Juice Wrld — - Goodbye Good Riddance -anniversary...
The anniversary is bittersweet because Juice isn't here to celebrate it. In the years since his passing, the album has re-entered the charts multiple times. It has been certified multi-platinum. Each anniversary brings a wave of "What if?" What if he had lived to make the rock album he always wanted? What would the third, fourth, or fifth album have sounded like?
The title Goodbye & Good Riddance is usually said to an enemy or an ex-lover. But listening in 2024 and beyond, it feels like Juice WRLD was saying it to himself. He was saying goodbye to the old, heartbroken Jarad, hoping to become the successful, happy Juice WRLD.
Goodbye & Good Riddance , the seminal debut album by late Chicago artist Juice WRLD, remains a cornerstone of the "emo-rap" genre, continuing to break records years after its initial May 23, 2018, release. To celebrate its enduring legacy, multiple anniversary editions have been released, each adding rare or previously unreleased tracks from Juice's vast vault. Juice Wrld - Goodbye Good Riddance -Anniversary...
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Before Juice WRLD, emotional vulnerability in hip-hop was often cloaked in bravado (think Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak ). Juice WRLD stripped the armor away entirely. He cried on the beat. He spoke about panic attacks and suicidal ideation without a filter. Today, artists like The Kid LAROI (his protégé), Iann Dior, and even mainstream pop-punk revivalists cite Goodbye & Good Riddance as the reason they started singing. The anniversary is bittersweet because Juice isn't here
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The album opens with a telephone ringing. A voicemail from an ex-girlfriend: "Hey, it's me... I know you probably hate me... it's fine if you don't want to call me back." It’s a gut punch of realism. Before a single 808 hits, Juice sets the stage: this is a diary entry, not a performance. Each anniversary brings a wave of "What if
| Version | Tracks | Key exclusives | |---------|--------|----------------| | Original (2018) | 15 | No “Armed and Dangerous” originally | | Streaming update (2018-19) | 16 | Added “Armed and Dangerous” as #5 | | 1-year (2019) | 19 | + “Robbery,” “Hear Me Calling,” “Ring Ring” | | 5-year (2023) | 18 | Restored OG tracklist + 3 bonus songs (No Good, On Time, Lauryn Hill) |