Bad Habits (Nav album)

Bad Habits is the second studio album by Canadian rapper Nav. It was released on March 22, 2019, by XO Records and Republic Records.[1] It follows his previous album, Reckless, released earlier in 2018, as well as his Brown Boy EP, released a week before Bad Habits.

Bad Habits
Standard cover art for the album, deluxe features the same cover with a neon green overlay
Studio album by Nav
Released	March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)
Length	47:34
Label	XO Republic
Producer	Nav Goraya (also exec.) Amir "Cash" Esmailian (exec.) Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye (exec.) AlexOnWeed ATL Jacob Austin Powerz Cubeatz DaHeala DannyBoyStyles Derek Wise Frost Khemasis London on da Track Mixx Money Musik OZ Pro Logic Rasta Papii Rex Kudo Tay Keith Trouble Trouble Westen Weiss Wheezy WondaGurl
Nav chronology
Reckless (2018) Bad Habits (2019) Good Intentions (2020)
Singles from Bad Habits
"Know Me" Released: November 2, 2018 "Tap" Released: May 7, 2019

The album features guest appearances from Meek Mill, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Gunna, Lil Durk, Future, and 88Glam .[2] The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming Nav's first US chart-topping album.

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.[1]

The cover art was revealed via Instagram on March 19, 2019, with the tracklist on March 21, 2019.[3]

A track titled "Habits" featuring Lil Uzi Vert was supposed to be released on the album.[4] 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.[5] In a statement to Complex, DJ Drama said, "It's not about the money because we turned down $100k."[6]

On March 25, 2019, the deluxe version of Bad Habits was released, which included featured new guest appearances from Future and 88Glam, and all the songs from the Brown Boy EP.[7] The originally unreleased track "Habits" which was supposed to feature Lil Uzi Vert, was also released as a solo version.[8] 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.[9] The music video was released on November 8, 2018. The music video was directed by David Camarena.[10] The song peaked at number sixty-three on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.[11]

"Tap", featuring American rapper Meek Mill, was released as the second single on May 7, 2019.[12]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	52/100[13]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[14]
Exclaim!	5/10[15]
Highsnobiety	2/5[16]
HipHopDX	3.2/5[17]
Pitchfork	4.6/10[18]

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.[13]

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.[19] The became Nav's first US number-one album.[19] 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.[19] In its second week, the album dropped to number six on the chart, earning an additional 35,000 units that week.[20] 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.[21]

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.[22] On June 26, 2019, the album was certified gold by Music Canada (MC) for sales of over 40,000 copies in Canada.[23]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[24]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"To My Grave"	Navraj Goraya Andrew Franklin Ozan Yildirim	Pro Logic OZ	2:40
2.	"I'm Ready"	Goraya Ebony Oshunrinde Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer	WondaGurl Cubeatz^[a]	2:54
3.	"Taking Chances"	Goraya Jordan Bacchus Mohkom Bhangal	Nav Trouble Trouble Money Musik	3:06
4.	"Tap" (featuring Meek Mill)	Goraya Robert Williams Amir Esmailian London Holmes Westen Weiss	London on da Track Westen Weiss	2:28
5.	"Tension"	Goraya Esmailian Jason Quenneville Sugar-Ray Henry Bhangal Bacchus	Nav Trouble Trouble Money Musik Frost DaHeala^[b]	3:05
6.	"Price on My Head" (featuring The Weeknd)	Goraya Abel Tesfaye Ahmad Balshe Derek Bissue Bradley Geisler	AlexOnWeed Derek Wise	3:37
7.	"Ralo"	Goraya Bacchus S. Henry Bhangal	Trouble Trouble Nav Money Musik Frost	3:04
8.	"Tussin" (featuring Young Thug)	Goraya Jeffery Williams Esmailian Jacob Canady Ezekiel Henry Bhangal	Nav ATL Jacob Money Musik Rasta Papii	2:59
9.	"Snap"	Goraya Bacchus Bhangal	Nav Trouble Trouble Money Musik	2:49
10.	"Hold Your Breath" (featuring Gunna)	Goraya Sergio Kitchens Baruch Nembhard Caleb Nordelus Moses Georges	Mixx Khemasis^[a]	2:50
11.	"Why You Crying Mama"	Goraya Bacchus S. Henry Bhangal	Nav Trouble Trouble Money Musik Frost	4:13
12.	"Time Piece" (featuring Lil Durk)	Goraya Durk Banks Bacchus Bhangal	Nav Trouble Trouble Money Musik	3:27
13.	"Dior Runners"	Goraya S. Henry Bacchus Danny Schofield Bhangal	Nav DannyBoyStyles Trouble Trouble Money Musik	2:46
14.	"Vicodin"	Goraya Schofield Bacchus Bhangal S. Henry	Nav Trouble Trouble Money Musik Frost DannyBoyStyles^[b]	2:11
15.	"Stuck with Me"	Goraya Schofield Bhangal Bacchus	Nav Trouble Trouble Money Musik 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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Amazing" (featuring Future)	Goraya Nayvadius Wilburn Esmalian Brytavious Chambers	Tay Keith	2:18
18.	"Habits"	Goraya Symere Woods Wesley Glass Masamune Kudo	Wheezy Rex Kudo	3:24
19.	"Rack in My Sleep" (featuring 88Glam)	Goraya Bissue Shakqueel Burthwright Malik Johnson	1K	2:40
20.	"Go to Hell"	Goraya Schofield Kudo	DannyBoyStyles Rex Kudo	2:07
21.	"8 to a 4"	Goraya Bacchus Bhangal S. Henry	Trouble Trouble Money Musik Frost	2:45
22.	"Never Know"	Goraya Bacchus Bhangal	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 Schofield Bacchus Bhangal S. Henry	Nav DannyBoyStyles Trouble Trouble Money Musik Frost	3:01
Total length:				70:39

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies an uncredited co-producer
• "Go to Hell", "8 to a 4", "Never Know", "OK", and "Athlete" were originally from Nav's Brown Boy EP, that his manager Cash leaked a week and a day before this album's release

Personnel

All programming and keyboards are credited to the producers of each track, except where noted.[24]

Musicians

• WondaGurl – keyboards (track 2), programming (track 2)
• Money Musik – keyboards (track 3, 5, 7–9, 11–15, 21–24), programming (track 3, 5, 7–9, 11–15, 21–24)
• London on da Track – keyboards (track 4), programming (track 4)
• Mixx – keyboards (track 10), programming (track 10)
• Pro Logic – programming (track 16)
• Austin Powerz – programming (track 16)
• Wheezy – programming (track 1)
• Frost -keyboards (track 5, 7, 11, 14, 21, 23-24) programming (track 5, 7, 11, 14, 21, 23-24)
• Mike Michael – keyboards (all tracks)

Technical

• Pro Logic – mixing (all tracks), engineer (track 16)
• Trouble Trouble – engineer (tracks 2, 3, 7, 14, 17)
• Shin Kamiyama – engineer (tracks 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 18)
• AlexOnWeed – engineer (track 19)
• Ethan Stevens – engineer (track 20)
• Mixx – engineer (track 10)
• Chemist – engineer (track 24)
• Chris Athens – mastering (all tracks)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 76 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[26] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27] 20 French Albums (SNEP)[28] 112 Irish Albums (IRMA)[29] 79 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[30] 64 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31] 36 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[32] 30 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 54 UK Albums (OCC)[34] 26 US Billboard 200[19] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[35] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200[36] 108 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[37] 53

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[38]	Gold	40,000
United States (RIAA)[39]	Gold	500,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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