Hardstone Psycho

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.

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. The same day, he took to Twitter to reveal that he would be releasing a new album soon. 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. 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. 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". 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. Toliver revealed its tracklist on June 12, 2024, which was his 30th birthday.

Critical reception
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Track listing
Notes
 * "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.
 * "Bandit" contains samples from "One More Hour", written and performed by Kevin Parker.

Personnel

 * Don Toliver – vocals
 * Joe LaPorta – mastering
 * Derek "206derek" Anderson – mixing, recording (all tracks except "Tore Up", "Glock", "Ice Age", and "Last Laugh")
 * Edgar 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"