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Bad Vibes Forever (2019)

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The album was first planned as XXXTentacion's debut in 2016, but it came out after his murder as his fourth and final studio album.

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Album story

Overview

Fourth and final studio album by American rapper XXXTentacion
Released 6 December 2019 through Bad Vibes Forever and Empire Distribution
Production by XXXTentacion himself, with DJ Carnage, John Cunningham, JonFX, Ronny J, XXYYXX and others
Guest artists include PnB Rock, Trippie Redd, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Killstation, Noah Cyrus, Tom G, Tory Lanez, Mavado, Craig Xen, Kemba, Joey Badass, Sauce Walka, Carnage, Ky-Mani Marley, Stefflon Don, Vybz Kartel, Jimmy Levy, Joyner Lucas, Ikabod Veins and Blink-182
Follow-up to Skins (2018), his first posthumous album and third studio album

Background

Originally planned as his debut album, with a slated release date of 31 October 2016
In a March 2017 interview he said he was working on it alongside 17
17 came out as his debut album in August 2017, followed by the EP A Ghetto Christmas Carol in December
That same month he announced his next three albums as ?, Skins and Bad Vibes Forever
? came out in March 2018, the last project released before he was murdered in June 2018
Skins was released in December 2018
Billboard confirmed the title in August 2019, with a slated release for fall 2019
Hearteater and School Shooters (ft. Lil Wayne) were confirmed for the album on 25 August 2019
A Lil Nas X collaboration was scrapped after the fans' objections and one of Lil Nas X's tweets from an old account; the matter was resolved shortly before release
On 12 November 2019, a teaser presented the album as the final album
On 20 November 2019, his mother teased the cover art; a follow-up trailer revealed the 6 December 2019 release date

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

1	introduction	1:43
2	Ex Bitch	2:02
3	UGLY	1:32
4	bad vibes forever	2:30
5	School Shooters	1:34
6	I Changed Her Life	1:48
7	Triumph	2:46
8	LIMBO	3:15
9	before i realize	1:35
10	Ecstasy	4:00
11	Kill My Vibe	2:08
12	Hot Gyal	2:14
13	THE ONLY TIME I FEEL ALIVE	2:44
14	the interlude that never ends	2:29
15	Daemons	2:52
16	ATTENTION!	2:00
17	Eat It Up	1:45
18	Voss	1:47
19	Royalty	3:24
20	wanna grow old (i won’t let go)	2:11
21	HEARTEATER	2:16
22	NorthStar (remix)	2:46
23	CHASE / glass shards	2:19
24	numb the pain	1:22
25	IT’S ALL FADING TO BLACK	2:32

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), known as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer.
Began his music career on SoundCloud in 2013 with the song "News/Flock" and the mixtape XXX (Unmastered) in 2014.
Formed the underground collective Members Only in 2015 and became a leading figure in SoundCloud rap and emo rap.
Gained mainstream attention with the 2016 single "Look at Me!", which peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Debut album 17 (2017) debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200; second album ? (2018) debuted at number 1.
Lead single "Sad!" posthumously reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was RIAA diamond certified in 2021.
Was murdered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on June 18, 2018, at age 20; three perpetrators received life sentences without parole.

Legacy

Claimed around 110 million RIAA-certified units in the US and over 13 million BPI-certified units in the UK.
Credited as an early pioneer of rage music, a subgenre of trap.
Subject of the 2022 documentary Look at Me.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

Reviews from critics were mixed
Metacritic gave it 55 based on six reviews, a score it labels mixed or average
NME: Kyann-Sian Williams, writing for NME, called it slightly better than last year's Skins but a serious case of over-embellishing thin material
Spanish Wikipedia summary: critical reception was disappointing, similar to Skins

Records

US Billboard 200: debuted at number five
First-week sales of 65,000 album-equivalent units in the US
Metacritic's score is calculated from the six reviews it counted
The summary notes the album did not match the chart success of his earlier albums

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

A Lil Nas X collaboration was scrapped because of one of his tweets from an old account, and the matter was resolved near the release date.
Hearteater was originally a scrapped track from ?, and was teased on 18 October 2019.
Voss on the album is a re-release of Sauce Walka's song from his album Drip God, and Carnage took only producer credits.
Daemons is a remix of an earlier XXXTentacion song titled Angel 2 Demons.
The title track's teaser showed Billie Eilish and Lil Skies recounting the impact XXXTentacion had on their lives.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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