We Uh Shoot

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"We Uh Shoot"
Single by Polo G featuring Lil Durk
from the album Hood Poet
ReleasedAugust 2, 2024
Length2:33
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Polo G singles chronology
"Angels in the Sky"
(2024)
"We Uh Shoot"
(2024)
"S.I.P"
(2024)

"We Uh Shoot" is a song by American rapper Polo G featuring American rapper Lil Durk. It was released on August 18, 2023, as a single from his fourth studio album, Hood Poet . The song was produced by Southside, TM88, Rozay Knockin, Maschooter, Allen Ritter, Jermaine Elliott, and Von88. [1]

Contents

Composition

Critical reception

Quincy of RatingsGameMusic reviewed the song positively, giving “We Uh Shoot” a 4/5 rating and stated: “I love that Polo G and Lil Durk, two poppin’ rappers from Chicago, still have a solid relationship,” Quincy then stated that the track first “didn’t quite move me [him]” and that it sounded “outdated”. [2] Zachary Horvath of HotNewHipHop didn’t really give a understandable review, but did say that “We Uh Shoot” is a “aggressive gun-toting track” and praised Lil Durk’s performance as a “standout,” while saying Polo G’s performance “sound[‘s] crisp”. [3]

Lyric video

As of November 15, 2024, “We Uh Shoot” doesn’t have an official music video but does, however, have an official lyric video that was uploaded to Polo G’s YouTube channel on August 2, 2024. The lyric video currently has 45,000 likes and more than one million views on YouTube as of November 2024. [4]

Chart performance

In New Zealand, “We Uh Shoot” performed well, on the chart dated August 9, 2024, the song entered the NZ Hot Singles Chart at number 27. [5]

Charts

Chart performance for "We Uh Shoot”
Chart (2024)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [5] 27

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