Hoodie SZN

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, 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", which was released on December 7.

Hoodie SZN
Studio album by A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Released	December 21, 2018 (2018-12-21)
Recorded	2017–2018
Genre	Hip hop trap R&B
Length	61:34
Label	Atlantic Highbridge
Producer	Artist "A Boogie" Dubose (exec.) Quincy "QP" Acheampong (also exec.) Sambon "Bubba" Camara (also exec.) C.P Dubb Chaz Mazzota Ghost Chris Rose Figurez Go Grizzly Hitmaka Iloveryno J. Holt Jaegen Jahaan Sweet Kenny Beats KillaGraham London on da Track Myster Whyte Niaggi Pluss Rex Kudo Richie Souf Robert Blake, Jr. SkipOnDaBeat Wolf Boy Media Slade da Monsta T-Minus The Atomix Young Troy Prettyboy P
A Boogie wit da Hoodie chronology
International Artist (2018) Hoodie SZN (2018) Artist 2.0[1][2] (2020)
Singles from Hoodie SZN
"Look Back at It" Released: December 7, 2018 "Swervin" Released: July 2, 2019

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

Four songs from Hoodie SZN charted on the US Billboard Hot 100, 'Demons and Angels' featuring Juice WRLD peaked at number 90, 'Startender' featuring Offset and Tyga peaked at number 59, 6ix9ine's assisted track, "Swervin", peaked at number 38 and "Look Back At It" (the album's lead single) peaked at number 27, becoming the highest-charting song from the album and A Boogie's highest charting song overall at that point.[9]

Critical reception

Hoodie SZN was released to a generally positive reception from music critics.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX	3.7/5
Pitchfork	6.8/10
Rolling Stone

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 of release.[10] In its second week, the album remained at number two on the chart, earning an additional 58,000 album-equivalent units.[11] In its third week, the album ascended to number one on the chart, earning 58,000 album-equivalent units with 823 copies in traditional album sales. This became A Boogie wit da Hoodie's first US number-one album.[12] In its fourth week, the album remained at number one for a second week, moving 56,000 album-equivalent 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, bringing its four-week total to 262,000 album-equivalent units.[13] 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.[14]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.[15]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Voices in My Head"	Artist Julius Dubose Christopher Ruelas Jacob Dutton Marcus Slade Mario Sweet	Jake One Nascent Slade da Monsta	2:22
2.	"Beasty"	Dubose Graham Muron Kenneth Blume III	Kenny Beats KillaGraham	2:32
3.	"I Did It"	Dubose Peter Vilorio	Prettyboy P	3:35
4.	"Swervin" (featuring 6ix9ine)	Dubose Aubrey Robinson Daniel Hernandez Kevin Richardson London Holmes Roark Bailey	London on da Track	3:08
5.	"Startender" (featuring Offset and Tyga)	Dubose Christian Ward Christopher Dotson Kiari Cephus Michael Stevenson Tyler Williams	T-Minus	3:12
6.	"Demons and Angels" (featuring Juice Wrld)	Dubose Jarad Higgins Tony Son	Richie Souf	3:34
7.	"Love Drugs and Sex"	Dubose WolfBoy	WolfBoy	2:37
8.	"Skeezers"	Dubose Carlos Young Ta'Von Washington	The Atomix	3:18
9.	"Savage"	Dubose Young T. Washington	The Atomix	2:49
10.	"Come Closer" (featuring Queen Naija)	Dubose Chaz Mazzota Justin Timberlake Naija Bulls Robert Blake, Jr. Rock Georges Ryan Luriea Scott Storch Timothy Mosley	Mazzota Iloveryno Myster Whyte Blake, Jr. Hitmaka^[a] SkipOnDaBeat^[a]	2:36
11.	"Look Back at It"	Dubose Ward Dotson Fred Jerkins III Jahaan Sweet LaShawn Daniels Matthew Samuels Michael Jackson Nora Payne Rodney Jerkins	J. Sweet	2:59
12.	"Just Like Me" (featuring Young Thug)	Dubose Asheton Hogan Jeffery Williams	Pluss	3:40
13.	"Bosses & Workers" (featuring Don Q and Trap Manny)	Dubose Christopher Rose Emmanuel Cobbs Ethan Walker Le'Quincy Anderson	Chris Rose Ghost	3:27
14.	"Need a Best Friend" (featuring Lil Quee and Quando Rondo)	Dubose Blume III Quinton Griffith TyQuain Bowman	Kenny Beats	3:24
15.	"The Reaper"	Dubose Young T. Washington	The Atomix	2:56
16.	"Uptown / Bustdown" (featuring Lil Durk and PnB Rock)	Dubose Durk Banks Gianni van den Brom Jahseh Onfroy Rakim Allen	Niaggi	2:57
17.	"Billie Jean"	Dubose Joseph Nguyen Kevin Price	Figurez Go Grizzly	2:18
18.	"4 Min Convo (Favorite Song)"	Dubose Barrington Wright Christopher Rios Christopher Washington Jordan Holt Julian Garfield Richard Frierson	C.P Dubb J. Holt	4:17
19.	"Odee" (Bonus Track)	Dubose John Hyszko Jake Aujla	Jaegen Young Troy	2:40
20.	"Pull Up" (featuring Nav) (Bonus Track)	Aujla Dubose Navraj Goraya Masamune Kudo	Jaegen Rex Kudo	3:13
Total length:				1:35

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
• "Look Back at It" contains interpolations from songs performed by Michael Jackson:
  • "Remember The Time", written by Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle.
  • "You Rock My World", written by Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins.
• XXXTentacion adds vocals on Uptown / Bustdown

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[15]

• 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 Chart (2018–2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 23 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 99 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 6 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 24 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 24 French Albums (SNEP)[22] 121 Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 80 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 31 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[25] 25 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 58 UK Albums (OCC)[27] 23 US Billboard 200[12] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 79 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[30] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[31] 35 UK Albums (OCC)[32] 86 US Billboard 200[33] 10 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[34] 6 Decade-end charts Chart (2010–2019) Position US Billboard 200[35] 69

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[36]	Gold	40,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[37]	Gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[38]	Silver	60,000
United States (RIAA)[39]	Platinum	1,000,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2019
• List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2019
• List of number-one albums of 2019 (Canada)

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