Forever (Popcaan album)
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- Unruly Ent. Kingston
- Mixpak Studios (Brooklyn, New York City)
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| Released | July 20, 2018 | |||
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| Length | 56:58 | |||
| Label | Mixpak Records | |||
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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]
Accolades
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.3[3] |
| Metacritic | 74/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Crack Magazine | 8/10[5] |
| HipHopDX | 4/5[6] |
| NME |   [7] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10[8] |
| The Independent | [9] |
| The Observer | [10] |
| The Times | [11] |
| Tom Hull | B+( )[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]
| Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
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| Complex | The 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 41 |
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| Esquire | The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 | * |
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| Noisey | The 100 Best Albums of 2018 | 65 |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 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" |
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| 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