The Goat (album)

The Goat is the second studio album by American rapper Polo G, released on May 15, 2020, by Columbia Records. The album features guest appearances from Mustard, Juice Wrld, Stunna 4 Vegas, NLE Choppa, Mike Will Made It, Lil Baby, and BJ the Chicago Kid. It contains the singles "Heartless" featuring Mustard, "DND", and "Go Stupid" with Stunna 4 Vegas and NLE Choppa, featuring Mike Will Made It, which were all released prior to the album.[1]

The Goat
Studio album by Polo G
Released	May 15, 2020
Genre	Hip hop trap
Length	47:11
Label	Columbia
Producer	1040 Beats Callari Charlie Handsome D Mac D Major DJ Ayo Felipe S. Hagan Hit-Boy Kdubb Keanu Beats Khaled Rohaim Mike WiLL Made-It MoneyEvery Murda Beatz Mustard Nick Mira NntySxS Resource Sool Got Hits The Superiors Tahj Money Tay Keith TnTXD WayneOnABeat
Polo G chronology
Die a Legend (2019) The Goat (2020)
Singles from The Goat
"Heartless" Released: September 23, 2019 "Go Stupid" Released: February 14, 2020 "DND" Released: April 10, 2020 "Wishing for a Hero" Released: June 3, 2020 "Martin & Gina" Released: August 13, 2020

The album debuted number two on the Billboard 200 chart, with 99,000 album-equivalent units, (of which 14,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.[2] On December 10, 2020 the album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 1,000,000 units.[3] It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Promotion

The album, along with its cover, was announced on May 5, 2020 through Polo G's Instagram.[4]

Singles

On September 20, 2019, the album's first single, "Heartless" featuring American record producer Mustard, was released along with its music video.[5][6][7]

On February 14, 2020, "Go Stupid" with Stunna 4 Vegas and NLE Choppa, featuring Mike Will Made It, was released as the album's second single.[8]

On April 10, 2020, the third single off the album, "DND", was released.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Consequence of Sound	B+[11]
Earmilk	8/10[12]
HipHopDX	4.1/5[13]
Pitchfork	7.7/10[14]
RapReviews	7.5/10[15]

The album received generally critical acclaim from critics. Album of the Year assessed the critical consensus as 79 out of 100, based on six reviews.[16] Paul A. Thompson of Pitchfork stated that "The Chicago rapper's follow-up to his riveting debut LP argues for him as an adaptable and unmissable talent, an unlikely star in a new major-label system".[14]

Commercial performance

The Goat debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with 99,000 album-equivalent units, (of which 14,000 were pure album sales) in its first week.[2] It became Polo G's highest-charting album, and his second US top ten debut.[2] The album also accumulated a total of 129.4 million in on-demand streams of the set’s songs.[2] In its second week, the album dropped to number five on the chart, earning an additional 52,000 units.[17] In its third week, the album dropped to number seven on the chart, earning 40,000 more units.[18] In its fourth week, the album dropped to number seven on the chart, earning 37,000 units, bringing its four week total to 228,000 album-equivalent units.[19] On July 28, 2020, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States.[3]

Track listing

Track listing and credits adapted from Tidal.[20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Believe the Hype"	Taurus Bartlett Joseph Steele Angelo Callari Darrin Barthellemy	1040 Beats Callari D Major	2:55
2.	"Heartless" (featuring Mustard)	Bartlett Dijon McFarlane	Mustard GYLTTRYP^[a]	3:24
3.	"Martin & Gina"	Bartlett Hagan Lange Kyre Trask Tahj Vaughn	Hagan Kdubb Tahj Money	2:13
4.	"Flex" (featuring Juice Wrld)	Bartlett Jarad A. Higgins Chauncey Hollis Dustin James Corbett	Hit-Boy Corbett^[a]	2:44
5.	"Go Stupid" (with Stunna 4 Vegas, NLE Choppa, featuring Mike Will Made It)	Bartlett Khalick Caldwell Bryson Potts Michael Williams Brytavious Chambers	Mike WiLL Made-It Tay Keith	2:46
6.	"21"	Bartlett Keanu Dean Torres Khaled Rohaim	Keanu Beats Khaled Rohaim	2:44
7.	"33"	Bartlett Jahmere Tylon	DJ Ayo Minor2Go^[c]	2:50
8.	"I Know"	Bartlett D Mac Thomas Horton Vaughn	D Mac TnTXD Tahj Money	2:57
9.	"Beautiful Pain (Losin My Mind)"	Bartlett Ryan Vojtesak Shane Lindstrom	Charlie Handsome Murda Beatz	2:51
10.	"No Matter What"	Bartlett Nick Mira	Nick Mira	3:19
11.	"Be Something" (featuring Lil Baby)	Bartlett Dominique Jones Braylin Bowman	Resource	3:14
12.	"Relentless"	Bartlett Felipe S. Rasool Diaz	Felipe S. Sool Got Hits	3:20
13.	"DND"	Bartlett Dewayne Kennemer	WayneOnABeat	3:00
14.	"Chinatown"	Bartlett Tylon Anthony Catchings-Currie	DJ Ayo NntySix	2:53
15.	"Trials & Tribulations"	Bartlett D Mac Ryan O'Neil Vaughn	D Mac MoneyEvery Tahj Money	2:57
16.	"Wishing for a Hero" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid)	Bartlett Bryan Sledge Sidney Reynolds Javon Reynolds Jeff Gitty Priority Beats Tupac Shakur Deon Evans Bruce Hornsby	The Superiors Priority Beats^[b] Jeff Gitty^[a]	3:04
Total length:				47:11

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies an uncredited co-producer
• "Wishing for a Hero" contains samples from "Changes", written by Tupac Shakur, Bruce Hornsby, and Deon Evans, and performed by 2Pac featuring Talent; and "The Way It Is", written by Bruce Hornsby.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart performance for The Goat Chart (2020) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 10 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22] 41 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] 28 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 2 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[25] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 11 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[27] 38 French Albums (SNEP)[28] 155 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] 98 Irish Albums (OCC)[30] 5 Italian Albums (FIMI)[31] 68 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[32] 40 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[33] 20 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[34] 15 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 18 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[37] 6 US Billboard 200[38] 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[39] 2 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[40] 2

Year-end charts 2020 year-end chart performance for The Goat Chart (2020) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[41] 99 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[42] 127 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[43] 64 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[44] 75 US Billboard 200[45] 43 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[46] 25

Certifications

Certifications for The GOAT

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[47]	Gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[48]	Silver	60,000
United States (RIAA)[49]	Platinum	1,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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