Hoodie SZN (2018)

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, via Atlantic Records and Highbridge The Label. The album features guest appearances from 6ix9ine, Offset, Tyga, Juice WRLD, Queen Naija, Young Thug, Don Q, Trap Manny, Lil Quee, Quando Rondo, PnB Rock, Lil Durk, and Nav.

The album was supported by two singles: "Look Back at It", two weeks ahead of the album, and "Swervin", released later on July 2, 2019.. 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.

Hoodie SZN received mixed reviews, with some critics noting a decline in quality compared to his debut album, The Bigger Artist.

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."

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. In its second week, the album remained at number two on the chart, earning an additional 58,000 units. 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. 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 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. 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.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

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)