Good Intentions (album)

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 sophomore studio album, Bad Habits, which was released on March 22, 2019. The album features guest appearances from Young Thug, Future, Gunna, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Pop Smoke, Don Toliver, and Lil Durk. The deluxe version of the album, titled Brown Boy 2, was released three days later, on May 11, 2020.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic54/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim!3/10[5]
HipHopDX[6]
Pitchfork5.8/10[7]
Good Intentions
Studio album by
Nav
ReleasedMay 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)
Recorded2019–2020
Genre
Length49:48
Label
Producer
  • Nav (also exec.)
  • Cash (also exec.)
  • The Weeknd (exec.)
  • 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

The album was met with lukewarm 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

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 late rapper 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

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

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

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)"
  • Navraj Goraya
  • Andrew Franklin
  • Nima Jahanbin
  • Paimon Jahanbin
  • Jack LoMastro
  • Nav
  • Pro Logic
  • Wallis Lane
  • LoMastro[b]
2:35
2."No Debate" (featuring Young Thug)
2:08
3."My Business" (featuring Future)
  • Pro Logic
  • Cash
  • Neal & Alex
3:19
4."Turks" (with Gunna featuring Travis Scott)
Wheezy2:41
5."Brown Boy"
  • Goraya
  • Livingston Allen
  • Franklin
  • Simon Schranz
  • Pro Logic
  • BLWYRMND
2:14
6."Status" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)
  • Pro Logic
  • Cash
  • Keanu Beats
  • Fabio Aguilar[c]
2:54
7."Codeine" (featuring Gunna)
  • Goraya
  • Kitchens
  • Esmailian
  • Franklin
  • Nav
  • Pro Logic
3:08
8."Saint Laurenttt"
  • Goraya
  • Esmailian
  • N. Jahanbin
  • P. Jahanbin
  • Franklin
  • Edgar Panford
  • Pro Logic
  • Wallis Lane
  • Cash
  • Nabeyin[a]
2:50
9."Coast to Coast"
  • Pro Logic
  • Saif
2:33
10."Run It Up" (featuring Pop Smoke)
  • Pro Logic
  • Money Musik
  • Cash
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)
  • Pro Logic
  • Dez Wright
  • Cash
3:01
18."Proud of Me?"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Luca Starz
  • Tim Friedrich
  • Christoph Bauss
  • Pro Logic
  • Shucati
  • Starz[c]
  • Philipp Rodrian[c]
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
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
  • Dejan Nikolic
  • Pro Logic
  • Nik Dean
3:13
12."Extra"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
Money Musik2:04
13."Ain't Goin Back"
  • Goraya
  • Franklin
  • Austin Schindler
  • Nima Jahanbin
  • Paimon Jahanbin
  • Jeffrey Rashad
  • Pro Logic
  • Austin Powerz
  • Wallis Lane
  • 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
  • "Brown Boy" has DJ Akademiks as a writing credit

Personnel

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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