Drop Out (song)

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"Drop Out"
Song by Lil Pump
from the album Harverd Dropout
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
Length2:01
Label
  • Tha Lights Global
  • Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Diablo

"Drop Out" is a song by American rapper Lil Pump from his second studio album Harverd Dropout (2019). The song stands as the first track on the album. It was produced by Diablo and sees Lil Pump claiming to be a free agent. The song received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.

Background

In August 2017, Lil Pump took to Twitter and claimed that he really did drop out of Harvard so he could save the rap game and Lil Pump went on to release "Drop Out" as the first song on his album Harverd Dropout on February 22, 2019.[1][2] Despite doing so, Lil Pump encouraged others not to drop out themselves on March 1, 2019.[3]

Song

The song was produced by Diablo.

Warner Bros. Records, though he was signed to the label at the time of the album's release.[4] Lil Pump shared a video clip of him dancing to part of the audio via Instagram on February 24, 2019, two days after the album had been released.[5]

Reception

The song was met with mixed to positive reviews from music critics. It was listed by Craig Jenkins of

The 405 viewed the song's place as the album's opening track as what "sets the stage pretty well".[8]

Commercial performance

Despite not being released as a single, "Drop Out" managed to chart at number 30 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart upon the release of Harverd Dropout.[9]

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[9] 30

References

  1. Capital XTRA
    . Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Harverd Dropout / Lil Pump". Tidal. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Findlay, Mitch (March 1, 2019). "Lil Pump Encourages Harvard Students To "Stay In School" During Q&A". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  4. Genius
    . Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Instagram".
  6. ^ Jenkins, Craig (February 27, 2019). "Lil Pump 'Harverd Dropout' Album Review". Vulture. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Pierre, Alphonse (February 28, 2019). "Lil Pump: Harverd Dropout Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. The 405. Archived from the original
    on February 26, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. March 4, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
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