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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.

Forever
Studio album by Popcaan
Released	July 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Studio	Unruly Ent. Kingston Mixpak Studios (Brooklyn, NY)
Genre	Dancehall reggae fusion pop
Length	56:58
Label	Mixpak Records
Producer	Dre Skull (also exec.) Bless Beats Markus Records Mini E5 Notnice
Popcaan chronology
Where We Come From (2014) Forever (2018) Vanquish (2019)

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
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]

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

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

External links

• Popcaan – Forever at Discogs (list of releases)

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