The Party Never Ends


The Party Never Ends is the fifth and final studio album by the American rapper Juice Wrld, released on November 29, 2024, nearly 5 years after his death in December 2019. It was released through Grade A Productions and Interscope Records. The album contains guest appearances from Nicki Minaj, Benny Blanco, Eminem, the Kid Laroi, Offset, and Fall Out Boy. Various producers contributed to the album, including Blanco, Cashmere Cat, Happy Perez, Nick Mira, Boi-1da, Tommy Brown, Blake Slatkin, Charlie Handsome, Metro Boomin, Andrew Watt, Purps on the Beat, and Zaytoven.

Release and promotion

In July 2021, Juice Wrld's manager, Lil Bibby, revealed the title of the album and shared what his plan with it would be. In February 2023, his estate announced that the album was in active development. After teasing the album's release, the lead single of the album, "Lace It", a collaboration with American rapper Eminem and American record producer Benny Blanco, was released on December 16, 2023. A two-track extended play, The Pre-Party, was released as a precursor to the album on September 9, 2024. The second and final single of the album, "AGATS2 (Insecure)", a collaboration with Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, was released on November 15, 2024.
The album's cover art, which was designed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, was revealed on November 21, 2024. Juice Wrld's estate collaborated with Epic Games to include a character skin of Juice Wrld in Fortnite Battle Royale. At the end of Chapter 2 Remix of Fortnite Battle Royale, a virtual concert was held in tribute to Juice Wrld on November 30, 2024.
On November 30, 2024, an expanded version of the album, titled The Party Never Ends 2.0, was released, replacing the album's original version on streaming services. It includes the additional song "Empty Out Your Pockets", placed between "Cuffed" and "KTM Drip" on the album's track listing.
A deluxe edition of the album, consisting of ten additional tracks that were voted for by fans, was expected to be released in 2025.

Critical reception

The Party Never Ends received negative reviews from critics, most of whom viewed the release as an attempt to capitalize off of Juice Wrld's legacy. Robin Murray of Clash wrote that the album lacked a cohesive identity and that the album's material remained "unfinished for a reason." Fred Thomas of AllMusic criticized the album for feeling like "the underheated remaining scraps" of his unreleased material. While tracks such as "AGATS2 " and the Kid Laroi's tribute song "Goodbye" are noted as exceptions, he described collaborations such as Eminem's "Lace It" as "awkward" with Juice's presence minimized. He wrote that songs such as "Best Friend" with Fall Out Boy felt like unfinished placeholders, with the album overall lacking songs that approach the quality of Juice Wrld's best work.

Commercial performance

The Party Never Ends debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200, with 86,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, including 123.43 million on-demand streams of the songs, and 2,000 in album sales.

Track listing

Notes
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Personnel

Musicians
Technical

Charts

Year-end charts