2020 studio album by Polo G
The Goat is the second studio album by American rapper
Polo G . It was released on May 15, 2020, by
Columbia Records . The album features guest appearances from
Mustard ,
Juice Wrld ,
Stunna 4 Vegas ,
NLE Choppa ,
Mike Will Made It ,
Lil Baby , and
BJ the Chicago Kid . It contains the singles "
Heartless " featuring Mustard, "
DND ", and "
Go Stupid " with Stunna 4 Vegas and NLE Choppa, featuring Mike Will Made It, which were all released prior to the album.
[1]
The album debuted number two on the
Billboard 200 chart, with 104,000
album-equivalent units , (of which 14,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.
[2] On December 10, 2020, the album was certified
Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 1,000,000 units.
[3] It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Background and promotion
The album, along with its cover, was announced on May 5, 2020, through Polo G's Instagram.
[4]
Singles
On September 20, 2019, the album's first single, "
Heartless " featuring American record producer
Mustard , was released along with its music video.
[5]
[6]
[7]
On February 14, 2020, "
Go Stupid " with
Stunna 4 Vegas and
NLE Choppa , featuring
Mike Will Made It , was released as the album's second single.
[8]
On April 10, 2020, the third single off the album, "
DND ", was released.
[9]
Critical reception
The Goat was met with widespread critical acclaim upon release. At
Metacritic , which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an
average score of 83, based on five reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
[10]
Paul A. Thompson of
Pitchfork stated that "The Chicago rapper's follow-up to his riveting
debut LP argues for him as an adaptable and unmissable talent, an unlikely star in a new major-label system".
[15]
Commercial performance
The Goat debuted at number two on the US
Billboard 200 chart, with 99,000
album-equivalent units , (of which 14,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.
[2] It became Polo G's highest-charting album, and his second US top ten debut.
[2] The album also accumulated a total of 129.4 million in on-demand streams of the set's songs.
[2] In its second week, the album dropped to number five on the chart, earning an additional 52,000 units.
[17] In its third week, the album dropped to number seven on the chart, earning 40,000 more units.
[18] In its fourth week, the album dropped to number seven on the chart, earning 37,000 units, bringing its four-week total to 228,000 album-equivalent units.
[19] On July 28, 2020, the album was certified
gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.
[3]
Track listing
Track listing and credits adapted from
Tidal .
[20]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Don't Believe the Hype" 2:54 2. "
Heartless " (featuring
Mustard ) 3:24 3. "
Martin & Gina " Bartlett Hagan Lange Kyre Trask Tahj Vaughn 2:12 4. "
Flex " (featuring
Juice Wrld ) 2:43 5. "
Go Stupid " (with
Stunna 4 Vegas and
NLE Choppa featuring
Mike Will Made It ) 2:45 6. "
21 " Bartlett Keanu Dean Torres Khaled Rohaim 2:43 7. "33" 2:50 8. "I Know" Bartlett D Mac Thomas Horton Vaughn 2:56 9. "Beautiful Pain (Losin My Mind)" 2:51 10. "No Matter What"
Nick Mira 3:19 11. "Be Something" (featuring
Lil Baby ) Resource 3:14 12. "Relentless" 3:19 13. "
DND " WayneOnABeat 3:00 14. "Chinatown" Bartlett Tylon Anthony Catchings-Currie 2:52 15. "Trials & Tribulations" Bartlett D Mac Ryan O'Neil Vaughn D Mac MoneyEvery Tahj Money 2:56 16. "Wishing for a Hero" (featuring
BJ the Chicago Kid ) 3:04 Total length: 47:11
Notes
^[a] signifies a co-producer
^[b] signifies an additional producer
^[c] signifies an uncredited co-producer
Sample credits
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
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