{{Infobox album | name = Great Is He | type = studio | artist = Popcaan | cover = Popcaan - Great Is He.png | alt = | released = {{start date|2023|1|27|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = 57:04 | label = OVO | producer = * Anju Blaxx * Atto Wallace * Batundi * Dan Sky * Dane Ray * Demario Duncan * Dre Skull * Kid Culture * Mojam * Savchenko Anton * Steven Francisco * The Fanatix * TJ Records * Tresor * Wez | prev_title = Fixtape | prev_year = 2020 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Great Is He | type = studio | single1 = Skeleton Cartier | single1date = 4 March 2022 | single2 = Next to Me | single2date = 30 November 2022 | single3 = Set It | single3date = 16 December 2022 | single4 = We Caa Done | single4date = 6 January 2023 | single5 = Great Is He | single5date = 20 January 2023 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Evening Standard'' | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smyth |first=David |date=January 27, 2023 |title=Popcaan: Great Is He album review - sunny and hummable |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/popcaan-great-is-he-album-review-drake-burna-boy-gorillaz-b1055625.html |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> | rev2 = ''NME'' | rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Kyann-Sian |date=January 25, 2023 |title=Popcaan - 'Great Is He' review: dancehall star subtly pushes the envelope |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/popcaan-great-is-he-album-review-drake-ovo-sound-dancehall-3386583 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev3score = 6.7/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herrera |first=Isabelia |date=February 4, 2023 |title=Popcaan: Great Is He |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/popcaan-great-is-he/ |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dukes |first=Will |date=January 27, 2023 |title=Popcaan Throws a Blessed Up Party On 'Great Is He' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-popcaan-great-is-he-1234667344/ |access-date=May 26, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> | rev5 = ''The Guardian'' | rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Okundaye |first=Jason |date=January 27, 2023 |title=Popcaan: Great Is He review – dancehall star's banal hymns to luxury |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/27/popcaan-great-is-he-review-ovo |access-date=May 26, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> }}
'''''Great Is He''''' is the fifth studio album by Jamaican singer Popcaan. It was released through OVO Sound on 27 January 2023. The album features guest appearances from Burna Boy, Chronic Law, Drake, and Toni-Ann Singh. Production was handled by Kid Culture, Demario Duncan, Dane Ray, The Fanatix, Anju Blaxx, Dre Skull, Tresor, Batundi, TJ Records, Dan Sky, Atto Wallace, Steven Francisco, Savchenko Anton, Mojam, and Wez. The album serves as the follow-up to Popcaan's previous album, ''Fixtape'' (2020).
==Release and promotion== Popcaan revealed the title of the album in early 2022, later promising a release date near the end of the year, which, however, did not happen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/01/04/popcaan-announces-drake-collaboration-we-caa-done|title=Popcaan announces Drake collaboration "We Caa Done"|website=The Fader|last=Darville|first=Jordan|date=4 January 2023|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> He revealed the cover art in early 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/popcaan-drake-we-caa-done-video|title=Popcaan Taps Drake for New Single and Video "We Caa Done"|website=Complex|last=Price|first=Joe|date=6 January 2023|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> He revealed the tracklist exactly a week before its release date.
===Singles=== The lead single of the album, "Skeleton Cartier", was released on 4 March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/popcaan-shares-new-song-skeleton-cartier-listen/|title=Popcaan Shares New Song "Skeleton Cartier": Listen|website=Pitchfork|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=4 March 2022|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> The second single, "Next to Me", was released on 30 November 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/11/30/popcaan-next-to-me|title=Popcaan returns with new song "Next To Me"|website=The Fader|last=Renshaw|first=David|date=30 November 2022|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> The third single, "Set It", was released on 16 December 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/12/16/popcaan-shares-new-song-set-it|title=Popcaan shares new song "Set It"|website=The Fader|last=Helfand|first=Raphael|date=16 December 2022|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> The fourth single, "We Caa Done", which features Canadian rapper and singer Drake, was released on 6 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/popcaan-we-caa-done/|title=Popcaan / Drake: "We Caa Done" Track Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=6 January 2023|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> The fifth and final single, the title track, was released on 20 January 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/623049-popcaan-debuts-title-track-off-of-upcoming-album-great-is-he|title=Popcaan Debuts Title Track Off Of Upcoming Album "Great Is He"|website=HotNewHipHop|author=Aron A.|date=20 January 2023|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Great Is He'' track listing | total_length = | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Defeat the Struggle | writer1 = {{hlist|Andrae Sutherland|Daniel Hackett}} | extra1 = Kid Culture | length1 = 3:47
| title2 = Freshness | writer2 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Demario Duncan|Waldane Hampton}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Duncan|Dane Ray}} | length2 = 4:03
| title3 = Skeleton Cartier | writer3 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Adrian Francis|Curtis James}} | extra3 = The Fanatix | length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Next to Me | note4 = featuring Toni-Ann Singh | writer4 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Toni-Ann Singh|Andrew Myrie}} | extra4 = Anju Blaxx | length4 = 3:56
| title5 = Teach Me | writer5 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Andrew Hershey}} | extra5 = Dre Skull | length5 = 2:27
| title6 = Aboboyaa | note6 = featuring Burna Boy | writer6 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Damini Ogulu|Myrie|Kurt Lewis}} | extra6 = Anju Blaxx | length6 = 2:47
| title7 = 11th Commandment | writer7 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Hampton|Nathaniel Brown}} | extra7 = Dane Ray | length7 = 3:39
| title8 = We Caa Done | note8 = featuring Drake | writer8 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Aubrey Graham|Tresor Riziki}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Tresor|Batundi}} | length8 = 4:05
| title9 = Cry fi Yuh Body | writer9 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Hershey}} | extra9 = Dre Skull | length9 = 2:54
| title10 = Set It | writer10 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Linton White|Ricardo Reid}} | extra10 = TJ Records | length10 = 2:35
| title11 = New Benz | writer11 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Wesley Singerman|Hershey}} | extra11 = Dre Skull | length11 = 2:13
| title12 = St. Thomas Native | note12 = featuring Chronic Law | writer12 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Ackeme Campbell|Dan Sky|Atto Wallace|Madden Aubyn}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Sky|Wallace}} | length12 = 3:10
| title13 = Wish No Bad | writer13 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Amilcar Smith|Steven Francisco}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Smith|Francisco}} | length13 = 3:14
| title14 = Appreciation | writer14 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Wallace|Savchenko Anton}} | extra14 = {{hlist|Wallace|Anton}} | length14 = 3:34
| title15 = Past Life | writer15 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Hampton|Brian Mitchell|Ryan Bevolo|Nicholas Lira}} | extra15 = Dane Ray | length15 = 4:17
| title16 = Memories | writer16 = {{hlist|Sutherland|James Murray|Mustafa Omer}} | extra16 = Mojam | length16 = 3:20
| title17 = Great Is He | writer17 = {{hlist|Sutherland|Murray|Omer|Amilcar Smith}} | extra17 = {{hlist|Mojam|Wez{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length17 = 3:21 }}
'''Notes''' *{{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a co-producer
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