Polo G’s long-awaited Hall of Fame follow-up is finally on the horizon. The Chicago rapper announced plans for his Hood Poet album on Tuesday (July 30), with the LP set to hit streaming services on Aug. 9.
Before the project arrives, Polo is feeding fans with a final single to warm up the streets as “3 Headed Goat” collaborator Lil Durk will join the 25-year-old on “We Uh Shoot,” which arrives on Friday (Aug. 2). “Hood Poet August 9th … The Wait Finally Over + Me & Smurk This Friday #weuhshoot #freetrench,” he wrote to Instagram.
The purple cover art features Polo G at the mic with a pair of affiliates in ski masks and bullet-proof vests behind him protecting a goat — which plays off his 2020 The Goat album.
Polo G is billing the album as a cinematic experience or “music documentary” where he’ll enlist Future, GloRilla, 42 Dugg, Offset, The Kid LAROI, Lil Durk, G Herbo, Hunxho and Fridayy as his co-stars.
While plenty of fans were hyped that the album is finally coming, there was a contingent disappointed that his frequent collaborator Lil Tjay wouldn’t be making an appearance. “Bro how is there no tjay,” one person wrote.
The “Pop Out” rapper’s Hood Poet album will include previous singles “Barely Holdin’ On,” “Distraction” and “Angels in the Sky.” The effort comes complete with 18 tracks in total and was previously said to be fully-produced by 808 Mafia’s Southside.
It’s been over three years since Polo G’s last album, Hall of Fame, which was released in June 2021 and gave the rapper his first No. 1 album atop the Billboard 200.
Check out Polo’s Instagram post below:
