• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jul 16, 2021
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 2 out of 9
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  1. 90
    Unlike the majority of [posthumous releases], Faith speaks to Pop Smoke’s perpetuity in hip-hop’s current context, serving as less of a lament of what could have been and more as a memorial for what was and still is.
  2. Jul 19, 2021
    82
    “Faith” makes it clear Pop Smoke had a real future, with its show of soul and progress.
  3. Jul 19, 2021
    80
    ‘Faith’ succeeds by offering not ony an elegiac portrait of Pop Smoke, but also a vision of what he could have become.
  4. Aug 3, 2021
    70
    It’s too slick and polished for a posthumous album.
  5. Jul 19, 2021
    60
    Faith consists of audio files recombined by producers and record executives into something coherent, listenable, and at times even enjoyable, but not quite dazzling. Maybe it’s not an Anthony Bourdain doc constructed with artificial intelligence, but it still feels a bit weird.
  6. Jul 20, 2021
    50
    Despite poor production choices and lazy song structures, Pop Smoke's energy and solo spurts of brilliance won't allow for this stale posthumous release to tarnish his legacy.
  7. 40
    Weighed down by star power, which eclipses Pop Smoke, ‘Faith’ feels more disingenuous than its predecessor.
  8. Jul 21, 2021
    38
    Beyond stripping Pop of his personality, the most offensively bad [tracks] on Faith are the ones that have no shame in hiding their financial intentions.
  9. Jul 27, 2021
    30
    With friends and collaborators surgically removed, Faith is littered with jarring voices, avaricious creative decisions, and a fundamental sidelining of its visionary figurehead.
User Score
4.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 20
  2. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. Jul 21, 2022
    5
    Even if the album sounds good (which is exactly what they wanted), you cannot call this a pop smoke album.
  2. Jun 22, 2022
    4
    Another desperate cash grab from greedy corporations that can't help themselves from defiling artists' graves
  3. Mar 30, 2022
    6
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