Dancehall artist Popcaan dropped a surprise mixtape on Christmas Day titled “Best Mood” under his Unruly Entertainment label.
Although the project is a late Christmas independent release, Popcaan’s management says he is still signed to Drake’s OVO Sound and Warner Entertainment.
“This is an Unruly Entertainment project, not a label project,” and says “he is able to release this project on his label just as he is able to release other songs,” Popcaan’s manager told WMV.
The mixtape comes after Popcaan’s fifth studio album ‘Great Is He,’ released on January 27, debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard Reggae albums chart.
According to data received from Luminate (formerly MRC Data), “Great Is He” sold a total of 23,000 units in 12 weeks, with 500 being pure album sales.
An additional 8 tracks were added for the Deluxe version, causing the album to re-enter the US Billboard Reggae albums chart for the week ending April 14, 2023, securing the No. 8 position.
The collaboration-heavy project initially sold 3,200 album equivalent units in its first week, including 300 pure album copies fueled by the success of 5 singles.
“Best Mood” features 15 tracks with production from Dre Skull (Freaky Gyal), Red Boom, Slingers (Always Welcomed), Anju Blaxx (Best Mood), Unruly Ent., Atto, JusBusAgain (Wildin with Vory) Mini E5 (My Honey, This Week), Fanatx (Work Settings), Travis Ynad (Tequila Shots Remix).
Fans can expect the Unruly Boss’ sixth studio album in the summer of 2024. “He is dropping a new album in 2024 with OVO for the summer,” confirms his management to WMV.
“We Caa Done,” featuring Drake from “Great IS He” is the 6th most streamed dancehall song on Spotify for 2023. Over all Popcaan was the second most streamed dancehall artist on the platform for the year, with Sean Paul in the lead.
Here is the track-list for Popcaan’s “BEST MOOD” Mixtape:
- HEAVY
- THIS WEEK
- ALWAYS WELCOMED
- FREAKY GYAL
- WILDIN (ft. Vory)
- NYASH POWER
- BERETTA (ft. T.W.O)
- MAD HEAD (ft. Shane-0)
- GUN NECESSARY
- BEST MOOD
- WORK, SET IT
- MY HUNNY
- TEQUILA SHOTS (ft. Fivio Foreign, Vybz Kartel, Chronic Law)
- SAVE ENERGY
- LIFE IS REAL
