Harverd Dropout

Lil Pump released his eponymous self-titled album in October 2017. In January 2018, he announced his second project Harverd Dropout, which was finished in April 2018.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8096888/lil-pump-new-mixtape-harvard-dropout-coming-soon-tweet |title=Lil Pump Says His New Mixtape 'Harvard Dropout' Is 'Coming Soon' |date=January 29, 2018 |first=Michael |last=Sapanora |access-date=September 9, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}}{{cite web |url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/04/lil-pump-harvard-dropout-mixtape-finished/ |title=Lil Pump confirms 'Harvard Dropout' mixtape is finished |work=XXL |date=April 6, 2018 |first=Nick |last=Mojica |access-date=September 8, 2018}} The project was initially planned to be released on August 17, 2018, Garcia's 18th birthday, but was postponed due to Lil Pump "losing the album".{{cite web |url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/7/lil-pump-harvard-dropout-release-date-smokepurpp-nephew |title=Lil Pump Reveals 'Harvard Dropout' Release Date & Jumps on Smokepurpp's "Nephew" |work=Hypebeast |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=September 8, 2018 |first=Patrick |last=Montes}}{{cite web |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/lil-pump-hardvard-dropout-album-lost/ |title=Lil Pump Says He Lost His New 'Harvard Dropout' Album |first=Bianca |last=Giulione |date=August 17, 2018 |access-date=September 9, 2018 |work=Highsnobiety}}

Following Garcia's arrest on August 29, 2018, for unlicensed driving, Garcia's management team announced the release date of Harverd Dropout to be September 14, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.boutblank.com/2018/09/01/lil-pump-macht-neues-releasedatum-von-harvard-dropout-bekannt/105746 |title=Lil Pump macht neues Releasedatum von "Harvard Dropout" bekannt |trans-title=Lil Pump changes release date of "Harvard Dropout" |date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=September 9, 2018 |website=Boutblank |language=de |author=Michele}} A week later, on September 6, 2018, Lil Pump teamed up with American rapper Kanye West for the song "I Love It" with comedian Adele Givens. The song was released by Lil Pump's management team.{{cite news|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/09/07/kanye-west-lil-pump-i-love-it-video|title=Watch Ye and Lil Pump's 'I Love It' video|work=The Fader|access-date=September 22, 2018}}

The September 14, 2018, release date was also canceled. In October 2018, he released the song "Multi Millionaire" with Lil Uzi Vert.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/lil_pump_reveals_harverd_dropout_release_date_and_album_art|title=Lil Pump Reveals 'Harverd Dropout' Release Date and Album Art|work=Exclaim!|last=Murphy|first=Sarah|date=January 24, 2019|access-date=January 25, 2019}}

"Butterfly Doors" was released on January 4, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/01/lil-pump-harverd-dropout-release-date-february/|title=Lil Pump to release new album Harverd Dropout in February|work=Consequence of Sound|last=Schatz|first=Lake|date=January 24, 2019|access-date=January 25, 2019}} Lil Pump then posted the cover art on his social media accounts on January 23, 2019, along with announcing the album's release date as February 22.

On January 31, 2019, "Racks on Racks" was released along with its music video. A day before the album's release, "Be Like Me" featuring Lil Wayne was released as the seventh single.

The album was released on digital streaming platforms on February 22, 2019.

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 3.7/10{{cite web |title=Harverd Dropout by Lil Pump reviews |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9772/Lil-Pump-Harverd-Dropout.aspx|access-date=August 16, 2021 |publisher=AnyDecentMusic?}}

| MC = 46/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/harverd-dropout/lil-pump|title=Harverd Dropout by Lil Pump|website=Metacritic|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

| rev1 = The 405

| rev1score = 6.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/review/review-lil-pump-s-brazenly-dumb-aesthetic-achieves-mixed-results-on-harverd-dropout-155|title=Album Review: Lil Pump - Harverd Dropout|last=Kenny|first=Brody|date=February 26, 2019|website=The 405|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226172709/https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/review/review-lil-pump-s-brazenly-dumb-aesthetic-achieves-mixed-results-on-harverd-dropout-155|archive-date=February 26, 2019|url-status=dead}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/harverd-dropout-mw0003209371|title=Harverd Dropout - Lil Pump {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Thomas|first=Fred|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

| rev3 = Consequence of Sound

| rev3score = D{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/02/album-review-lil-pump-harverd-dropout/|title=Album Review: Lil Pump Nearly Flunks Out on Harverd Dropout|last=Monroe|first=Tommy|date=February 27, 2019|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

| rev4 = Highsnobiety

| rev4score = 2.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/lil-pump-harverd-dropout-review/|title=Lil Pump - 'Harverd Dropout' Review|last=Hobbs|first=Thomas|date=February 26, 2019|website=Highsnobiety|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

| rev5 = HipHopDX

| rev5score = 3.6/5{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3369/title.review-lil-pumps-harverd-dropout-is-the-album-you-dont-want-your-teens-listening-to|title=Review: Lil Pump's "Harverd Dropout" Is The Album You Don't Want Your Teens Listening To|last=Glaysher|first=Scott|date=February 27, 2019|website=HipHopDX|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/lil-pump-harverd-dropout-review|title=Lil Pump – 'Harverd Dropout' review|last=Britton|first=Luke Morgan|date=February 25, 2019|website=NME|access-date=February 26, 2019}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 3.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lil-pump-harverd-dropout/|title=Harverd Dropout|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=February 28, 2019|website=Pitchfork|access-date=March 1, 2019}}

| rev8 = PopMatters

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/lil-pump-harverd-dropout-2631251477.html|title=Lil Pump's Depthlessness Is Actually Quite Remarkable on 'Harverd Dropout'|last=Soulsby|first=Nick|date=March 11, 2019|website=PopMatters|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

| rev9 = Spectrum Culture

| rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://spectrumculture.com/2019/03/10/lil-pump-harverd-dropout-review/|title=Lil Pump: Harverd Dropout|last=Bromfield|first=Daniel|date=March 10, 2019|website=Spectrum Culture|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

| rev10 = Variety

| rev10score = favorable{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/reviews/album-review-lil-pumps-harverd-dropout-1203146129/|title=Album Review: Lil Pump's 'Harverd Dropout'|last=Amorosi|first=A. D.|date=February 22, 2019|website=Variety|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

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Harverd Dropout received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a score of 46, based on eight reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Luke Morgan Britton of NME wrote that much of the album felt like "little more than regurgitated punchlines or uninspired variations on themes already set up and adequately executed on the rapper's early tracks." Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork felt that by the time of the album's release, Lil Pump's act had become contrived, writing, "Having abandoned his lo-fi roots in the South Florida rap scene, Lil Pump has become a caricature of himself. His second album is sometimes fun but mostly unnecessary." In a negative review, Tommy Monroe of Consequence of Sound felt that the album was weighed down by "songs without structure, lines without meaning, and hooks without melody," calling the release "utterly tasteless." Nick Soulsby of PopMatters heavily criticized the album for its lack of depth and its repetitive nature, writing, "Lil Pump's ambition apparently goes no further than having one song slip onto a party playlist and make just enough impact people occasionally ask for 'that song where the guy says...' having caught the couple of words he's hammered over and over."

Conversely, in a positive review, A.D. Amorosi of Variety wrote that although Lil Pump's style or flow hadn't changed since his initial singles or his self-titled album debut, his songs "[helped] turn trap into a pop-hop vibe," describing the album as "simplistic, contagiously catchy, and occasionally enhanced by rousing choruses." Writing for HipHopDX, Scott Glaysher praised the album's production, while taking note of its polished vocals and improved mixing. He wrote that "the beats are big and brazen" and that "the choruses are wildly catchy and some of the featured guests even get off some decently solid verses."

Harverd Dropout debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 with 48,000 album-equivalent units, of which 25,000 were pure album sales. It is Lil Pump's second US top 10 album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8500768/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-back-at-no-1-billboard-200-chart|title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Post-Oscars|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=March 3, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2019}} The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on September 27, 2019 for sales over 500,000 units.

Credits adapted from ASCAP, BMI and Tidal.

• {{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/StartPage.aspx|title=BMI {{!}} Repertoire Search|publisher=BMI|access-date=February 22, 2019|at=Select "TITLE", type "Song" in the search engine, and click "Search".}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory|title=ACE Repertory|publisher=ASCAP|access-date=February 22, 2019|at=Select "TITLE", type "Song" in the search engine, and click "Search".}}{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/artist/7979739|title=Lil Pump – TIDAL|website=Tidal|access-date=February 21, 2019}}

{{Track listing

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| total_length = 40:21

| title1 = Drop Out

| writer1 = {{hlist|Gazzy Garcia|Sebastian Baldeon}}

| extra1 = Diablo

| length1 = 2:01

| title2 = Nu Uh

| writer2 = {{hlist|Garcia|Miguel Curtidor|Zain Siddiqui|David Morse}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Danny Wolf|Misogi|Morse}}

| length2 = 1:54

| title3 = I Love It

| note3 = with Kanye West

| writer3 = {{hlist|Garcia|Kanye West|Omar Pineiro|Rodolfo Franklin|Christopher Barnett|James Harris III|Tommy Lewis|Ronald Spence, Jr.}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|West|DJ Clark Kent|CBMix|Ronny J}}

| length3 = 2:08

| title4 = Ion

| note4 = featuring Smokepurpp

| writer4 = {{hlist|Garcia|Pineiro|Baldeon|Barnett}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Diablo|CBMix|Smokepurpp}}

| length4 = 2:22

| title5 = Fasho Fasho

| note5 = featuring Offset

| writer5 = {{hlist|Garcia|Kiari Cephus|Barnett}}

| extra5 = CBMix

| length5 = 2:58

| title6 = Racks on Racks

| writer6 = {{hlist|Garcia|Baldeon|Christian Dold}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Diablo|Diamond Pistols}}

| length6 = 2:09

| title7 = Off White

| writer7 = {{hlist|Garcia|Joshua Goldenburg}}

| extra7 = Thank You Fizzle

| length7 = 1:55

| title8 = Butterfly Doors

| writer8 = {{hlist|Garcia|Barnett}}

| extra8 = CBMix

| length8 = 2:12

| title9 = Too Much Ice

| note9 = featuring Quavo

| writer9 = {{hlist|Garcia|Quavious Marshall|William Trice}}

| extra9 = TreeGotti

| length9 = 2:52

| title10 = Multi Millionaire

| note10 = featuring Lil Uzi Vert

| writer10 = {{hlist|Garcia|Symere Woods|Curtidor|Dilip Venkatesh|Korey Bryant}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Danny Wolf|Dilip|Hanzo}}

| length10 = 2:50

| title11 = Vroom Vroom Vroom

| writer11 = {{hlist|Garcia|Ronald Spence, Jr.|Kevin Gomringer|Tim Gomringer}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Ronny J|Cubeatz}}

| length11 = 1:54

| title12 = Be Like Me

| note12 = featuring Lil Wayne

| writer12 = {{hlist|Garcia|Dwayne Carter, Jr.|Barnett}}

| extra12 = CBMix

| length12 = 4:01

| title13 = Stripper Name

| note13 = featuring YG and 2 Chainz

| writer13 = {{hlist|Garcia|Keenon Jackson|Tauheed Epps|Goldenburg}}

| extra13 = Fizzle

| length13 = 3:02

| title14 = Drug Addicts

| writer14 = {{hlist|Garcia|Daniel Winsch|Darius Lassiter}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Baby Winsch|Dee Money}}

| length14 = 2:55

| title15 = Esskeetit

| writer15 = {{hlist|Garcia|Barnett}}

| extra15 = {{hlist|CBMix|Lil Pump}}

| length15 = 3:01

| title16 = Who Dat

| writer16 = {{hlist|Garcia|Barnett}}

| extra16 = CBMix

| length16 = 2:03

}}

Credits adapted from Tidal.

• CBMix – mixing {{small|(track 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15)}}, mastering {{small|(track 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15)}}, recording {{small|(track 6, 10, 12, 14, 15)}}

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