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Pop Smoke’s New Deluxe Edition Of ‘Faith’ Adds Four Songs, Including A G Herbo Collaboration

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Pop Smoke’s latest posthumous effort, Faith, is a big affair with plenty of guests, including Pusha T, Kanye West, Rick Ross, The-Dream, 42 Dugg, 21 Savage, Rah Swish, Travi, Beam, Bizzy Banks, Takeoff, Lil Tjay, Swae Lee, Future, Chris Brown, Dua Lipa, Pharrell, Kid Cudi, Quavo, and Kodak Black. Now, the party has gotten even bigger, as a new deluxe edition adds four new songs to the album and a handful more guests.

The new songs are “Questions,” “Run Down” featuring OnPointLikeOP and G Herbo, “Money Man” featuring Killa, and “Defiant” featuring Dread Woo and Travi. On “Run Down,” Smoke raps about chasing down haters, while Herbo pays tribute to Smoke with his verse.

Meanwhile, in a recent interview, Smoke’s mother, Audrey Jackson, said that it’s “easier” to listen to her son on Faith, noting that she hasn’t actually listened to Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon yet. “He does sound different on this, his sound, his style, it’s different,” she said.

Listen to “Run Down” above and stream the deluxe edition of Faith below.

Faith is out now via Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic. Get it here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Pop Smoke’s ‘FAITH’ Set For No. 1 In First-Week Projections

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Late New York rapper Pop Smoke‘s FAITH album is going to do insane numbers. The unforgettable Brooklyn drill rap artist’s second posthumous release is projected to sell around 120,000 copies in its opening week. Pop Smoke’s ‘FAITH’ Set For Huge Week Based on initial estimates, Smoke’s studio effort is going to face practically zip-zero competition. […]

Pop Smoke’s Mother Admits ‘It’s Easier’ To Listen To Her Son On His Posthumous New Album, ‘Faith’

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This past Friday, Pop Smoke’s team released the late rapper’s second posthumous album, Faith. It arrived a little over a year since his first effort, Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, was released for fans. Altogether, Faith presents 20 songs with a boatload of guest acts, those being Pusha T, Kanye West, Rick Ross, The-Dream, 42 Dugg, 21 Savage, Rah Swish, Travi, Beam, Bizzy Banks, Takeoff, Lil Tjay, Swae Lee, Future, Chris Brown, Dua Lipa, Pharrell, Kid Cudi, Quavo, and Kodak Black.

The project also sees an appearance from the late rapper’s mother, Audrey Jackson, who shared some words on the project’s intro track, “Good News.”

During a recent interview with Power 105.1 radio host Angie Martinez, Jackson admitted that “it’s easier” to hear her son on Faith. “He does sound different on this, his sound, his style, it’s different,” she said. Jackson also confessed that she has not listened to Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon yet. She later expressed that she’s “grateful” law enforcement arrested the individuals responsible for her son’s death.

“They’re off the streets, they’ve been caught,” she said. “They need to serve some time. Throwing them under the jail isn’t going to bring him back, taking their lives isn’t going to bring him back but as long as there’s a real consequence.”

The rapper’s brother, Obasi Jackson, also shared his gratitude for the arrests.

“I feel like they didn’t have to do what they did,” he said. “Now, you deserve the ultimate penalty.”

You can watch the full interview above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Dua Lipa Brings Confident Disco Vibes To The New Pop Smoke Album On Their Collaboration, ‘Demeanor’

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The first posthumous album from Pop Smoke, last year’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, had a who’s-who of talent in its tracklist. The rapper’s latest posthumous effort, the newly released Faith, brings even more people into the fold. Among those is Dua Lipa, who lends her vocal talents to “Demeanor.”

The track has a funky groove (which would feel at home on Lipa’s recent disco-inspired output) that is accompanied by some woozy vibes and rhythmic verses from Pop Smoke. Instead of providing a hook, as might be expected on this sort of collaboration, Lipa gets her own verse, on which she confidently sings, “You can’t say pop without smoke / So fill up with your lungs, my diamonds will make you choke / You like the way I move / My demeanor is meaner than yours / So clap for the encore.”

Aside from Lipa, the album also features Kanye West, Pusha T, Rick Ross, The-Dream, 42 Dugg, 21 Savage, Rah Swish, Travi, Beam, Bizzy Banks, Takeoff, Lil Tjay, Swae Lee, Future, Pharrell, Kid Cudi, Quavo, and Kodak Black.

Listen to “Demeanor” above.

Faith is out now via Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic. Get it here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.