| Perfect Timing | ||||
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| Mixtape by Nav andMetro Boomin | ||||
| Released | July 21, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–2017 | |||
| Genre | Trap | |||
| Length | 55:25 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| HipHopDX |    [1] |
| Pitchfork | 4.8/10[2] |
| Spectrum Culture | [3] |
Perfect Timing is a collaborativemixtape by Canadian rapper and record producerNav and American record producerMetro Boomin. It was released on July 21, 2017, by Boominati Worldwide,XO, andRepublic Records.[4] The mixtape contains production from Metro Boomin, Nav,Pi'erre Bourne, andSouthside among others, and features guest appearances fromLil Uzi Vert,Playboi Carti,Offset,21 Savage, Nav's fellow labelmateBelly, andGucci Mane. It was supported by twosingles: "Perfect Timing (Intro)" and "Call Me". In 2023, Nav and Metro announced a sequel to the album simply called “Perfect Timing 2“[5]
BeforePerfect Timing was released, Nav and Metro Boomin both produced the former's song "Up", from hisself-titled debut mixtape and first project (2017).
On July 21, 2017, the same day the mixtape was released, Nav sat down for an interview with Paul Thompson ofComplex. He described it as "more serious" and it features instrumentals that are different from those of what Metro Boomin regularly produces. Explaining his decision to emotionally rap about women, he explained that "you don't know who's fake and who's real" and "especially with girls: they could do anything for me and there's still that kind of guard up".[6]
Initially announced in early 2017, the artwork and release date was unveiled on July 12, 2017.[7] Two days later, the songs "Perfect Timing (Intro)" and "Call Me" were released as singles on July 14, 2017.
Perfect Timing debuted at number 13 on the USBillboard 200 earning 30,000album-equivalent units with 6,000 in pure album sales in its first week. In its second week, the album fell to number 24 on the chart selling 15,000 units, bringing its two-week total to 45,000 units.[8][9] On September 8, 2020, the mixtape was certifiedgold by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[10]
Scott Glaysher ofHipHopDX did not like Nav's vocals on any song fromPerfect Timing, but he praised the instrumentals that were created by Metro Boomin and some other fellow record producers on some songs.[1] Writing forPitchfork, Jay Balfour said that the project shows that "Nav is empty as he ever was, lyrically especially" and the "brooding, soft-synthed trap" instrumentals created by Metro "would be in familiar and more capable hands if the guests were alone with them, but they aren’t enough of a saving grace".[2]Spectrum Culture's Daniel Bromfield opined that Nav "has proved himself nothing more thanPandora filler, providing nothing but rap in a pinch" and Metro "should have should have blown this one up a little more" to make it more upbeat.[3]
Credits adapted fromTidal.[11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Perfect Timing (Intro)" | 2:57 | ||
| 2. | "I Don't Care" |
| Metro Boomin | 4:26 |
| 3. | "Hit" |
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| 2:50 |
| 4. | "ASAP Ferg" (featuringLil Uzi Vert) |
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| 4:17 |
| 5. | "Held Me Down" |
| 3:48 | |
| 6. | "Minute" (featuringPlayboi Carti andOffset) |
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| 4:25 |
| 7. | "Did You See Nav?" |
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| 3:37 |
| 8. | "Bring It Back" |
| Metro Boomin | 3:09 |
| 9. | "Both Sides" (featuring21 Savage) |
| Metro Boomin | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Call Me" |
| Metro Boomin | 3:35 |
| 11. | "You Know" (featuringBelly) |
| Metro Boomin | 3:29 |
| 12. | "Rich" |
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| 3:47 |
| 13. | "Need Some" (featuringGucci Mane) |
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| 3:02 |
| 14. | "I Am" |
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| 4:13 |
| 15. | "NavUziMetro#Pt2" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) |
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| 4:21 |
| Total length: | 55:25 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 16. | "Up" |
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| 3:20 |
| Total length: | 59:45 | |||
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Credits adapted fromTidal.[11]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[24] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[10] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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