2018 studio album by A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Hoodie SZN
Released December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21 ) Recorded 2017–2018
Genre
Length 61 :34
Label
Producer
Hoodie SZN (SZN pronounced "season") is the second
studio album by American rapper
A Boogie wit da Hoodie . It was released on December 21, 2018.
[3] Features included
Juice WRLD ,
6ix9ine ,
Nav ,
Offset ,
Tyga ,
Young Thug , and
Queen Naija , among others.
[4] The track "Odee" had originally been made available online on March 23, 2018. The track "Pull Up" was previously included on the EP International Artist . The album was preceded by single "
Look Back at It ".
Background
On December 3, 2018, A Boogie released the album's artwork to his Instagram page. The artwork was described by XXL Mag as "rhymer, cloaked in darkness, in the soaking rain wearing a Highbridge the Label hoodie with the actual Bronx High Bridge in the background". In December 2018, A Boogie said that the album's recording process took over a year to complete.
[5]
[6]
On social media, A Boogie posted that "My Sophomore Album #HoodieSzn drops 12/21/18... It took me over a year to complete and I can’t wait for you all to hear it. This is for my Day 1’s. Thank You for riding with me."
[7]
[8]
Singles
The lead single, "
Look Back at It ", was released on December 7, 2018. The song "
Swervin " was released as the album's second single on July 2, 2019.
Critical reception
Hoodie SZN was released to a generally positive reception from music critics.
Commercial performance
Hoodie SZN debuted at number two on the US
Billboard 200 with 90,000
album-equivalent units (including 6,000 pure album sales) in its first week.
[12] In its second week, the album remained at number two on the chart, earning an additional 58,000 units.
[13] In its third week, the album climbed to number one on the chart, earning 58,000 more units with 823 copies in traditional album sales.
[14] This became A Boogie wit da Hoodie's first US number-one album.
[14] In its fourth week, the album remained at number one for a second week, moving 56,000 units with 749 in traditional album sales, making it the lowest-selling number-one album since Billboard began using
Nielsen SoundScan to track unit sales.
[15] On June 26, 2019, the album was certified
platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.
[16]
Track listing
Credits adapted from
Tidal .
[17]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Voices in My Head" 2:22 2. "Beasty" 2:32 3. "I Did It" Prettyboy P 3:35 4. "
Swervin " (featuring
6ix9ine )
London on da Track 3:08 5. "
Startender " (featuring
Offset and
Tyga )
T-Minus 3:12 6. "
Demons and Angels " (featuring
Juice Wrld ) Richie Souf 3:34 7. "Love Drugs and Sex" Wolfboy 2:37 8. "Skeezers" Dubose Carlos Young Ta'Von Washington The Atomix 3:18 9. "Savage" The Atomix 2:49 10. "Come Closer" (featuring
Queen Naija ) Chaz Mazzota iloveryno Myster Whyte Robert P. Blake, Jr.
Hitmaka
[a] SkipOnDaBeat
[a] 2:36 11. "
Look Back at It "
Jahaan Sweet 2:59 12. "Just Like Me" (featuring
Young Thug )
Pluss 3:40 13. "Bosses & Workers" (featuring
Don Q and Trap Manny) 3:27 14. "Need a Best Friend" (featuring Lil Quee and
Quando Rondo ) Kenny Beats 3:24 15. "The Reaper" The Atomix 2:56 16. "Uptown / Bustdown" (featuring
PnB Rock and
Lil Durk ) Niaggi 2:57 17. "Billie Jean" Dubose Kevin Price Joseph Nguyen 2:18 18. "4 Min Convo (Favorite Song)" 4:17 19. "Odee" Dubose Jake Aujla John Hyszko 2:40 20. "Pull Up" (featuring
Nav ) 3:13 Total length: 61:34
Notes
^[a] signifies an additional producer
"Look Back at It" contains interpolations from songs performed by Michael Jackson:
XXXTentacion adds vocals on Uptown / Bustdown
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
[17]
AJ Ruined My Record – recording (tracks 1–18) , mixing (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–9, 11, 13, 15-18, 20)
Christian QC Quinonez – recording (tracks 5)
Sauce Miyagi – recording (tracks 5)
Jacob Richards – mixing (tracks 5, 10, 11)
Jaycen Joshua – mixing (tracks 5, 10, 11)
Mike Seaberg – mixing (tracks 5, 10, 11)
Mono Beats - mastering (tracks 11)
Rashawn McLean – mixing (tracks 5, 10, 11)
Juan Mowezz Montero – mixing (tracks 19, 20)
Alex Tumay – mixing (tracks 2, 14)
Chris Athens – mastering (all tracks)
Jahaan Sweet – engineering (tracks 11)
Hitmaka – additional arrangement (tracks 5)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
See also
References
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