Where We Come From is the debut studio album by Jamaican dancehall artist Popcaan, released on 10 June 2014 by Mixpak Records.
A prolific dancehall artist from Jamaica,[2] Popcaan collaborated with several producers on the album: Dre Skull (who also served as the album's Executive Producer), Dubbel Dutch, Anju Blaxx, Jaime YVP and Adde Instrumentals.
[3][4][5][6] Upon release of the album, Popcaan was featured as the cover star on The Fader,[7] garnered an 8.0 rating at Pitchfork,[1] and received positive reviews from NPR,[3] The Guardian,[8] The Washington Post,[9] Billboard,[10] Dazed,[6] Jamaican Observer,[11] Complex,[4] FACT,[5] and more.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 5 reviews.
The Jamaican artist veers away from male posturing and bravado, instead producing an album that tackles important themes and demonstrates an emotional vulnerability on some of the more romantic numbers.