Offering 20 tracks, ‘Faith’ is an attempt to channel Pop Smoke in 360. Less an album, and more a compilation of perspectives, it feels like the process of collating testimony for a trial – each story is different, some overlap, and in there we find the truth.
Moving from gospel to street hustle via huge pop moments and some stellar collaborations, ‘Faith’ contains some truly excellent moments. To hear Pusha T and Kanye West combine on a Pop Smoke track – over a Neptunes beat, no less – is simply a moment for the history books.
Constructed with love, care, and attention, ‘Faith’ is a well-intended salute that contains some fantastic music. The spectre of the posthumous album has haunted hip-hop since the exploitation of 2Pac’s legacy, with fans remaining divided over their merits. ‘Faith’ succeeds by offering not ony an elegiac portrait of Pop Smoke, but also a vision of what he could have become.
A1 | Pop Smoke - Good News |
A2 | Pop Smoke - More Time |
A3 | Pop Smoke - Tell The Vision |
A4 | Pop Smoke - Manslaughter |
A5 | Pop Smoke - Bout A Million |
B1 | Pop Smoke - Brush Em |
B2 | Pop Smoke, The Neptunes - Top Shotta |
B3 | Pop Smoke - 30 |
B4 | Pop Smoke - Beat The Speaker |
B5 | Pop Smoke - Coupe |
C1 | Pop Smoke - What's Crackin |
C2 | Pop Smoke, Lil TJay, Swae Lee - Genius |
C3 | Pop Smoke - Mr. Jones |
C4 | Pop Smoke - Woo Baby Interlude |
C5 | Pop Smoke - Woo Baby |
D1 | Pop Smoke - Demeanor |
D2 | Pop Smoke - Spoiled |
D3 | Pop Smoke - 8-Ball |
D4 | Pop Smoke - Back Door |
D5 | Pop Smoke - Merci Beaucoup |