Never Gets Late Here
Never Gets Late Here is the second studio album by Jamaican singer Shenseea. It was released through Rich Immigrants and Interscope Records on 24 May 2024. The album contains guest appearances from Coi Leray, Masicka, Rvssian, Di Genius, Wizkid and Anitta. It serves as the follow-up to her debut album, Alpha.
Background, release, and composition
"Never Gets Late Here" was released on 24 May 2024. The album builds upon the success of Shenseea's critically acclaimed debut album, "Alpha".The album features a lineup of artists including Afrobeats star Wizkid, Coi Leray, Anitta, Masicka, and Di Genius. The lead single "Hit & Run" which featured Masicka and Di Genius was released on 26 January 2024 to critical and commercial success becoming a substantial hit in Shenseea's home country Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean. The music video has garnered over 60 million views as of July 2024. The next single "Die For You" was released on 28 March 2024 and was also a success with the music video garnering over 5 million views by May 2024. It was followed by "Neva Neva" and "Flava", the latter featuring American rapper Coi Leray.
The album is a blend of dancehall, hip-hop, reggae, R&B, pop, and reggaeton with influences of afrobeats and latin-trap.
Critical reception
The album received positive reviews upon its release. Hypebeast admired Shenseea's signature Jamaican pop sound while complimenting the album's use of other genres as well such as hip-hop and R&B. Kaboom magazine said the album "solidified Shenseea as the leading Jamaican international artist of our generation" meanwhile People commented on the summery dancehall-pop vibes and showed appreciation for its soundscape of Latin trap and heavy Afrobeats.Chart performance
The album debuted at number four on Billboard Reggae Albums charts with sales of over 2,000 units; However, it was significantly less than her previous album's sales of 4,900 units.The album reached number 1 on the US iTunes Album charts.
Track listing
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- "Dolla" samples "What's Luv?", written and performed by Fat Joe and Ashanti, and interpolates "Dollar Wine", written and performed by Colin Lucas.
- "NaNa" interpolates "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", written and performed by Steam.
- "Red Flag" samples "La Ola", written by Oscar Poncell, Franshesco Viran, Nasrine Rahmani, Steven Silk, Sebastián Orellana and Elisha Maiyah and performed by San Lazaro.
Personnel
Musicians- Shenseea – vocals
- Di Genius – keyboards, programming, vocals
- Masicka – vocals
- Coi Leray – vocals
- Anitta – vocals
- Wizkid – vocals
- Colin Leonard – mastering
- Di Genius – mastering, engineering
- Rvssian – mastering, engineering
- Niko Marzouca – [Audio Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing (recorded music)|mixing]
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Black Spyda – mixing
- Dunw3ll – mixing
- Nick Bane – mixing, engineering, vocal engineering, additional mixing, mixing assistance
- Josh Gudwin – mixing
- Jaycen Joshua – mixing
- Kevin Davis – mixing
- AyoRoc – engineering
- Javier Martinez – engineering
- John Busser – engineering
- Paniik – engineering
- Richard Ledesma – engineering
- Louie Gomez – engineering, additional mixing, mixing assistance
- Mike Seaberg – mix engineering
- Kuk Harrell – vocal engineering
- Jelli Dorman – vocal engineering
- Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance
- Felix Byrne – mixing assistance
- DJ Riggins – mixing assistance
- Jacob Richards –mixing assistance
- Rachel Blum – mixing assistance
- Isaac Diskin – engineering assistance
- Nico Patino – engineering assistance
- Ramses Ascanio – engineering assistance
- Kenya Tolbert – engineering assistance
- Nick Goff – engineering assistance