Late rapper, Pop Smoke, recently released his highly anticipated album this past Friday, July 16, 2021. Entitled “Faith,” this is the second and reportedly the final posthumous project that will be released on behalf of the artist’s team. Since the official release of the album, fans have been giving all sorts of mixed feedback when discussing the technicalities of how the project was put together; it can very much be one of the most controversial albums of the summer.
Containing a total of 20 songs, his album includes what some people are calling “too many features,” due to the sole reason that the Brooklyn rapper was known for his independence when it comes to his music-making ability. “Faith” embodies a sum of 20 different features including Lil Tjay, Kanye West, Pusha T, Rick Ross, 21 Savage, 42 Dugg, Swae Lee, Quavo, Dua Lipa, Future, Chris Brown, and many more throughout various songs on the project.
While this is clearly a very different approach from the one Pop Smoke usually took when he was alive, which was adding very few, if any, other artists to his body of work, it could also be the reason why his loyal fans and even his best friend are upset as to how his team went about building his final album. The New York native was only able to put out two full projects when he was still alive in which both albums would only contain 4 total features before the deluxe versions were eventually dropped. Pop Smoke also stated in a notorious podcast interview, “If you notice why my tape didn’t have anyone on it, it’s because I don’t f**k with n****s…I don’t like them, I am not into that,” which is why it was surprising to see the excessive amount of features incorporated in this specific piece of work.
Within just the first two days of his album officially being public Pop Smokes, “Faith” is already on track to sell over 120k in the first week. While it is usually normal for album sales to skyrocket after an artist passes away, it is safe to say that the album is still enjoyable to listen to despite the fact that Pop Smoke might not have wanted to go about it this exact way. “Faith” is currently available on all streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music where you can take a closer to listen to the final pieces of work created by the late Brooklyn rapper.