Bad Habits (Nav album)

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Bad Habits
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Standard cover art for the album, deluxe edition features a green tint as opposed to red and yellow. In addition, the word “deluxe” is featured horizontally on both sides of the cover.
Studio album by
Nav
ReleasedMarch 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)
Recorded2017-19
Genre
Length47:34
Label
Producer
Nav chronology
Reckless
(2018)		Bad Habits
(2019)		 Good Intentions
(2020)
Singles from Bad Habits
  1. "Know Me"
    Released: November 2, 2018
  2. "Price on My Head"
    Released: March 26, 2019
  3. "Tap"
    Released: May 7, 2019

Bad Habits is the second studio album by Canadian rapper Nav. It was released through XO Records and Republic Records on March 22, 2019. [3] The album features guest appearances from The Weeknd, Meek Mill, Young Thug, Gunna, and Lil Durk. [4] The deluxe edition was released four days later on March 26, 2019. It features additional guest appearances from Future and then-XO labelmate duo 88Glam. It follows his previous album, Reckless (2018), as well as his unofficial Brown Boy EP, released a week and a day before Bad Habits. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart as well as the US Billboard 200, becoming Nav's first chart-topper on both.

Contents

Background

On March 17, 2019, CashXO released NAV's Brown Boy EP which consisted of 5 tracks exclusively on Audiomack announced the album's title and release date. [3]

The cover art was revealed via Instagram on March 19, 2019, with the tracklist on March 21, 2019. [5]

A track titled "Habits" featuring Lil Uzi Vert was supposed to be released on the album. [6] According to Nav, the heads of Lil Uzi Vert's label, DJ Drama and Don Cannon, would not legally clear Lil Uzi Vert's verse. [7] In a statement to Complex , DJ Drama said, "It's not about the money because we turned down $100k." [8]

On March 26, 2019, the deluxe version of Bad Habits was released, which features new guest appearances from Future and 88Glam, alongside all the songs from the Brown Boy EP. [9] The originally unreleased track "Habits" which was supposed to feature Lil Uzi Vert, was also released as a solo version. [10] According to Nav, he recorded Lil Uzi Vert's verse himself and put it on the song.

Singles

The album's lead single, "Know Me", was released for digital download on November 2, 2018. The song was produced by Pro Logic and Austin Powerz. [11] The music video was released on November 8, 2018. The music video was directed by David Camarena. [12] The song peaked at number sixty-three on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. [13] "Price on My Head", featuring Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, was released as the second single on March 26, 2019, the same day that Nav released the deluxe edition of the album. [14] "Tap", featuring American rapper Meek Mill, was released as the third single on May 7, 2019. [15]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 52/100 [16]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Exclaim! 5/10 [18]
Highsnobiety 2/5 [19]
HipHopDX 3.2/5 [20]
Pitchfork 4.6/10 [21]

Bad Habits received mixed reviews from music critics, citing a lack of boldness and originality. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 52, based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [16]

Commercial performance

Bad Habits debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 82,000 album-equivalent units, of which 24,000 were pure album sales in its first week. The reason for the high sales are mostly due to merchandise bundles which resulted in about 20,000 extra sales. [22] It became Nav's first US number-one album. [22] The album also accumulated a total of 79.08 million on-demand audio streams for the album's songs, making it the most streamed album of the week. [22] In its second week, the album dropped to number six on the chart, earning an additional 35,000 units that week. [23] On May 20, 2020, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units. [24]

In Nav's home country of Canada, Bad Habits debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 10,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. [25] On June 26, 2019, the album was certified gold by Music Canada (MC) for sales of over 40,000 copies in Canada. [26]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal. [27]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."To My Grave"
  • OZ
  • Pro Logic
2:40
2."I'm Ready"
2:54
3."Taking Chances"
  • Goraya
  • Mohkom Bhangal
  • Jordan Bacchus
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
3:06
4."Tap" (featuring Meek Mill)
2:28
5."Tension"
3:05
6."Price on My Head" (featuring the Weeknd)
3:37
7."Ralo"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • S. Henry
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
  • Frost
3:04
8."Tussin" (featuring Young Thug)
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • ATL Jacob
  • Rasta Papii
2:59
9."Snap"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
2:49
10."Hold Your Breath" (featuring Gunna)
  • Mixx
  • Khemasis [a]
2:50
11."Why You Crying Mama"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • S. Henry
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
  • Frost
4:13
12."Time Piece" (featuring Lil Durk)
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
3:27
13."Dior Runners"
2:46
14."Vicodin"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • S. Henry
  • Schofield
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
  • Frost
  • DannyBoyStyles [b]
2:11
15."Stuck with Me"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • Schofield
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
  • DannyBoyStyles [b]
2:50
16."Know Me"
  • Goraya
  • Esmailian
  • Franklin
  • Austin Schindler
  • Pro Logic
  • Austin Powerz
2:35
Total length:47:34
Deluxe bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Amazing" (featuring Future)
 Tay Keith 2:18
18."Habits"
3:24
19."Rack in My Sleep" (featuring 88Glam)
1K2:40
20."Go to Hell"
  • Goraya
  • Schofield
  • Kudo
  • DannyBoyStyles
  • Rex Kudo
2:07
21."8 to a 4"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • S. Henry
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
  • Frost
2:45
22."Never Know"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • Nav
  • Trouble Trouble
  • Money Musik
4:01
23."OK" (featuring Lil Durk)
  • Goraya
  • Banks
  • Bhangal
  • S. Henry
  • Money Musik
  • Frost
2:49
24."Athlete"
  • Goraya
  • Bhangal
  • Bacchus
  • Schofield
  • S. Henry
  • Nav
  • Money Musik
  • Trouble Trouble
  • Frost
  • DannyBoyStyles
3:01
Total length:70:39

Notes

Personnel

All programming and keyboards are credited to the producers of each track, except where noted. [27]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [42] Platinum80,000‡
United States (RIAA) [43] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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