Popcaan

I haven't finished it yet, but sad to say it's kind of bad?

Ok maybe this isn't a total waste, but it would have been better as an even shorter EP. The second track is genuinely bad and nearly 5 mins long ugh; there's a crummy weed ballad.

Even trimmed it would be pretty minor. A lot of the songs feel like undercooked cast-offs from Forever. There's a few that aim for that Firm & Strong combination of menace + uplift and miss badly.

Fave track ended up being the final one (Elevate), but I should listen again before I give in fully to OVO-related hand-wringing--I made the mistake of reading some (very negative) twitter reactions before listening and may have been primed to dismiss this.

"i love you love you marijuana"

things you were shockingly old when you learned

preferred it when they were platonic tbh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gcLqlaHzVs

new mixtape out called 'fixtape', hopefully better than the last one

I'm on track 3 and it's already about a million times better.

"New Polo" for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiVhpU0hlEA

now Drake is singing in "patois," so it's not perfect

that said, even this song is pretty good

For better or worse, it's aptly billed as a mixtape: better as in I always thought it was a mistake that Popcaan didn't put out a mixtape collecting all his brilliant loosies between each album ; worse only in that it's definitely not remotely coherent like Forever and WWCF. But as a batch of mostly fire, mostly new Popcaan songs, this is a delight.

Check out the riddim on "Canary":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdBDKWea6JE

Shouting into the wind with this one, but it's kinda lol/kinda sad that all the headlines mention the two Drake features, when this tape has given me the surprising opportunity to say Tommy Lee>>>>Drake

anyway, the run from "Canary" to "Any One A Dem" is thrilling. Love how the latter echoes "Afrikaan Beat" in the keyboard hook

PVMIC: any bangers on this one or is it all hookless soul baring?

many bangers! -- skip the first track and anything with Drake and this might be the ideal Poppy album for dog latin

just saw that there’s an extended 32 track version on soundcloud?

including a remix of NORE’s nothin??

Soundcloud Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Killy Dem Crazy (Hate Me Now Remix)
3. Dolla Coin (Rockstar Remix)
4. Have It (feat. Skillibeng & Quada) (Uptown VIbes Remix)
5. Fast Lane (4PM In Calabasas Remix)
6. Chill
7. Girls In Love (feat. Quada) (Broke In a Minute Remix)
8. Hate! (JAY-Z - Hate Remix)
9. All I Need (feat. Drake)
10. Love It (feat. Jada Kingdom)
11. Goodaz
12. Mamakita
13. Bruck Di Buddy
14. Canary
15. F*** Up Di Club
16. Twist & Turn (feat. Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR)
17. Buzz
18. Smoked Out (feat. Bakersteez) (Boom Boom Boom Remix)
19. Challis
20. Any One a Dem (feat. Frahcess One)
21. Murda (feat. Preme & French Montana)
22. Unda Dirt (feat. Masicka & Tommy Lee)
23. Bad Gang (6 God Remix)
24. Fresh Polo (feat. Stylo G & Dane Ray)
25. Rapid
26. Jealousy
27. Hengin Tree
28. Watch Ya (feat. Furnace, Stylo G & Unruly Cuz) (N.O.R.E. - Nothin' Remix)
29. Friends Like These
30. Retribution
31. Bank & God
32. My Way

Drake's Jamaican accent is incredible. Like... Sting, Ali Campbell, they had nothing on this guy.

It is p astonishing he doesn't get any serious flack for it

Best New Music on pitchfork today, and the review makes a strong case for the soundcloud version -- did you listen to that just sayin? I haven't had a chance before now but I'm putting it on now

damn this owns: https://soundcloud.com/popcaanmusic/yiy-change-fixtape

icymi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXmniReKkDk
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Popcaan & Mustard • Intercourse

that's good but I'm not sure it was worth having the phrase "popcorn and mustard intercourse" in my mind

sounds tasty tho

I put off checking this out because of Drake, but ffs it bangs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjJZNdLSexU

We Caa Done ft. Drake

(maybe don't focus too hard on Drake's "accent" though)

Popcaan in fine form but Drake's feat so so weak that it ruins the song. But if that's running up to an album I will definitely listen.

new album Great Is He is out Jan 27

My expectations for this were subterranean so it's possible that I'm overrating it, but Popcaan sounds great and he hasn't released anything at all good in a very long time. And then Drake is so weird I guess I find it entertaining? It borders on the surreal; I almost laugh when he starts saying "we can-not done" like even his own brain/tongue is like "bro stop this"

wasn’t blown away by the pre-album singles and the Burna collabo on the new album is very underwhelming as well. mediocre song, although Burna is okay on it.

Popcaan’s apparent compulsion to use “pussy tight” in literally all of his songs (“Great Is He” excepted) is very grating.

not sure I will want to delve into this album

Sad to say, you probably shouldn't bother. There are a few good tracks, but it's definitely a chore to get through. He's really become hollow as a pop persona—no real character or POV—and the opulently lethargic production + social media spirituality blah blah sounds cynical and wack, even the horny stuff is flat.

Maybe the real tell is how bad "Set It" is: a retro ragga exercise that his production team should be able to knock out of the park that for some reason sounds like *absolute shit* (seriously listen to Lady Saw's Good Wuk afterwards).

Only listened once, but this was the highlight among the new tracks for me, mostly for the production tbh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hFK2WQbKjM

Freshness

This one is not bad too iirc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDUG_slD35k

11th Commandment

tried to listen to the burna collab & halfway thru shut it off and put on “weed is my best friend”

wise