Westside Gunn isn’t retiring from making albums in any case.
After shedding his shut buddy Infinite — aka Large Dump — in April, the Griselda Information boss has been comparatively quiet on the music entrance. Nonetheless, the rapper from Buffalo, N.Y., gave followers an replace on his Instagram on June 9, saying he’s in good spirits and able to get again to work.
“Wellness verify!!!! And simply know I LOVE YALL,” he began the caption. “ALOOOOOOT of ppl been hitting me in my Dms simply ensuring I’m good, am I okay mentally/bodily bc I haven’t been on the scene like that so I’m simply posting this to let y’all know I’m nonetheless SUPER FLYGOD on a regular basis!!!!!
“I’m nonetheless the most effective Father I do know, I’m nonetheless on my 4TH ROPE s—t, I’m nonetheless creating new concepts to assault the tradition, I’ve been designing some unbelievable items and Sure I’m accomplished with my new Album,” he continued. “bodily as u can see I’m wanting higher than ever, mentally I feel I’m centered greater than I’ve ever been and since I misplaced Bro I take a look at life completely diff however much more than ever earlier than it’s … F—Okay THESE N—s LORD!!! If my affect not hooked up or my fingers isnt on it S—t trash.”
Gunn’s most up-to-date studio album, And Then You Pray for Me, was launched in 2023 and was dubbed by the rapper as his final. “[This is] going to be the final album the place I take the time to say ‘that is an album,’ Westside advised Rolling Stone in October. “Once I was doing the Hitler Wears Hermes sequence, I used to be doing all them initiatives like mixtapes. I used to be recording the entire s—t in two, three days.”
“I’m not saying I received’t include a five-song EP with Madlib or I received’t do a seven-song EP with Alchemist or I received’t rap,” he added. “I’ll do all of that, however making a studio album, I’m accomplished with all that. It’s again to dumping till I don’t wish to dump no extra. I’m going to have enjoyable now. It’s no extra stress.”
Different Griselda members and associates have been conserving busy. Conway the Machine — who’s technically not underneath contract with the imprint he helped begin — dropped his fourth studio album, Slant Face Killah, final month, Benny the Butcher launched his Def Jam debut All people Can’t Go again in January and in-house producer Daringer lately produced the lead single of Motion Bronson’s subsequent album.
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