''Heaven or Hell'' is the debut

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by American singer and rapper

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. It was released on March 13, 2020, by

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and We Run It Entertainment. The album features guest appearances by Travis Scott,

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, Quavo and

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from

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, and

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. It also contains production from high-profile record producers, mainly from WondaGurl and Mike Dean, as well as Sonny Digital,

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, among others. ''Heaven or Hell'' was supported by four singles: " No Idea", "Can't Feel My Legs", " Had Enough" and " After Party". "No Idea" became his highest-charting single on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 43. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number seven on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 44,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

Background

In 2018, after guest appearing on Travis Scott's third

'' Astroworld'', Toliver signed onto the former's record label

, along with

and We Run It Entertainment. In May 2019, Toliver stated the album's original title as "Resurrection". In December 2019, Toliver was featured on the Cactus Jack compilation album ''

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''. On March 10, 2020, Toliver announced ''Heaven or Hell'' on social media alongside the album's artwork which was created by illustrator Matthew McCormick.

Recording

In March 2020, American record producer Sonny Digital said on

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that he was part of the project, while also confirming songs "Cardigan" and " After Party", both which he co-produced. Other producers include Canadian record producer WondaGurl, who co-produced "Can't Feel My Legs" and American record producer

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, who co-produced "Had Enough".

Promotion

A snippet of the song " After Party" was previously featured on Scott's

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documentary ''Look Mom I Can Fly'', which spread hype around the song. It originally featured a verse from Travis Scott which didn't make it to the final version. He later performed a portion of the song at the 2019 Astroworld Festival. Another version of the song, without Scott, was leaked featuring a different beat and outro.

Singles

On May 29, 2019, the album's lead single " No Idea" was released and was accompanied by a music video. On December 13, Toliver released the album's second single "Can't Feel My Legs", which was also accompanied by a music video. On December 27, Toliver released the third single " Had Enough" featuring American rappers Quavo and

from the hip-hop trio

, which was also on the Cactus Jack compilation album ''

'', released on the same day, as the second single of that project. On June 23, 2020, " After Party" was released to urban contemporary radio in the United States, making it the fourth single.

Critical reception

''Heaven or Hell'' was met with generally positive reviews from music critics.

Commercial performance

''Heaven or Hell'' debuted at number seven on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 44,000 album-equivalent units (including 3,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. This became Toliver's first US top-ten debut on the chart. On March 24, 2021, the album was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer * signifies an additional producer * signifies an uncredited co-producer * signifies an uncredited additional producer * "Heaven or Hell" was originally released as "Heaven or Hell Intro".

Personnel

Musicians * Nkenge 1x – additional keyboards Technical * Jimmy Cash – recording , mixing assistant , mixing * Travis Scott – recording * Zach Steele – recording * Trevor Coulter – recording , engineering * Nate Alford – recording * Colton Eatmon – engineering * Shawn Morenberg – engineering assistant * Sage Skolfield – mixing assistant * Sean Solymar – mixing assistant * Mike Dean – mixing , mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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