Harverd Dropout received mixed reviews and debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 with 48,000 album-equivalent units, of which 25,000 were pure album sales.

[5][6] 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".

[9] 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.

[12] 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.

[14] 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.

"[21] 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.

"[24] Writing for HipHopDX, Scott Glaysher praised the album's production, while taking note of its polished vocals and improved mixing.