Faith Beyond Death- A Pop Smoke Album

Review 

Faith, PopSmoke’s second posthumous album has landed and his fans are loving it. 

The rapper, 20 years old at the time of his death was sadly killed in a home invasion back in 2020. He left behind a fan base so strong and eager for his music that even after his passing his estate has been compiling and releasing projects and fans have been welcoming it everytime.

His record label dropped a trailer for the album on youtube where the rapper was saying, “When you keep winning, they can’t stop you,” he says. “The fake can never succeed at nothing. When you know what you want, don’t let anybody get in between you and your creation. I ain’t trying to just be cool, we gotta make history.”

This second posthumous album is in his signature take on the drill subgenre of hip hop; it’s a glimpse into the mindset of the rapper before his unexpected passing. His sudden passing means that only fragments and pieces of song ideas he was working on still exist, thus on this project he’s paired with numerous features to fill out the body of the song. 

Nevertheless, for the brief snippets that his voice does come up, one can hear the vast potential for growth, evolution. We can only imagine what other wonderful ideas he had and how much more he could have innovated the genre but today we have Faith and we’re going to dive into that.

Good News

This album opener is actually a piece of spoken word poetry. It breaks down what the poet believed to be the inherent drive of Pop Smoke, a drive to manifest greatness and to let his listener know that they can do the same too. ”The smoke will never clear.”

Manslaughter- Rick Ross & The Dream

Pop Smoke’s talent not only drew his fans to him, he also piqued the interest of industry veterans like Rick Ross and Kanye West. On this track, Rick Ross and The Dream. The rappers talk about defending their loved ones to the highest level. Pop  Smoke sings about being fine with committing a crime if anyone messes with him or his people.

Bout A Million- ft 21 Savage & 42 Dugg

Traditional braggadocio of rap music is condensed and refined in this song with Pop Smoke, 21 Savage and 42 Dugg. ”The cheapest ring on my body cost a hundred” the rappers all talk about making money and spending it on jewels,their styles blend seamlessly together on this track while Pop Smoke sings the catchy hook.

Demeanor ft Dua Lipa

If one is familiar with Dua Lipa’s sound it is mind boggling to think of how Pop Smoke’s drill music and her high energy pop music would merge. Listeners will be in for a surprise as the more exotic tunes of this track sees a different facet of Pop Smoke and Dua Lipa’s sonorous voice falls perfectly into place beside him.

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