Forever
by Popcaan
Adam Steinkirchner
Adam Steinkirchner
the most playable album of the 2010s and a top five album of the 2010s. give Popcaan his flowers he's already a legend
Favorite track: Through The Storm.
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Wine For Me
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift cardDownload available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.
$12 USD or more
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumDeluxe 3LP 140g vinyl with full color sleeves, 8 page photo booklet, and special white vinyl.
Includes unlimited streaming of Forever via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 7 daysPurchasable with gift card$40 USD or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumGatefold CD with full color artwork
Includes unlimited streaming of Forever via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Download available in 16-bit/44.1kHz.ships out within 7 daysPurchasable with gift card$15 USD or more
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Silence
03:35
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Call Me
03:28
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Wine For Me
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Superstar
02:56
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Happy Now
03:48
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Naked
03:06
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High Drive (Louis Out)
02:51
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Foreign Love
03:57
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Body So Good
03:37
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Lef My Gun
03:07
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Mi Love Yuh
02:26
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Deserve It All
02:20
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Dun Rich (ft. Davido)
03:23
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Strong Woman
03:23
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Through The Storm
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Firm and Strong
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A Wha Suh
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about
Jamaican superstar Popcaan returns with his long awaited sophomore album, Forever.
In the time since his early days as Vybz Kartel’s protege and his breakthrough debut album Where We Come From, he has toured with Drake, been sampled by Kanye West, had mainstream hits with Jamie xx and Gorillaz, and released a stream of singles that continue to delight his dedicated fan base in the Caribbean and beyond. His journey has taken him from a promising young star to the leader of a generation of Jamaican and diaspora artists, a generation that feels their influence reverberate in pop’s continuing interest in the sonic signifiers of dancehall. Forever finds Popcaan grappling with his role as an icon of his generation, and finding his place in a pop landscape that he helped shape.
Like many great albums in the pantheon, Forever is the labour of a true artist, a body of work that defines and defies a genre. More than simply a collection of songs, Popcaan has carefully crafted this album to stand as a significant body of work and yet, it still bubbles over with singles. His storytelling has become further nuanced and kaleidoscopic on this record, with odes to love and relationships sitting side by side with spiritual and familial struggles, cautionary tales of life at the top and, of course, wining anthems.
The care-free Popcaan still rides high, on songs like “Body So Good”, “Wine For Me”, and the afropop leaning “Dun Rich”, not to mention the enviable confidence of “Superstar”. When he’s not singing for someone else, he is often turning to himself for support - creating songs that act as tonics. “Firm & Strong” is the record’s most powerful and spiritual offering - backed by a 20 person choir, and a stripped back beat, he creates a mantra for overcoming his struggles. With “A Wha Suh” he talks directly to the listeners on the power of believing in yourself, while on “Lef My Gun” he celebrates how precious life is.
Popcaan is a first-rate song maker, an artist who can write earworm melodies, hit a tone that can make you cry, coin phrases that no-one else on earth could dream up, and simply give you the gift of enjoying life. Forever is his best work to date, a record that is as much biographic as it is therapeutic, as soothing as it is fun. It is a journey through Popcaan’s life that reveals his pure spirit and his talent as a storyteller like no other.
In the time since his early days as Vybz Kartel’s protege and his breakthrough debut album Where We Come From, he has toured with Drake, been sampled by Kanye West, had mainstream hits with Jamie xx and Gorillaz, and released a stream of singles that continue to delight his dedicated fan base in the Caribbean and beyond. His journey has taken him from a promising young star to the leader of a generation of Jamaican and diaspora artists, a generation that feels their influence reverberate in pop’s continuing interest in the sonic signifiers of dancehall. Forever finds Popcaan grappling with his role as an icon of his generation, and finding his place in a pop landscape that he helped shape.
Like many great albums in the pantheon, Forever is the labour of a true artist, a body of work that defines and defies a genre. More than simply a collection of songs, Popcaan has carefully crafted this album to stand as a significant body of work and yet, it still bubbles over with singles. His storytelling has become further nuanced and kaleidoscopic on this record, with odes to love and relationships sitting side by side with spiritual and familial struggles, cautionary tales of life at the top and, of course, wining anthems.
The care-free Popcaan still rides high, on songs like “Body So Good”, “Wine For Me”, and the afropop leaning “Dun Rich”, not to mention the enviable confidence of “Superstar”. When he’s not singing for someone else, he is often turning to himself for support - creating songs that act as tonics. “Firm & Strong” is the record’s most powerful and spiritual offering - backed by a 20 person choir, and a stripped back beat, he creates a mantra for overcoming his struggles. With “A Wha Suh” he talks directly to the listeners on the power of believing in yourself, while on “Lef My Gun” he celebrates how precious life is.
Popcaan is a first-rate song maker, an artist who can write earworm melodies, hit a tone that can make you cry, coin phrases that no-one else on earth could dream up, and simply give you the gift of enjoying life. Forever is his best work to date, a record that is as much biographic as it is therapeutic, as soothing as it is fun. It is a journey through Popcaan’s life that reveals his pure spirit and his talent as a storyteller like no other.
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released July 20, 2018
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Popcaan Jamaica
Jamaican dancehall artist Popcaan is the Caribbean’s most vital contemporary voice.
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