Followers have come to anticipate a FLYGOD launch each October, you may set your watch by it. But, each October Westside Gunn nonetheless manages to ship the expected-in an sudden approach.
After the discharge of 11 (the artwork piece, earlier than the artwork piece) on Halloween, Westside Gunn has now launched Nonetheless Praying (the highly-anticipated follow-up to And Then You Pray For Me); which options visitor appearances from the best sh*t-talker of all time, DJ Drama (AKA Drop Cena), Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Boldy James, Range God Cooks, Rome Streetz and manufacturing from Conductor Williams and Daringer amongst others.
With DJ Drama as narrator, Nonetheless Praying is the whole lot you need and extra from a brand new FLYGOD drop. Nonetheless Praying feels like recent cash and opulence, with Gunn describing sporting “thousand greenback swim trunks, can’t even swim” on “Dr. Britt Baker,” whereas acknowledging he has FLYGOD issues; which include “being fly as LaGuardia,” consuming a lot lobster it feels grasping, and falling asleep and waking up within the Penthouse suite of the Waldorf spooning a sawed-off shotgun. In different phrases, only a day within the lifetime of the FLYGOD.
“If it ain’t Griselda it don’t imply nothing.” Nonetheless Praying brings Griselda again collectively in a significant approach. On “Free Pictures” that includes Conway The Machine, DJ Drama recommends “blinking twice when you’re in peril” on what looks like a brand new and improved Corridor & Nash observe. On the album’s epic title observe, Gunn reunites GXFR to spin the block for a rap stars x drug mixer, that finds Conway dropping dimes like a Brady spiral, Range God invoking Virgil’s spirit, and Benny detailing declining a sit-down with Trump on the eve of the Presidential election.
“Some work are masterpieces, and this simply occurs to be one “Westside Gunn confidently asserts. “I needed to point out everyone not solely am I the perfect curator; however I also can rap my ass off.”
Westside Gunn places an exclamation level on the week, and shifts into 4th Rope mode on 11.2.24, as his now official wrestling promotion initiative makes historical past and takes over Chicago for the Heels Have Eyes 3 leisure extravaganza. Heels Have Eyes merges all of Gunn’s loves (4th Rope highlights Gunn’s love of wrestling via the lens of artwork, style and music) and the third installment guarantees to be the perfect rendition but. Which features a Metal Praying metal cage match, Joe Hendry vs. AJ Francis, Moose vs. ZILLA FATU for the 4th Rope heavyweight championship belt which will likely be awarded by Westside Gunn and new 4th Rope commissioner, the legend MVP. On the musical efficiency facet, FLYGOD has introduced in iconic artists DJ Premier and Pete Rock, in addition to Statik Selektah, Rome Streetz, Daringer, and different still-not-announced particular company. Heels Have Eyes 3 guarantees to be an unforgettable night of leisure.
