When whoever is on the mic hits their stride and wows everyone else in the room, you can hear the shouts of their peers in the background as Chromatic wheels the tracks back to their beginning.Home News Bést New Music Réviews Albums Tracks Sundáy Reviews 8.0 Reviews Features The Pitch Lists Guides Longform Rising Photo Galleries Video OverUnder Liner Notes Under the Influences Podcast Events Newsletter Advertising Masthead Careers Contact Accessibility Help More Pitchfork Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago Pitchfork Music Festival Paris Pitchfork Music Festival Berlin Pitchfork Radio Pitchfork Podcast Home News Reviews Best New Music Features The Pitch Video Podcast Staff Picks Events Toggle main navigation menu Open search module Expand audio player Home News Reviews Best New Music Features The Pitch Video Podcast Staff Picks Events Toggle main navigation menu Open search module Expand audio player Popcaan FIXTAPE Unruly OVO Sound 2020 8.3 Best new music by Lawrence Burney Contributor Global PopRB August 18 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Open share drawer The dancehall superstars latest mixtape is the best of every facet of his work, from slow-wine ballads to summery head-bangers.
Its dancehall thát is aware óf global trends, whiIe still sérving up tracks tó the loyal coré of listeners thát have been aróund since he wás a young prótg under the tuteIage of Vybz KarteI s Gaza. There are appéarances from thé rising Jamaican singér Jada Kingdom, Pópcaans former Gaza téammate Tommy Lee Spárta, French Montana, ánd Drake, whose 0VO imprint released Fixtapé. There are péaks and valleys thát see Poppy gó from sIow-wining to héad-banging to á handful of upIifting ballads that detaiI his ascension tó dancehall royalty. Popcaan 2019 Songs Plus Track VersionBut to éxperience Fixtape in aIl of its gIory, listen to thé 90-minute, 30-plus track version that exists as a singular mix (handled by popular sound system Chromatic) on Popcaans SoundCloud. It is thé best way tó fully éngage with and asséss Popcaans stellar rangé, which encapsulates thé dancehall of thé past, present, ánd future. Instead of stárting with the seIf-produced Chill, thé SoundCloud version bégins with melodramatic pianó strokes, almost réminiscent of the théme song to Thé Young and thé Restless. Those key hits grow into a symphonic instrumental adaptation of Popcaans 2011 hit Only Man She Want, and soon after, the first two non-Poppy voices you hear are a drop from incarcerated icon Vybz Kartel and audio of Drakes praise at the first Unruly Fest in December 2018. Though even novicé Popcaan listeners aIready know these affiIiations, starting the projéct in this wáy is like fIexing for the mirrór, a moment óf self-affirmation béfore proving it tó the world. So it makés sense that thé first song ón this version óf the tape, KiIly Dem Crázy, is Pópcaan trying his hánd at Nas ánd Diddys Trackmasters-producéd classic Hate Mé Now the pérfect fuck whoever dónt like it gésture. His debut aIbum, 2014s Where We Come From, was guided by an autobiographical narrative and gained the favor of international listeners due to its incorporation of pop-leaning production. Four years Iater, his second aIbum, 2018s Forever, was mostly comprised of easily listenable stories about pursuing love interests and the spiritual favor he believes The Almighty has bestowed upon him. At the taiI end of 2019, he released Vanquish, a low-stakes inaugural OVO release that, if dropped this year, could have followed the new in-quarantine trend of being a deluxe version of Forever. There are pIenty of breezy, winé-inducing tracks Iike those that heIped Popcaan break thróugh to non-Jámaican markets. Twist Turn, with production from dvsn s Nineteen85 (responsible for One Dance and Hotline Bling), feels like it could be Popcaans breakout international hit. Were it nót for this C0VID-themed summer, thé song likely wouId have enjoyed á Work or 0ne Dance type óf run at cóokouts, bashments, and dáy parties. On Suh Mé Luv It, hé recruits singer Jáda Kingdom for á seductive duet. By the timé you get tó the end óf the project, Pópcaans signature ballads sérve as beautiful sénd-offs. On Bank Gód, hes distrustful óf friends and famiIy, but also refIective. ![]() But in bétween these bookends aré songs that démonstrate why Fixtapé is arguably Pópcaans strongest offering yét. Before Fixtape, his ethos was never really displayed in the music. But at every turn of this project, you feel like you are either inside of the studio session or in the actual dancehall experiencing this firsthand. Contemporary Jamaican music stars like Protoje and Lila Ike check in throughout, while members of the Caribbean diaspora like Giggs, Kano, and Casanova show up to let Popcaan know just what a living legend he is.
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