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Hardstone Psycho

Hardstone Psycho is the fourth studio album by American rapper and singer Don Toliver. It was released through Cactus Jack and Atlantic Records on June 14, 2024. The album features guest appearances from Kodak Black, Charlie Wilson, Cash Cobain, Travis Scott, Future, Metro Boomin, and Teezo Touchdown. The deluxe version of the album was released exclusively on Toliver's website four days later before being published on streaming services on June 25, 2024. It features additional guest appearances from Lil Uzi Vert and Yeat. Production on the album was handled by Cash Cobain and Metro Boomin themselves, alongside Bugz Ronin, Preme, Mikey Freedom Hart, Bnyx, Zaytoven, Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Wheezy, Psymun, Buddy Ross, Oz, FKi 1st, and Charlie Handsome, among others. It serves as the follow-up to Toliver's previous album, Love Sick (2023).

Hardstone Psycho
Studio album by
Don Toliver
ReleasedJune 14, 2024
Length51:50
Label
Producer
Don Toliver chronology
Love Sick
(2023) 		Hardstone Psycho
(2024)
Singles from Hardstone Psycho
  1. "Bandit"
    Released: February 1, 2024
  2. "Deep in the Water"
    Released: March 14, 2024
  3. "Attitude"
    Released: May 22, 2024

Hardstone Psycho was supported by three singles: "Bandit", "Deep in the Water", and "Attitude", the latter of which features Charlie Wilson and Cash Cobain. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 76,500 album-equivalent units in its first week.[1]

Singles and promotion

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On February 1, 2024, Toliver released the lead single of the album, "Bandit", alongside the official music video, where its title was secretly revealed before it was announced.[2] The same day, he took to Twitter to reveal that he would be releasing a new album soon.[3] On March 13, he revealed that it would be released in the summer that year through a post on social media, where he also secretly revealed its title.[4] The following day, Toliver released the second single, "Deep in the Water", where he also secretly hinted at the title of the album again in its accompanying video.[5] On March 17, 2024, while performing at the hip hop music festival Rolling Loud at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, he confirmed the title of the album before performing the then-unreleased song from it titled "Tore Up".[6] On May 22, 2024, Toliver released the third and final single of the album, "Attitude", which features fellow American singer Charlie Wilson and fellow American rapper and record producer Cash Cobain, and also revealed its release date.[7] Toliver revealed its tracklist on June 12, 2024, which was his 30th birthday.[8]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[9]
RapReviews7/10[10]

Robin Murray's review for Clash concludes: "It's fun, and for the most part is executed perfectly, underlining his position in the upper echelons of the new rap generation."[9]

Track listing

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Volume A: Thunder Road
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Kryptonite"
3:02
2."Tore Up"
  • Toliver
  • Kobe Hood
  • Spikes
  • Bryan Donovan
  • Brian Nyberg
  • Derek Lamonica
  • Donny Moore
  • Justin Valliere
  • Bbykobe
  • Spikes[a]
2:06
3."Brother Stone" (featuring Kodak Black)
  • SkipOnDaBeat
  • 206Derek[a]
3:22
4."Attitude" (featuring Charlie Wilson and Cash Cobain)
Cash Cobain2:41
Volume B: Dead Man's Canyon
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bandit"
ReidMD2:27
2."Glock"
  • Tommy Parker
  • PoWR Trav
3:48
3."Ice Age" (featuring Travis Scott)
3:38
4."4x4"
  • Toliver
  • Perez
  • Anderson
  • Yepes
  • Tommy Parker
  • Matthew Spatola
  • Sb Josh
  • Mitchell
  • Bugz Ronin
  • 206Derek
  • Bryvn
  • Parker
  • Matty Spats
  • Sb Josh
3:22
Volume C: Twin Peaks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Purple Rain" (featuring Future and Metro Boomin)
3:27
2."New Drop"
3:37
3."Backstreets" (featuring Teezo Touchdown)
  • Los Hendrix
  • Bryvn[a]
  • 206Derek[a]
3:17
4."Deep in the Water"
2:50
Volume D: Promise Land
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Inside" (featuring Travis Scott)
  • Sweet
  • Oz
  • Sir Dylan
  • 206Derek
  • Bryvn
4:10
2."5 to 10"
  • Toliver
  • Yildirim
  • Anderson
  • Nik Frascona
  • Sherman
3:13
3."Last Laugh"
  • Toliver
  • Thomas Herrick
  • Garrison Webster
  • Beck Norling
  • Edgard Herrera
  • Lumpkins
  • Toom
  • Vendr
  • Pilgrim
  • Herrera[a]
  • Parker[a]
4:01
4."Hardstone National Anthem"
  • Toliver
  • Saint Fort
  • Anderson
  • Spatola
  • Gabe Shaddow
  • Lumpkins
  • Bnyx
  • 206Derek
  • Matty Spats
  • Shaddow
  • Tommy Parker
2:41
Total length:51:50
Volume E: Stonehenge (deluxe edition)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Rockstar Girl"
2:58
2."Love Is a Drug"
Mustard3:09
3."Donny Darko" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)
  • Bnyx
  • Bryvn
  • SkipOnDaBeat
1:57
4."Geeked Up" (featuring Yeat)
  • Bugz Ronin
  • Bryvn
  • Bbykobe
2:38
Total length:62:21

Notes

Personnel

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  • Don Toliver – vocals
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Derek "206derek" Anderson – mixing, recording (all tracks except "Tore Up", "Glock", "Ice Age", and "Last Laugh")
  • Edgard Herrera – recording on "Kryptonite", "Tore Up", "Attitude", "Glock", "Ice Age", and "Last Laugh"
  • Zeke Mishanec – recording on "Ice Age"
  • Stan Greene – mixing assistance on "Bandit"
  • Patrick Gardner – engineering assistance on "Bandit"
  • Spikes – guitar on "Kryptonite" and "Tore Up"
  • FKA Twigs – additional vocals on "Kryptonite"
  • Cash Cobain – vocals and keyboards on "Attitude"
  • Charlie Wilson – vocals on "Attitude"
  • Teezo Touchdown – additional vocals on "Backstreets"

Charts

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Chart performance for Hardstone Psycho
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 16
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)[14] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 17
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 7
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18] 19
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 14
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 34
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 16
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[23] 12
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[24] 7
Irish Albums (OCC)[25] 42
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 41
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[27] 12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 7
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 26
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[31] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32] 60
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[34] 27
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[35] 7
US Billboard 200[36] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[37] 1

References

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