13]
On November 30, 2024, an expanded version of the album, titled The Party Never Ends 2.0, was released, replacing the album's original version on streaming services. It includes the additional song "Empty Out Your Pockets", placed between "Cuffed" and "KTM Drip" on the album's track listing.
A deluxe edition of the album, consisting of ten additional tracks that fans voted for, was expected to be released in early 2025, although it has been delayed several times for unknown reasons. As of March 2026, it has been confirmed for an early/mid-2026 release.
Critical reception
The Party Never Ends received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, who criticized the album for its unfinished sound, bland production, and poor curation of tracks. The album's release was viewed by many fans and critics as an attempt by the label to capitalize off of Juice Wrld's legacy, with fans noting that Juice Wrld had plenty of quality unreleased tracks that were inexplicably left off the album. Robin Murray of Clash wrote that the album lacked a cohesive identity and that the album's material remained "unfinished for a reason."[15] Fred Thomas of AllMusic criticized the album for feeling like "the underheated remaining scraps" of his unreleased material. While he named tracks such as "AGATS2 (Insecure)" and the Kid Laroi's tribute song "Goodbye" as exceptions, he described collaborations such "Lace It" with Eminem as "awkward", with Juice Wrld's presence on the track minimized. He wrote that songs such as "Best Friend" with Fall Out Boy continued this trend, describing it as one of several "placeholder" tracks and concluding that the album overall lacked songs that approach the quality of Juice Wrld's best work.[14]
Commercial performance
The Party Never Ends debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, with 86,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, including 123.43 million on-demand streams of the songs, and 2,000 in album sales.[16][17]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Party Never Ends" |
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| 2:20 |
| 2. | "Misfit" |
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| 2:39 |
| 3. | "AGATS2 (Insecure)" (with Nicki Minaj) | Bell | 3:19 | |
| 4. | "Lace It" (with Eminem and Benny Blanco) |
| 3:37 | |
| 5. | "Cuffed" |
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| 4:04 |
| 6. | "KTM Drip" |
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| 4:00 |
| 7. | "Love Letter" |
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| 2:39 |
| 8. | "Condone It" |
| 3:00 | |
| 9. | "Goodbye" (performed by the Kid Laroi) |
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| 2:41 |
| 10. | "Party by Myself" |
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| 3:18 |
| 11. | "Adore You" |
| Mira | 2:47 |
| 12. | "Celebrate" (with Offset) |
| Metro Boomin | 3:00 |
| 13. | "Jeffrey" |
| Mira | 2:55 |
| 14. | "Barbarian" |
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| 2:30 |
| 15. | "Best Friend" (with Fall Out Boy) |
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| 2:36 |
| 16. | "Floor It" |
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| 3:12 |
| 17. | "Oxycodone" |
| Purps on the Beat | 2:40 |
| 18. | "Spend It" |
| Zaytoven | 3:00 |
| Total length: | 54:24 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Empty Out Your Pockets" |
| Mira | 2:15 |
| Total length: | 56:39 | |||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
Personnel
Musicians
- Juice Wrld – vocals
- Pop Wansel – background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Benny Blanco – background vocals (track 5), guitar (tracks 1, 5, 9), keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15), programming (track 4), vocals (track 4)
- Cashmere Cat – background vocals (track 5), guitar (tracks 1, 5), keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15), programming (track 4)
- Happy Perez – guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4), keyboards (tracks 2, 4), programming (track 4)
- Nicki Minaj – vocals (track 3)
- Halsey – background vocals (track 3)
- Luis Resto – additional keyboards (track 4), programming (track 4)
- Eminem – vocals (track 4)
- Nick Mira – guitar (track 5), keyboards (tracks 5, 7)
- Dorien "DT" Theus – keyboards (track 7)
- Blake Slatkin – guitar (track 9), keyboards (track 9)
- The Kid Laroi – vocals (track 9)
- Offset – vocals (track 12)
- Andrew Watt – bass (track 15), drums (track 15), guitar (track 15), keyboard (tracks 15)
- Patrick Stump – vocals (track 15)
Technical
- Dave Kutch – mastering (tracks 1, 2, 4–18)
- Zach Pereyra – mastering (track 3)
- Benny Blanco – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–18), engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–18)
- Cashmere Cat – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–18), engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–18)
- Manny Marroquin – mixing (track 3)
- Carlton McDowell – engineering (tracks 1)
- Chris Sclafani – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–18)
- Max Lord – engineering (tracks 1, 6–8, 10, 12–14, 16–18)
- Louis Bell – engineering (track 3)
- Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – engineering (track 3)
- Mike Strange – engineering (track 4)
- Tony Campana – engineering (track 4)
- Blake Slatkin – engineering (track 9)
- Patrick Stump – engineering (track 15)
- Paul LaMalfa – engineering (track 15)
- Anthony Vilchis – mixing assistance (track 3)
- Trey Station – mixing assistance (track 3)
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2024–2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] | 17 |
| Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)[19] | 3 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] | 10 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] | 12 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] | 150 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[23] | 5 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] | 14 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] | 9 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] | 37 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[27] | 119 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] | 27 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[29] | 6 |
| Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[30] | 28 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[31] | 12 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[32] | 83 |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[33] | 20 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] | 14 |
| Nigerian Albums (TurnTable)[35] | 27 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[36] | 12 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[37] | 52 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[38] | 39 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[39] | 26 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] | 11 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[41] | 5 |
| UK R&B Albums (OCC)[42] | 9 |
| US Billboard 200[43] | 4 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[44] | 2 |