Polo G Returns with New Album, ‘Hood Poet’, Releases Video for ‘Darkside’: Watch

The wait is over: Polo G is again with a full size album venture, and this one is named Hood Poet. An 18-track LP, the album clocks in a runtime of just below one hour and takes its time to construct up sonically. That mentioned, it’s a construct up for the very best, and takes the listener throughout totally different feelings and elegance at its leisurely tempo.

The album opens with the anthemic ‘God’s Favourite’, the place Polo raps about feeling like God’s favorite and pays homage to his foundations. The arrogance right here is high notch and is backed by choir-like vocals within the background that helps a excessive pitched hook.

The venture then transitions off into ‘No Recruits’ with a splendid characteristic from G Herbo, bouncing off the vitality from the primary observe, solely to steer into ‘Barely Holdin’ On’, which is a extra melodic method. With easy entice manufacturing, it options Polo G confessing how he’s carrying burdens and imperfections, and the way he’s barely holding on — with the latter portion serving as fixed reassurance by way of darkish instances.

Instantly after, we’re confronted with one other entice heavy foray with an help from 42 Dugg on ‘Solely Gang’, over shimmering bell samples that give the observe a nostalgic really feel with out dipping down on vitality. The extra mellow vitality in truth is available in on ‘Similar Me’ with Fridayy, which is a observe that makes use of a simplistic drill bounce over some ethereal reverb soaked vocal sections that talk to the soul. The emotional manufacturing content material is given a break additional in on ‘Detox’, however lyrically, not as a lot: in any case, it’s themes of habit we’re speaking about.

Offset, too, pulls up in wonderful vogue on G63, which arguably is the extra fashionable of a entice piece than many of the preliminary data on the album. This contact of modernity evolves additional with the Lil Durk characteristic on ‘We Uh Shoot’, who takes an Auto-Tune heavy method to rapping swift and deft over the stutter of his hats. The soul really feel after all, returns previous the slight deviation with the looks of The Child LAROI on ‘Rain Fallin’, who navigates what appears to be despair and nervousness by way of a wet day with no solar in sight.

We hope this preview has you excited for the remainder of the album. If one factor is for positive, is that the album is a deeply private venture by Polo G, one whose authenticity surpasses examined sonic codecs on the manufacturing entrance. Test it out for your self!