Dancehall artist Popcaan’s second release “We Caa Done” featuring Drake from his forthcoming album Great Is He debuted at No. 3 on the Spotify’s daily US chart January 6-8.
This is Popcaan’s highest debut on the chart and the highest debut for a dancehall artist in the last 5 years.
In 2021, Shenseea also made her debut on Spotify’s Global Chart and in the US when “Pure Souls” of Kanye’s Donda album charted at no. 22 and “OK OK pt 2” off the same project charted at no. 51. Globally, Pure Souls charted at no. 50 and OK OK pt 2 peaked at 108. She was the first Jamaican artist to make the weekly Spotify global chart in 5 years.
“We Caa Done” accompanying music video was also released on Friday (January 6) comes with an announcement that Popcaan’s 3rd OVO Sounds/Warner album is scheduled for release on January 27 ahead of Black History month according to his manager Amilar “Cobe” Smith.
The song also spends a third day at No. 1 on the US iTunes Reggae chart after climbing to the top spot on the day of its release.
In the song Drake sings his best patois rendition:
“Try fi rush me off, try fi brush me off I see BADMAN like skull and me from Unruly Girl why pree Why pree, why pree, why pree, Disrespect we and shot ago beat.”
Complimenting Popcaan’s opening verse which:
Whoi! Me cyaa done bwoy will dead mi don’t leave my gun Choppa loud up di place like one new stadium Thick gyal ah gimme head inna di big phantom Dem know me ah do gad like one a Jesus son Whoi, short but mi heavy, chain round mi neck can buy a couple chevy Hmm jiggle up yuh body fi mi baby Know say you love when mi come in a yuh belly, yea Badman she like, champagne and candlelight Gi yuh sumn make you ride it like a motorbike (yes) Me ah di original, me ah di prototype Dem think we dun we just ah kick it inna overdrive Money cyaa done, any weh wi pull up is a pandemonium Millions ah discuss inna di forum Diss di 6gad and haffi run up an down Trouble foot feet
The first single from the album is the ride or die themed song “Next To Me” featuring Miss World Toni-Ann Singh with whom Popcaan has been cuddling up since last summer. The two performed the No. 1 Reggae iTunes hit at Burna Boy’s Love, Damini Jamaica stop in December and shared an onstage lip lock to the delight of the over 20 thousand people in attendance.
Cobe revealed in July that Burna Boy as well as Black Sheriff will be on Popcaan’s album as he returns the favor for Popcaan’s feature on his album.
A few months ago Popcaan was seen online vibing to the track by Black Sheriff in his drop top Rang Rover Evoque.
Meanwhile Popcaan’s feature on Burna Boy’s Gold selling Love, Damini album T.A.S. (Toni-Ann Singh), debuted on the US Afrobeats chart at No. 12 made it to No. 47 on the U.S. Afrobeats Year-End Chart.
“Cobe” Smith who is also the producer of T.A.S along with Anju Blaxx, told WMV at the time of the song’s debut that: “It is originally a Popcaan song but we were in some business with Burna Boy to get a feature so we did a swap.”
“Popcaan on Burna’s album will open up doors, the world a look pon Burna right now. Popcaan being one of the leader of Dancehall and Burna being one of the leaders of Afrobeats is a good collab. Which is one of the reasons we held off on the album, anywhere between November towards December Africa turn up,” he continued.
Cobe also revealed exclusively to WMV that Popcaan will be having four album launches for “Great Is He” within a few weeks starting in Jamaica on January 19th then Canada, London and in Ghana.
