Hoodie SZN is the second studio album by American rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie. It was released on December 21, 2018. Features included Juice WRLD, 6ix9ine, Nav, Offset, Tyga, and Queen Naija, among others. 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.
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. 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."
Singles
Four songs from Hoodie SZN charted on the US BillboardHot 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" peaked at number 27, becoming the highest-charting song from the album and A Boogie's highest charting song overall at that point.
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 in its first week of release. In its second week, the album remained at number two on the chart, earning an additional 58,000 album-equivalent units. 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. 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. On June 26, 2019, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units in the United States.
