Reincarnated (album)
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Released | April 23, 2013[1] | |||
Recorded | 2012–13 | |||
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Length | 44:17 | |||
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Snoop Lion chronology | ||||
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Singles from Reincarnated | ||||
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Reincarnated is the twelfth
The album features
Reincarnated was nominated for Best Reggae Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.[5]
Background
Snoop Lion has traveled to
Singles
The first
The second single, "Lighters Up", produced by Dre Skull and Major Lazer, featuring Jamaican musicians Mavado and Popcaan, with an uncredited Jahdan Blakkamoore on chorus. It was released to iTunes on December 18, 2012, and its music video directed by Andy Capper was released exclusively to VEVO on February 2, 2013.[14] "Lighters Up" was official sent to Italian radio stations on February 8, 2013.[15]
The album's third single was "
On April 4, 2013, "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" featuring Miley Cyrus – produced by Major Lazer, Ariel Rechtshaid and Dre Skull – was made available for purchase via digital download as the lead single from the album.[20][21] It officially impacted U.S. Rhythmic contemporary radio on April 29, 2013[22] and then U.S Top 40/Mainstream radio on May 28, 2013.[23] On May 30, 2013, the music video was released for "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" featuring Miley Cyrus.[24]
On July 1, 2013, the music video was released for "Torn Apart" featuring Rita Ora.[25] On August 22, 2013, the music video was released for "The Good Good" featuring Iza.[26] On November 22, 2013, the music video was released for "Tired of Running" featuring Akon.[27] On December 23, 2013, the music video was released for "Smoke the Weed" featuring Collie Buddz.[28] On January 3, 2014, the music video was released for "Get Away" featuring Angela Hunte.[29]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | 5.0/10[38] |
Rolling Stone | [39] |
Spin | 4/10[40] |
Reincarnated was met with mixed reviews from music critics. At
Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the album two out of five stars, saying "As a pop-reggae album it's patchily OK; as an addition to the canon of righteous Rastafarian spiritual music, it's profoundly unconvincing and a bit insulting. If you were Bunny Wailer, you too might get a bit cross about the reductive, cartoonish depiction of your religious beliefs. Then again, Snoop might argue, that's par for the course: he's been in the business of perpetuating cartoonish stereotypes from the start. People love them, and him, maybe more than they love his music, which has been patchy for decades. Taking that into account, they might love this. And if they don't, he can always go back to the Nine Inch Dicks."[36] Kevin Jones of Exclaim! gave the album a four out of ten, saying "While the humanity and personal growth shown in Snoop Lion's Reincarnated documentary granted the legendary rapper some sympathetic cover for his dubious rebirth as a reggae-singing Rasta, the eponymous album at the heart of that story affords him no such luxury. The Diplo-directed record is a somewhat sloppy mish-mash of reggae cuts that rarely attain an authentic air, a couple of Rita Ora- and Miley Cyrus-assisted pop write-offs, and one bit of Major Lazer-lite, in the oddly-placed "Get Away."[35] Brent Faulkner of PopMatters gave the album a six out of ten, saying "Uneven though sometimes enjoyable, Reincarnated is surprisingly better than expected. That said, the effort still stumbles into the pitfalls of a musician altering his direction and leaving his comfort zone. Snoop Lion pulls off this album off stronger than Lil Wayne did rock (Rebirth), but still, Snoop is best suited spitting over luxurious west-coast beats."[41]
Craig Jenkins of
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 16 on the
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) Rebel Way "
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2. | "Here Comes the King" (featuring Angela Hunte) |
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| 3:25 | ||
3. | "Lighters Up" (featuring Mavado and Popcaan) |
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| 3:48 | ||
4. | "So Long" (featuring Angela Hunte) |
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| 3:40 | ||
5. | "Get Away" (featuring Angela Hunte) |
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| 3:27 | ||
6. | " Drake and Cori B) |
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| 3:31 | ||
7. | "Fruit Juice" (featuring Mr. Vegas) |
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| 2:37 | ||
8. | "Smoke the Weed" (featuring Collie Buddz) |
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| 3:28 | ||
9. | "Tired of Running" (featuring Akon) |
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| 4:10 | ||
10. | " The Good Good" (featuring Iza) | Diane Warren | 3:54 | |||
11. | "Torn Apart" (featuring Rita Ora) |
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| 3:30 | ||
12. | "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" (featuring Miley Cyrus) |
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| 4:06 | ||
Total length: | 44:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "Boulevard" (featuring Jahdan Blakkamoore) |
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| 3:12 |
14. | "Remedy" (featuring Busta Rhymes and Chris Brown) |
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| 3:00 |
15. | "La La La" |
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| 3:27 |
16. | "Harder Times" (featuring Jahdan Blakkamoore) |
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| 3:32 |
Personnel
Credits for Reincarnated adapted from
Musicians
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Production
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States | — | 104,000[50] |
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