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Good Intentions
Studio album by
Nav
ReleasedMay 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)
Recorded2019–2020
Genre
Length49:48
Label
Producer
  • Nav
  • Bkorn
  • BLWYRMND
  • Cardo
  • Dez Wright
  • Fabio Aguilar
  • Gylttryp
  • Jack LoMastro
  • Joe Hodges
  • Keanu Beats
  • Luca Starz
  • Money Musik
  • Mike Bliss
  • Mustard
  • Nabeyin
  • Neal & Alex
  • Nik Dean
  • Philipp Rodrian
  • Pro Logic
  • Saif
  • Shucati
  • Vov
  • Wallis Lane
  • Mookie
  • Wheezy
Nav chronology
Bad Habits
(2019) 		Good Intentions
(2020) 		Brown Boy 2
(2020)
Singles from Good Intentions
  1. "Turks"
    Released: March 27, 2020

Good Intentions is the third studio album by Canadian rapper Nav. It was released on May 8, 2020, by XO Records and Republic Records.[2] It follows his second studio album, Bad Habits, which was released in 2019. The album features guest appearances from Young Thug, Future, Gunna, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Pop Smoke, Don Toliver, and Lil Durk. The re-release of the album, titled Brown Boy 2, the deluxe edition and a sequel to his 2019 unofficial Brown Boy EP, was released three days later, on May 11, 2020. It features additional guest appearances from Quavo and Lil Duke.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic54/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim!3/10[5]
HipHopDX[6]
Pitchfork5.8/10[7]

The album was met with mixed reviews from contemporary critics. At the aggregate site Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 54, based on 4 reviews, indicating “Mixed or Average Reviews”.[8]

Background

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On April 27, 2020, Nav announced the follow-up to his sophomore studio album, Bad Habits, which was released on March 22, 2019.[2] Alongside the announcement, he revealed the album's trailer with teased potential features from American rappers Lil Uzi Vert and the late Pop Smoke, showing clips of him talking to both rappers.

"I had goals written down of going No. 1. I had a vision board in my room with all the things I want. This year, I pretty much got all of them. I believe in [the] law of attraction a lot."[9]

Singles

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The album's lead single, "Turks" with Gunna featuring Travis Scott, was released for digital download on March 27, 2020. The song was produced by Wheezy.[10] The music video was released on March 30, 2020. The music video was directed by Nav's manager Cash, who also co-wrote the song, and Zac Facts.[11] The song peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. The song also peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Nav's highest-charting song both as a lead or, at the time of the song’s release, featured artist.[12]

Commercial performance

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Good Intentions debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 135,000 album-equivalent units (including 73,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week.[13] This became Nav's second US number-one album.[13] The album also accumulated a total of 84.8 million on-demand streams of the album's songs during the tracking week.[13] In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, earning an additional 35,000 units.[14]

In his home country of Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, earning 10,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[15] This became Nav's second number-one debut on the chart.[15]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from Tidal, and Nav's Instagram for the deluxe edition.[16][17]

Good Intentions
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Good Intentions (Intro)"
  • Nav
  • Pro Logic
  • Wallis Lane
  • Jack LoMastro[b]
2:35
2."No Debate" (featuring Young Thug)
2:08
3."My Business" (featuring Future)
  • Cash
  • Pro Logic
  • Neal & Alex
3:19
4."Turks" (with Gunna featuring Travis Scott)
Wheezy2:41
5."Brown Boy"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Simon Schranz
  • Livingston Allen
  • Pro Logic
  • Blwyrmnd
2:14
6."Status" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)
  • Nav
  • Cash
  • Pro Logic
  • Keanu Beats
2:54
7."Codeine" (featuring Gunna)
  • Goraya
  • Kitchens
  • Esmailian
  • Franklin
  • Nav
  • Pro Logic
3:08
8."Saint Laurenttt"
  • Goraya
  • Esmailian
  • Franklin
  • N. Jahanbin
  • P. Jahanbin
  • Cash
  • Pro Logic
  • Wallis Lane
  • Nabeyin[a]
2:50
9."Coast to Coast"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Saif Khan
  • Pro Logic
  • Saif
2:33
10."Run It Up" (featuring Pop Smoke)
  • Cash
  • Pro Logic
  • Money Musik
2:59
11."Spend It" (featuring Young Thug)
2:39
12."Recap" (featuring Don Toliver)
2:23
13."She Hurtin"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • N. Jahanbin
  • P. Jahanbin
  • Pro Logic
  • Wallis Lane
  • VoV[a]
3:06
14."Overdose"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Joseph Hodges
  • Pro Logic
  • Joe Hodges
2:57
15."Did You Wrong"
2:29
16."My Space"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Dejan Nikolic
  • Pro Logic
  • Nik Dean
2:55
17."No Ice" (featuring Lil Durk)
  • Cash
  • Pro Logic
  • Dez Wright
3:01
18."Proud of Me?"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Tim Friedrich
  • Christoph Bauss
  • Pro Logic
  • Shucati
2:56
Total length:49:48

Credits adapted from Tidal.[18]

Deluxe – Brown Boy 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Up"
2:47
2."Relax"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Jugraj Nagra
  • Dorian McKnight
  • Pro Logic
  • Nagra
  • Sidepce
2:18
3."Chirp" (featuring Quavo)
  • Pro Logic
  • Money Musik
2:50
4."Frequently"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Bhangal
  • Pro Logic
  • Money Musik
2:52
5."Sprite Clean"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Herman Atwal
Money Musik2:35
6."Free Santana" (featuring Lil Duke)
  • Goraya
  • Arnold Martinez
  • Franklin
  • Bhangal
  • Pro Logic
  • Money Musik
2:55
7."Heat"GorayaNav2:19
8."No Time"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Jack Cohen-Mungan
  • Jack Cornelius
  • Pro Logic
  • AudioJacc
2:59
9."Yessir"
  • Goraya
  • Malik Johnson
  • Michael Kafandaris
  • 1K
  • Mike Bliss
2:41
10."Pine Soul"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Jordan Fox
  • Pro Logic
  • Fox
2:29
11."Two Face"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Nikolic
  • Pro Logic
  • Nik Dean
3:13
12."Extra"GorayaMoney Musik2:04
13."Ain't Goin Back"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • N. Jahanbin
  • P. Jahanbin
  • Austin Schindler
  • Jeffrey Rashad
  • Pro Logic
  • Wallis Lane
  • Austin Powerz
  • Rashad
2:58
14."Bag"
  • Wheezy
  • Rex Kudo
2:40
Total length:81:45

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[c] signifies an uncredited co-producer[19][20][21][22]
  • "Bag" contains additional vocals by Corbin

Personnel

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All programming and keyboards are credited to the producers of each track.[16]

  • Ethan Stevens – engineering (track 4)
  • Raphael Mesquita – recording assistant (track 4)
  • Pro Logic – mixing (all tracks), uncredited engineering (all tracks)[23]
  • Mike Dean – uncredited mixing (track 4)[24]
  • Colin Leonard – mastering (all tracks)

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ "Listen to NAV's 'Good Intentions (Brown Boy 2 Deluxe Version)'". 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Slingerland, Calum (April 27, 2020). "NAV Announces New Album 'Good Intentions'". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Kumar Singh, Vijai (May 8, 2020). "NAV's Blandness Is Unparalleled on 'Good Intentions'". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Cortez, Kevin (May 22, 2020). "NAV Remains Lifeless As Ever On Billboard Chart-Topping 'Good Intentions'". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  7. ^ Blum, Dani (May 14, 2020). "Nav: Good Intentions". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Nav - Good Intentions". Metacritic. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Droke, Carolyn (April 27, 2020). "Nav Teases His Upcoming 'Good Intentions' Album, Which Features Pop Smoke, Gunna, And Travis Scott". Uproxx. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  10. ^ Espinoza, Joshua (March 27, 2020). "Nav Reunites With Travis Scott and Gunna on "Turks"". Complex. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  11. ^ Sawyer, Jonathan (March 30, 2020). "NAV, Gunna & Travis Scott Are Ready for War in Official "Turks" Video". Highsnobiety. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  12. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: Know Me". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c Keith Caulfield (May 17, 2020). "NAV's 'Good Intentions' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  14. ^ Caulfield, Keith (May 24, 2020). "Future Flies 'High' With Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Urban Canadians Hold Top 3 Posts On Albums Chart This Week". May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Try the TIDAL Web Player". listen.tidal.com.
  17. ^ "Brown Boy 2/Good Intentions Deluxe drops in 2 HOURS. Some snippets, some leaks and some new vibes 😊" – via Instagram.
  18. ^ "Try the TIDAL Web Player". listen.tidal.com.
  19. ^ "@fabioaguillarr on Instagram: "Statusss"". Instagram.
  20. ^ "LucaStarz on Instagram: "@nav - "Proud Of Me ?" produced this one w/ @prologicmusic @philipp_rodrian @shucati 🙏🏼"". Instagram.
  21. ^ "prod by No_L on Instagram: "@nav Good Intentions out now "Proud of Me" co produced by me @lucastarzz @shucati @prologicmusic"". Instagram.
  22. ^ "J INC.'s Instagram profile post: "Out Now. @nav #BrownBoy2 Good Intentions Deluxe ... "No Time" Prod by @j_inc_ and @audiojacc. Blessings 🙏🏻. We are just getting started."". Instagram.
  23. ^ "@Nav Good intensions [sic] out now! Produced on 15 songs and mixed/engineered the album. Congrats to everyone involved and all their hard work". May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Instagram.
  24. ^ ""Turks" out now. Mixed by me and @therealmikedean 🌴". March 27, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020 – via Instagram.
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