Hoodie SZN

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]

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.

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
HipHopDX	3.7/5[9]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]

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]

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[17]

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

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)

• 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)