Taking all of this into account, nobody would fault him or his label bosses if Quavo Huncho happened to quietly slip from its scheduled release month and into October or even later. Should Quality Control, Motown and Capitol opt to release Quavo Huncho on Friday, the final industry-sanctioned release date of the month, don't be surprised if the narrative switches from album to mixtape, as some labels have been known to do with underperforming releases. Meanwhile, Quavo continues to promote the project without offering so much as a pre-save option on streaming platforms, plugging away with boastful tweets and seemingly little else while his likely release date gets stepped on by two repeatedly proven solo artists. Add to that the various singles and one-offs in which he appears and you have hours of Quavo music to choose from. One month after that, Migos unleashed Culture II, a sprawling 24 track double album. A couple of weeks later, Huncho Jack Jack Huncho dropped, with a comparatively leaner 13 tracks. He was all over the Quality Control Music compilation Control the Streets Volume 1, an ambitious 30 song project released in the first week of December 2017. In the last 9 months or so, there's been no shortage of Quavo material. "Workin Me" and the rest of the currently available tracks may also be the victim of overexposure, something quietly feared by fans and industry watchers alike. The Quality Control / Motown / Capitol triumvirate behind the release certainly hasn't done Quavo any favors by not making the album available for pre-order, which could have helped build up his numbers and secured a better first-week outcome for it.
In fairness, it has peaked higher than anything off his Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho joint mixtape with Travis Scott.įor an artist known for commanding as much as 11% of the total Hot 100 in a given week as recently as 8 months ago, the seemingly mild reception awaiting his Quavo Huncho album should give pause even before factoring in Tha Carter V and Yandhi, both of which stand to serve as fierce competition should it still release before month's end as planned.
1 in "Bad & Boujee" and 3 other Top 10 hits, his song ranks closer to the non-single album cuts. Of the 32 chart appearances to date, which includes a No. 43 peak with Young Thug and Travis Scott).Īfter 6 charting weeks, "Workin Me" also pales in comparison to the Hot 100 successes of his Migos hits. 8 peak with Post Malone) or even "Pick Up The Phone" (No. 70 on the Hot 100, down 7 spots from the previous week, "Workin Me" isn't tracking to be the next "Congratulations" (No. (Ironically, the former also included Lil Wayne.) Currently at No.
5), both with Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper. His two best solo showings come as part of DJ Khaled's star-stuffed singles "I'm The One" (No. As a solo artist, he previously logged 14 other placements on the chart, including 5 singles that reached the Top 10. Given Quavo's astounding history of Hot 100 hits, both as part of Migos as well as in a featured or otherwise collaborative capacity, the performance of "Workin Me" thus far hasn't exactly set the industry on fire with anticipation for Quavo Huncho. Often pegged as the trap trio's likeliest would-be soloist, particularly in the wake of the group's early successes, Quavo assuredly thought he had the timing right. On the eve of Migos' co-headlining North American tour with Drake, he simultaneously premiered three new solo tracks, "Bubblegum," "Lamb Talk" and "Workin Me." Of these, only the third reached the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No.