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90
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.
80
Constructed with love, care, and attention, ‘Faith’ is a well-intended salute that contains some fantastic music.
60
The rapper’s second posthumous album has some dazzling moments, but ultimately feels like business as usual for an audience whose attention may be elsewhere
50
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.
50
While fans might never know if Pop would have approved of his music being used in this fashion, Faith is a reminder no amount of technological marvel or wizardry can reconstruct the magic an artist puts into their music while alive and a cautionary tale proving why the dead should be allowed to rest.
48
At times, Faith is a clear-cut cash grab, but even when it isn’t, the lack of ambition and tendency to fill the album with pop rap that we’ve all heard some iteration of is painfully clear.
40
The Canarsie don's raw talent is overshadowed by superfluous guest spots on the second album to be released since his tragic death in 2020.
40
As far as posthumous projects go, Faith isn't a total insult to Pop Smoke's memory, but it is quite a step down from Shoot for the Stars.
38
Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album sounds like it’s solely designed to generate clicks as a new generation of rap fans continues to be exploited for their streams.
30
Unfortunately, the rapper's second posthumous release is all pop, no smoke. With friends and collaborators surgically removed, Faith is littered with jarring voices, avaricious creative decisions, and a fundamental sidelining of its visionary figurehead.
This album feels more like a Pop Smoke charity event than it does an actual Pop Smoke album.
Not one feature here feels genuine, and it just comes off as these artists going "Wowee look at me, I'm on the new Pop Smoke album! Rest in peace, yo!" through their whole feature. They're not all bad features, but it's just something I can't get past. I really don't see a universe where people like Kanye West, Pusha T, Future, Pharrell, Swae Lee, Chris Brown and Dua Lipa of all people would ... read more
I’m actually pretty impressed with this posthumous release, as it celebrates Pop Smoke without being a complete money grab like some other posthumous releases in past years, and ends up being my favorite Pop Smoke record in the process.
I liked a lot of Pop Smoke’s bigger tracks, but I unfortunately never loved any of his projects. I thought the first posthumous release “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon” was a pretty enjoyable album though, and was probably his best ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Good News 0:46 | 34 |
| 2 | More Time 2:00 | 63 |
| 3 | Tell The Vision 3:35 feat. Kanye West, Pusha T | 60 |
| 4 | Manslaughter 4:09 | 65 |
| 5 | Bout A Million 3:23 | 63 |
| 6 | Brush Em 2:30 feat. Rah Swish | 69 |
| 7 | Top Shotta 4:19 | 41 |
| 8 | 30 3:48 feat. Bizzy Banks | 59 |
| 9 | Beat The Speaker 1:46 | 50 |
| 10 | Coupe 2:03 | 54 |
| 11 | What's Crackin 2:57 feat. Takeoff | 50 |
| 12 | Genius 3:28 | 50 |
| 13 | Mr. Jones 3:34 feat. Future | 48 |
| 14 | Woo Baby Interlude 0:28 | 33 |
| 15 | Woo Baby 2:36 feat. Chris Brown | 43 |
| 16 | Demeanor 3:04 feat. Dua Lipa | 59 |
| 17 | Spoiled 1:44 feat. Pharrell Williams | 47 |
| 18 | 8-Ball 2:56 feat. Kid Cudi | 49 |
| 19 | Back Door 4:03 feat. Quavo, Kodak Black | 48 |
| 20 | Merci Beaucoup 2:55 | 53 |
Total Length: 56 minutes
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3mo
Too much hate, Tell the Vision and Manslaughter are two of the best Pop Smoke tracks ever
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Added on: June 23, 2021