Heaven or Hell (album)

For other uses of "Heaven or Hell", see Heaven or Hell (disambiguation).

Heaven or Hell is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Don Toliver. It was released through Cactus Jack, Atlantic Records, and We Run It Entertainment on March 13, 2020. The album features guest appearances from Travis Scott, Kaash Paige, Quavo and Offset from the now-defunct hip-hop trio Migos, and Sheck Wes. Production was handled by Travis Scott himself, WondaGurl, Mike Dean, Sonic Major, Sonny Digital, Frank Dukes, Cvre, Mido Cubeatz, Nils, Cássio, Freakey!, Forthenight, Cash Passion, Nkenge 1x, TM88, and El Michels.

Heaven or Hell
Studio album by Don Toliver
Released	March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)
Recorded	2018–2019
Studio	Cactus (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Genre	Hip-hop R&B trap
Length	36:30
Label	Cactus Jack Atlantic We Run It APG
Producer	Cássio Cubeatz El Michels Frank Dukes Forthenight Freakey! Mido Sonic Major Sonny Digital TM88 Travis Scott WondaGurl
Don Toliver chronology
Donny Womack (2018) Heaven or Hell (2020) Life of a Don (2021)
Singles from Heaven or Hell
"No Idea" Released: May 29, 2019 "Can't Feel My Legs" Released: December 13, 2019 "After Party" Released: June 23, 2020

Heaven or Hell was supported by three singles: "No Idea", "Can't Feel My Legs", and "After Party". 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.^[1]

Background

In 2018, after guest appearing on Travis Scott's third studio album Astroworld, Toliver signed onto the former's record label Cactus Jack Records, along with Atlantic Records and We Run It Entertainment.^[2]

In May 2019, Toliver stated the album's original title as "Resurrection".^[3]

In December 2019, Toliver was featured on the Cactus Jack compilation album JackBoys.

On March 10, 2020, Toliver announced Heaven or Hell on social media alongside the album's artwork which was created by illustrator Matthew McCormick.^[4][5]

Recording

In March 2020, American record producer Sonny Digital said on Twitter that he was part of the project, while also confirming songs "Cardigan" and "After Party", both which he co-produced.^[6] Other producers include Canadian record producer WondaGurl, who co-produced "Can't Feel My Legs"^[7] and American record producer TM88, who co-produced "Had Enough".^[8]

Promotion

A snippet of the song "After Party" was previously featured on Scott's Netflix 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.^[9] On December 13, Toliver released the album's second single "Can't Feel My Legs", which was also accompanied by a music video.^[10][11] On December 27, Toliver released the third single "Had Enough" featuring American rappers Quavo and Offset from the hip-hop trio Migos, which was also on the Cactus Jack compilation album JackBoys, released on the same day, as the second single of that project.^[12] On June 23, 2020, "After Party" was released to urban contemporary radio in the United States, making it the fourth single.^[13]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	7/10[14]
HipHopDX	4.2/5[15]
Rolling Stone	[16]
Pitchfork	6.1/10[17]

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.^[1] This became Toliver's first US top-ten debut on the chart.^[1] On February 22, 2023, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 1,000,000 units in the United States.^[18]

Track listing

Heaven or Hell track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Heaven or Hell"	Caleb Toliver Ebony Oshunrinde Michael Dean	WondaGurl Mike Dean[a]	3:03
2.	"Euphoria" (featuring Travis Scott and Kaash Paige)	Toliver Jacques Webster II D'Kyla Woolen Oluwatoroti Oke Dean	Sonic Major Dean[a]	3:36
3.	"Cardigan"	Toliver Dean Sonny Uwaezuoke Adam Feeney Jun Ha Kim Mohamed Elkhalifa	Sonny Digital Frank Dukes Cvre[a] Mido[a] Dean[a]	2:39
4.	"After Party"	Toliver Uwaezuoke Dean Webster Kevin Gomringer Tim Gomringer Nils Noehden	Sonny Digital Dean[a] Travis Scott[b] Cubeatz[c] Nils[d]	2:48
5.	"Wasted"	Toliver Cassio Lopes Jocelyn Donald Simon Plummer Donny Flores	Cássio	2:51
6.	"Can't Feel My Legs"	Toliver Oshunrinde Dean Hans-Michael Dary-Nereus Charles Ocansey	WondaGurl Freakey! Forthenight Dean[a]	3:01
7.	"Candy"	Toliver Oshunrinde Dean Webster	WondaGurl Dean[a] Travis Scott[b] Cash Passion[b] Nkenge 1x[c]	3:56
8.	"Company"	Toliver Oshunrinde Feeney Dean	WondaGurl Frank Dukes Cash Passion[a] Dean[a]	3:25
9.	"Had Enough" (featuring Quavo and Offset)	Toliver Quavious Marshall Kiari Cephus Dean Bryan Simmons Leon Michels	TM88 El Michels Dean Cash Passion[d]	2:37
10.	"Spaceship" (featuring Sheck Wes)	Toliver Khadimou Fall Feeney Uwaezuoke Dean	Frank Dukes Sonny Digital Dean[a]	3:05
11.	"No Photos"	Toliver Oshunrinde Tim Gomringer Kevin Gomringer	WondaGurl Cubeatz[a]	2:55
12.	"No Idea"	Toliver Oshunrinde T. Gomringer K. Gomringer	WondaGurl Cubeatz[a]	2:34
Total length:				36:30

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies an uncredited co-producer^[19][20][21]
• ^{^[d]} signifies an uncredited additional producer^[21][22]
• "Heaven or Hell" was originally released as "Heaven or Hell Intro".

Personnel

Musicians

• Nkenge 1x – additional keyboards (track 7)

Technical

• Jimmy Cash – recording (tracks 1, 2, 7), mixing assistant (tracks 1–8, 10, 11), mixing (track 12)
• Travis Scott – recording (track 2)
• Zach Steele – recording (tracks 3, 4, 10)
• Trevor Coulter – recording (tracks 5, 6, 8), engineering (track 9)
• Nate Alford – recording (track 12)
• Colton Eatmon – engineering (track 9)
• Shawn Morenberg – engineering assistant (track 9)
• Sage Skolfield – mixing assistant (tracks 1–8, 10, 11)
• Sean Solymar – mixing assistant (tracks 1–8, 10, 11)
• Mike Dean – mixing (tracks 1–11), mastering (all tracks)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart performance for Heaven or Hell Chart (2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] 20 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 23 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 29 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 44 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[28] 20 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[29] 31 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[30] 50 French Albums (SNEP)[31] 43 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[32] 51 Irish Albums (OCC)[33] 23 Italian Albums (FIMI)[34] 62 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[35] 14 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[36] 7 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 39 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 22 UK Albums (OCC)[39] 17 US Billboard 200[1] 7 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[40] 5

Year-end charts 2020 year-end chart performance for Heaven or Hell Chart (2020) Position US Billboard 200[41] 119 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[42] 56

Certifications

Certifications for Heaven or Hell

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[43]	Platinum	80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[44]	Gold	10,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[45]	Platinum	15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	Silver	60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[18]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.