''Perfect Timing'' is a collaborative

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by Canadian rapper and record producer Nav and American record producer

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. It was released on July 21, 2017, by Boominati Worldwide, XO, and

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. The mixtape contains production from Metro Boomin, Nav,

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, and

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among others, and features guest appearances from

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, Nav's fellow labelmate

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. It was supported by two

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Perfect Timing (Intro) "Perfect Timing (Intro)" is a song by Canadian rapper Nav and American record producer Metro Boomin. It is the title track and one of the dual singles from their collaborative mixtape '' Perfect Timing''. The song was released for digital down ...

" and " Call Me". In 2023, Nav and Metro announced a sequel to the album simply called “Perfect Timing 2“

Background

Before ''Perfect Timing'' was released, Nav and Metro Boomin both produced the former's song "Up", from his self-titled debut mixtape and first project (2017). On July 21, 2017, the same day the mixtape was released, Nav sat down for an interview with Paul Thompson of ''

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''. He described it as "more serious" and it features instrumentals that are different from those of what Metro Boomin regularly produces. Explaining his decision to emotionally rap about women, he explained that "you don't know who's fake and who's real" and "especially with girls: they could do anything for me and there's still that kind of guard up".

Release and promotion

Initially announced in early 2017, the artwork and release date was unveiled on July 12, 2017. Two days later, the songs "

" and " Call Me" were released as singles on July 14, 2017.

Commercial performance

''Perfect Timing'' debuted at number 13 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 earning 30,000

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s with 6,000 in pure album sales in its first week. In its second week, the album fell to number 24 on the chart selling 15,000 units, bringing its two-week total to 45,000 units. On September 8, 2020, the mixtape 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.

Critical reception

Scott Glaysher of ''

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'' did not like Nav's vocals on any song from ''Perfect Timing'', but he praised the instrumentals that were created by Metro Boomin and some other fellow record producers on some songs. Writing for ''

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'', Jay Balfour said that the project shows that "Nav is empty as he ever was, lyrically especially" and the "brooding, soft-synthed trap" instrumentals created by Metro "would be in familiar and more capable hands if the guests were alone with them, but they aren’t enough of a saving grace". ''Spectrum Culture''s Daniel Bromfield opined that Nav "has proved himself nothing more than

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filler, providing nothing but rap in a pinch" and Metro "should have should have blown this one up a little more" to make it more upbeat.

Track listing

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. Notes * signifies a co- producer * "ASAP Ferg" is stylized as "A$AP Ferg" * "Did You See Nav?" is stylized as "Did You See NAV?" * "NavUziMetro#Pt2" is stylized in all-caps

Personnel

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. Performers * Nav – primary artist *

– featured artist *

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– producer *

– producer * Nav – producer * Cubeatz – co-producer * Pi'erre Bourne – producer *

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– producer * Trouble Trouble – co-producer Technical *

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– mastering engineer , mixer * Kuldeep Chudasama – recording engineer * Tomi Fischer – assistant recording engineer *

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– mixer * Danny Schofield – recording engineer * Raph Mesquita – assistant recording engineer * Amadxus - assistant recording engineer * Nav – mixer , recording engineer * Ethan Stevens – mixer , recording engineer * Shin Kamiyama – recording engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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