Faith (Pop Smoke album)

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Faith
File:Pop Smoke - Faith.png
Studio album by Pop Smoke
Released July 16, 2021
Length 56:04
Label
Producer
Pop Smoke chronology
Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon
(2020)		 Faith
(2021)
Singles from Faith (Pop Smoke album)

Faith is the second posthumous studio album by American rapper Pop Smoke. It was released through Victor Victor Worldwide and Republic Records on July 16, 2021, four days before what would have been the rapper's 22nd birthday. It serves as the follow-up to Pop Smoke's commercially and critically successful debut studio album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (2020). The album features guest appearances from Kanye West, Pusha T, Rick Ross, The-Dream, 42 Dugg, 21 Savage, Takeoff, Lil Tjay, Swae Lee, Future, Chris Brown, Dua Lipa, Pharrell, Kid Cudi, Quavo and Kodak Black, among others. It was supported by its lead single, "Demeanor".

Background

On June 4, 2021, Pop Smoke's manager, Steven Victor, announced that there would be a second posthumous project released by the rapper.[1] Producer Rico Beats announced that Faith was "95% loading the fuck up" and also confirmed that he would be one of the producers on the album through a post on Instagram on June 15.[2] "Tell the Vision" was initially intended for Kanye West's album Donda.[3]

Cover artwork

The cover art is an "intense", close-up, black and white picture of Pop Smoke, the word "Faith" tattooed above his eye.[4]

Release and promotion

On June 23, 2021, Steven Victor announced the album's release date of July 16.[5] A trailer video for Faith, which features Pop Smoke's career highlights and a motivational short speech from him, was also released.[4] A promotional single, "Outro", the closing track of the album, debuted the same day. The album was also confirmed to have seventeen tracks.[6] Initially, it was assumed that the album would be self-titled after Pop Smoke was the title of the album on Apple Music during its pre-order as a placeholder. Victor announced on July 11 that the album would be titled Faith.[4] The following day, the cover art was revealed along with a promotional video.[7] The track list was released on July 14, in what was considered an "unusual" way; it was revealed through an interactive website that allowed fans to scratch virtual lottery tickets to reveal the track titles.[4]

"Demeanor" featuring English singer Dua Lipa, was serviced to rhythmic contemporary radio on July 20, 2021, as the album's lead single.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 57/100[10]
Review scores
Source Rating
Clash 8/10[11]
Exclaim! 5/10[12]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10[13]
NME 2/5 stars[14]
Pitchfork 3.8/10[15]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[16]

Faith was met with mixed reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 57, based on seven reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 5.6 out of 10 based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[9]

In a lukewarm review, Rolling Stone's Mosi Reeves wrote, "Faith consists of audio files recombined by producers and record executives into something coherent, listenable, and at times even enjoyable, but not quite dazzling. Maybe it's not an Anthony Bourdain doc constructed with artificial intelligence, but it still feels a bit weird".[16] Antoine-Samuel Mauffette Alavo of Exclaim! said, "Despite poor production choices and lazy song structures, Pop Smoke's energy and solo spurts of brilliance won't allow for this stale posthumous release to tarnish his legacy".[12] In a negative review, Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre stated, "Beyond stripping Pop of his personality, the most offensively bad [tracks] on Faith are the ones that have no shame in hiding their financial intentions".[15]

Udit Mahalingan of The Line of Best Fit praised the album, stating, "Unlike the majority of [posthumous releases], Faith speaks to Pop Smoke's perpetuity in hip-hop's current context, serving as less of a lament of what could have been and more as a memorial for what was and still is".[13] Robin Murray from Clash enjoyed the album, saying, "Faith succeeds by offering not ony an elegiac portrait of Pop Smoke, but also a vision of what he could have become".[11]

Track listing

Faith track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Good News"   808Melo 0:46
2. "More Time"  
2:00
3. "Tell the Vision" (featuring Kanye West and Pusha T)
3:35
4. "Manslaughter" (featuring Rick Ross and The-Dream)
4:09
5. "Bout a Million" (featuring 21 Savage and 42 Dugg) Axl 3:23
6. "Brush Em" (featuring Rah Swish)
  • 808Melo
  • J. Jackson[b]
  • Dylan Jackson[b]
 2:30
7. "Top Shotta" (with The Neptunes, featuring Pusha T, Travi and Beam) The Neptunes 4:19
8. "30" (featuring Bizzy Banks) Rico Beats 3:48
9. "Beat the Speaker"  
  • 808Melo
  • Fritz tha Producer
 1:46
10. "Coupe"   Rico Beats 2:03
11. "What's Crackin'" (featuring Takeoff) Rico Beats 2:57
12. "Genius" (with Lil Tjay and Swae Lee)
3:28
13. "Mr. Jones" (featuring Future)
3:34
14. "Woo Baby Interlude"     0:28
15. "Woo Baby" (featuring Chris Brown)
  • Boogz
  • 2300
 2:36
16. "Demeanor" (featuring Dua Lipa)
3:04
17. "Spoiled" (featuring Pharrell) The Neptunes 1:44
18. "8-Ball" (featuring Kid Cudi)
2:56
19. "Back Door" (featuring Quavo and Kodak Black)
  • Tahj Money
  • TNT
  • Kidd Fredo
 4:03
20. "Merci Beaucoup"   The Neptunes 2:55
Total length:
 56:04

Template:Track Listing

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Vocals

  • Pop Smoke – rap vocals
  • Audrey Jackson – additional vocals

Additional personnel

  • Jess Jackson – mixing engineer, studio personnel (17)
  • Ciel Eckard-Lee – assistant mixing engineer, studio personnel (17)
  • Hassan Musa – recording engineer, studio personnel (17)

Charts

Chart performance for Faith
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 2
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[21] 2
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[22] 2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[24] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 7
6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 6
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[27] 9
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 3
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[33] 11
US Billboard 200[34] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[35] 1

References

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  35. ↑ "Illegal name entered Pop Smoke/Pop+Smoke/chart?f=333 Pop Smoke – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Pop Smoke.
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