''Good Intentions'' is the third

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by Canadian rapper Nav. It was released on May 8, 2020, by XO Records and

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. It follows his second studio album, '' Bad Habits'', which was released in 2019. The album features

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s from

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, Gunna,

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, and

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. The re-release of the album, titled ''

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'', the deluxe edition and a sequel to his 2019 unofficial ''Brown Boy'' EP, was released three days later, on May 11, 2020. It features additional guest appearances from

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and Lil Duke. The album was met with mixed reviews from contemporary critics. At the aggregate site

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, which assigns a

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rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the

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received an average score of 54, based on 4 reviews, indicating “Mixed or Average Reviews”.

Background

On April 27, 2020, Nav announced the follow-up to his sophomore studio album, '' Bad Habits'', which was released on March 22, 2019. Alongside the announcement, he revealed the album's trailer with teased potential features from American rappers

and the late

, showing clips of him talking to both rappers.

Singles

The album's

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, "

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" with Gunna featuring

, was released for digital download on March 27, 2020. The song was produced by

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. The music video was released on March 30, 2020. The music video was directed by Nav's manager

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, who also co-wrote the song, and Zac Facts. The song peaked at number 45 on the ''

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. The song also peaked at number 17 on the ''

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, making it Nav's highest-charting song both as a lead or, at the time of the song’s release, featured artist.

Commercial performance

''Good Intentions'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, earning 135,000

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s (including 73,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. This became Nav's second US number-one album. The album also accumulated a total of 84.8 million on-demand streams of the album's songs during the tracking week. In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, earning an additional 35,000 units. In his home country of Canada, the album debuted at number one on the

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, earning 10,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. This became Nav's second number-one debut on the chart.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal, and Nav's

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for the deluxe edition. Credits adapted from Tidal. Notes * signifies a co- producer * signifies an additional producer * signifies an uncredited co-producer * "Bag" contains additional vocals by Corbin

Personnel

All programming and keyboards are credited to the producers of each track. * Ethan Stevens – engineering * Raphael Mesquita – recording assistant * Pro Logic – mixing , uncredited engineering * Mike Dean – uncredited mixing * Colin Leonard – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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