Heaven Or Hell

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“Well, what brings you to church this evening?” Don Toliver queries on the title track of his 2020 project, <i>Heaven Or Hell</i>. “Fighting love, fighting hate, or you’re fighting your demons?” It’s an age-old question that has perplexed humanity since the dawn of time, a deep-rooted struggle between good and bad, light and dark—heaven and hell. This dichotomous balance lies at the center of Toliver’s breakthrough album. While the 2018 mixtape <i>Donny Womack</i> is the Houston artist’s first extended project, <i>Heaven Or Hell</i> stands as his official introduction to the world as a solo act. Before this album, though, came the Travis Scott <i>ASTROWORLD</i> cut, “CAN’T SAY.” On that song, tucked near the end of Scott’s 2018 opu, Toliver flexed his vocal chops in a way that has become his signature. His style of singing—fixed in its high timbre but tonally malleable and especially distinct—was compelling enough to catch Scott’s attention, influencing the rap megastar to extend Toliver a coveted invitation to his Hawaii <i>ASTROWORLD</i> recording sessions and eventually sign him to his Cactus Jack label. Scott has since revealed that “CAN’T SAY” is a Don Toliver original, while other songs created during that music camp made their way onto <i>Heaven Or Hell</i>: The nonchalant yet adoring “Cardigan” and the amped-up, narrative-driven “After Party” led the way as single, while the Sheck Wes-assisted “Spaceship” furthered Scott’s Cactus Jack agenda. .

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