Hardstone Psycho

Hardstone Psycho
Studio album by Don Toliver
Released	June 14, 2024
Recorded	2023–2024
Genre	Trap
Length	51:50
Label	Cactus Jack Atlantic
Producer	206Derek Alien Bbykobe Bnyx Broadday Bryvn Buddy Ross Bugz Ronin Cash Cobain Charlie Handsome Coleman Dez Wright Edgard Herrera FKi 1st Gabe Shaddow Honorable C.N.O.T.E. IWantDior Jahaan Sweet Kevo Los Hendrix Matty Spats Metro Boomin Mikey Freedom Hart Nik D OhRoss Oz Psymun ReidMD Pilgrim PoWR Trav Preme Sb Josh Sir Dylan SkipOnDaBeat Spikes Tiggi Tommy Parker Toom Vendr Zaytoven
Don Toliver chronology
Love Sick (2023) Hardstone Psycho (2024)
Singles from Hardstone Psycho
"Bandit" Released: February 1, 2024 "Deep in the Water" Released: March 14, 2024 "Attitude" Released: May 22, 2024

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 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

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" for the first time. ^[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] He revealed its tracklist on June 12, 2024, which was his 30th birthday. ^[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	7/10 [9]
RapReviews	7/10 [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

Volume A: Thunder Road

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Kryptonite"	Caleb Toliver Daniel Perez Raynford Humphrey Derek Anderson Bryan Yepes Calvin Tarvin Kevin Yancey Alien Spikes	Bugz Ronin Preme 206Derek Bryvn Tiggi Kevo Alien Spikes [a]	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)	Toliver Bill Kapri Edgard Ferrera Anderson	SkipOnDaBeat 206Derek [a]	3:22
4.	"Attitude" (featuring Charlie Wilson and Cash Cobain)	Toliver Charles Wilson Cashmere Small Calvin Broadus, Jr. Pharrell Williams Chad Hugo	Cash Cobain	2:41

Volume B: Dead Man's Canyon

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Bandit"	Toliver Kevin Parker Sean Reid	ReidMD	2:27
2.	"Glock"	Toliver Whitney Houston Kenneth Edmonds III Michael Houston John Mitchell Thomas Lumpkins Travis Flores	Tommy Parker PoWR Trav	3:48
3.	"Ice Age" (featuring Travis Scott)	Toliver Jacques Webster II Mikey Freedom Hart Small	Hart Cash Cobain Bnyx [a] 206Derek [a]	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Purple Rain" (featuring Future and Metro Boomin)	Toliver Nayvadius Wilburn Leland Wayne Xavier Dotson Carlton Mays, Jr. Anderson	Metro Boomin Zaytoven Honorable C.N.O.T.E.	3:27
2.	"New Drop"	Toliver Wesley Glass Simon Christensen Ruby Mitchell Dylan Cleary-Krell Scotty Coleman	Wheezy Psymun Dez Wright Coleman	3:37
3.	"Backstreets" (featuring Teezo Touchdown)	Toliver Aaron Thomas Carlos Muñoz Yepes	Los Hendrix Bryvn [a] 206Derek [a]	3:17
4.	"Deep in the Water"	Toliver Josiah Sherman Cole Wainwright Jackson Speets Duprie Monroe Anderson Mitchell Peter O'Grady Léa Fourlin	Buddy Ross OhRoss IWantDior Broadday 206Derek	2:50

Volume D: Promise Land

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Inside" (featuring Travis Scott)	Toliver J. Webster Jahaan Sweet Ozan Yildirim Dylan Wiggins Anderson Yepes	Sweet Oz Sir Dylan 206Derek Bryvn	4:10
2.	"5 to 10"	Toliver Yildirim Anderson Nik Frascona Sherman	Oz 206Derek Nik D Buddy Ross [a] FKi 1st [a] Charlie Handsome [a]	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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rockstar Girl"	Toliver Danny Snodgrass, Jr. Michael Romito Rio Leyva Noah Mejia Herrera Glokid	Taz Taylor Census Leyva Mejia Young Era Glokid	2:58
2.	"Love Is a Drug"	Toliver Dijon McFarlane	Mustard	3:09
3.	"Donny Darko" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert)	Toliver Symere Woods Saint Fort Yepes Ferreta	Bnyx Bryvn SkipOnDaBeat	1:57
4.	"Geeked Up" (featuring Yeat)	Toliver Noah Smith Perez Yepes Hood	Bugz Ronin Bryvn Bbykobe	2:38
Total length:				62:21

Notes

• All tracks are stylized in all caps. For example, "Kryptonite" is stylized as "KRYPTONITE".
• "Attitude" contains samples from "Beautiful", written by Calvin Broadus Jr., Pharrell Williams, and Chad Hugo as performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams and Charlie Wilson. ^[11]
• "Bandit" contains samples from "One More Hour", written and performed by Kevin Parker. ^[12]

Personnel

• 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

Weekly charts Weekly 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

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Hardstone Psycho Chart (2024) Position US Billboard 200 [38] 163 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [39] 46

Certifications

Certifications for Hardstone Psycho

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [40]	Gold	40,000‡
United States (RIAA) [41]	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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