Young Dro Annnounces Long-Delayed Sophomore Album 'P.O.L.O.'
By
Allen Starbury | Published 09/28/2011
T.I. protege, Young Dro, announced the upcoming release of his sophomore LP, P.O.L.O. (Players Only Live Once), set to drop this winter, via Grand Hustle/eOne/Atlantic Records.
After his album leaked prematurely in 2008, setting things back, the ATL rapper went back to the drawing board. Three years later, he emerges from the lab ... with P.O.L.O.
"It's been a long time coming, and I had to really get focused," says Dro of the album. "We were releasing my album in 2008, but the album leaked and that took a lot out of me. I stayed busy with mixtapes, club shows across the U.S. and the Grind N Hustle tour. We decided to sit down with Atlantic Records and do a venture with eOne Music and here we are.... Racked up!"
Dro's newest single, "Racked Up", was released this week on DJ Smallz' new mixtape, Southern Smoke Radio Vol. 5; and is currently at urban radio.
"We're thrilled to be working again with Grand Hustle. We've had great success with the partnership in the past, and we expect big things with Young Dro," Alan Grunblatt, President of eOne Music, said.
His debut album, Best Thang Smokin', dropped in 2006, and hit #3 on the Billboard Top 200, thanks to the hit single, "Shoulder Lean" featuring T.I. Now, he's racked up...