Griselda Records acts Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine have become underground favorites in a few short years with their gritty throwback style of boom-bap. The Buffalo, New York rappers just inked a deal with Eminem’s Shady Records and announced the signing with a new track featuring their new label boss on the intro.
“The style and energy of Griselda Records, Gunn and Conway are infectious,” Marshall Mathers said in a press release. “We can’t wait to put them on the platform they have earned and deserve.”
Shady Records went into detail about the freshly inked deal via their website, explaining the rise of the upstate New York rappers. Founded by Westside Gunn in 2014, Griselda Records has become a force in the industry by way of street-themed Hip Hop and a penchant for samples reminiscent of the ’90s. In the early 2000s, Conway earned a rep as one of Buffalo’s best and was managed by Westside, who is also his brother.
Conway survived a 2012 shooting where he suffered damage to his face and developed Bell’s Palsy, but still kept recording and has released a series of mixtapes and side projects. With Westside, the pair forms the duo Hall n’ Nash, an homage to the WCW tag team wrestlers, Scott Hall and Kevin nash.
“We’re bringing a new sound to the game, but it’s also reminiscent of the grimey 90s,” Westside said in a statement. “Art is in everything we do…it’s the essence. We’re fusing boom-bap/dark sounds with the hipster cool kid lifestyle. A new lane is being carved.”
Westside Gunn and Conway are the first rappers out of Buffalo to score major label distribution, according to Shady Records. As Hall n’ Nash, the duo has an untitled project produced entirely by The Alchemist on the way ahead of their full-length Shady Records debut.
Check out Westside Gunn and Conway, aka Hall n’ Nash, on “MachineGun Black” in the track above with production from Just Blaze.
This is interesting but any word on what Shady is doing with Slaughterhouse?
Yea, just a few weeks ago Budden announced that the Glass House album they recorded 3 or 4 years ago is too dated so they don’t know what to do with it. They make references to how they have so much money they are just like the homie Donald Trump. A few years ago this was a common euphemism about being rich, but in the past year and a half it has become synonymous with racism somehow. So they aren’t going to release the album because of that.
The takeover begins
Who are those clowns and what circus do they roll with?
Fuck is you on nigga
He’s on dem blue and yellow, purple pills… the same that allowed him to have sex with your mother w/o a rubber.
That’s cool, but your moms mouth is our toilet
Congrats To Griselda, WSG and Conway The Machine. They Did It Independently and Made a Movement. BiggUp Shady n Royce, Who I’m Sure Played An Intricate Part Since He Been Championing Them Since Early 2016. Love To See Talented, Hard Working Brothers Win.
Dang , I fuck with Westside Gunn & Conway , major salute to them !! But I can’t help to think I wish they would’ve gone somewhere else , Shady records doesn’t seem to give their artist the energy they deserve .
Completely agreed. Em seems to be taking his release structure from big daddy Dre. Both have labels with massive talents signed, but let’s them waste.
It’s not really, if at all, Eminem’s fault though. Em doesn’t distribute the music. All Shady Records’ distribution goes through Interscope and Universal Music Group (UMG). You should be blaming Jimmy Iovine (one of the top guys at Interscope) for letting artists go to waste. It doesn’t just happen on Shady Records either.
That’s a major look for them brothers. I fux wit gun and the machine heavy. Very consistent. That joint with Just Blaze is hard as shit. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in store.
Was not expecting this at all. It’s a really dope look, but unfortunately I am having trouble picturing them releasing an album, since I assume that if it’s on Shady it will be distributed by Interscope, and Interscope doesn’t have a good record with signing underground favorites and making them famous (see Planet Asia, Slaugherhouse, Freddie Gibbs).
no one gives a shit what you’re expecting or thinking.
Can someone explain the difficulty behind releasing an album on a label such as Shady? If Em is in control can’t they simply release an album digitally through iTunes? This goes for Slaughterhouse, as well.
Eminem and Paul may be in control of Shady as a whole in terms of branding, however, their parent distributor is Interscope for the US, and for worldwide, it’s the notorious company who’s always taking down videos on YouTube for copyright infringement known as Universal Music Group (UMG). The music industry is one huge cluster f*ck of cob webs, and I believe Interscope (Jimmy Iovine and other executives) sets the timelines and dates for when albums are due for distribution. Therefore, I don’t think Em can just release albums digitally whenever they’re complete.
I know it’s hard times but I’m trying to rise above.
I’m a huge fan of yours and Eminem.
I’m doing home detention at home. Thank God.
I’ll record some tracks I’m working on and get your opinion
Hall and Nash were WCW tag team wrestlers. Too $hort is an Oakland legend. Y’all hiring new writers? Or maybe old writers who actually know the about the history of the content you cover?
Shady Records is the graveyard of rap careers. Just ask Obie Trice, Ca$his, Bobby Creekwater, D12, Stat Quo. These two black males will suffer the same fate of fading into oblivion under Marshall.
Obie and D12 went platinum. you right about them other niggas tho.
They only went plat because of Em’s involvement. Look what happened when he stopped fuckin with them..
Shady Records produced the highest selling debut album in rap/hip-hop history, which put 50 Cent on the map. That same album is now ranked as one of the best rap albums of the 2000s era. Fifty Cent’s entire discography on Shady Records has gone at least Platinum… the fuck you talking about Shady Records is the graveyard of rap careers? LMAO. Even D12 is still relevant after 18+ years though. I bet you would have never known these artists exist if it wasn’t for Shady Records in the first place.
He had good timing and two powerful people backing him and after that his music was garbage fifty been washed quit it
Dont forget YelaWolf.
Shady Records should sign my c0ck with their mouth.
That would be a short deal
And no one seemed to notice Eminem sporting a beard
He’s too lazy even to shave nowadays, shame
Don’t hold your breath on these guys keeping their style. We all know how Slaughterhouse’s Shady album ended up sounding like.
SHADY RECORDS IS A GRAVEYARD!!!!0
Maybe somewhat accurate but if it’s a graveyard it’s full of platinum tombstones oh and a few diamond but every label has a few of those right?
Hell no 🙁 Eminem changes up their unique style to some wack 50 Cent sound. This song already sounds like a “MOP without guts”. RIP their carrier. I’ll still bump their underground shit but this is really sad.
Yeah, a hard ass Just Blaze beat sounds like “some wack 50 Cent sound”. You’re right, sir.
You can’t be fuckin serious
WACK! I give it about 45secs and turned that shit off. WTF is this crap?
It’s good that they’re signed with Shady Records, to be honest, doesn’t make a huge difference. The only thing is that, the music that they are making which sounds 90’s grimy-ish are they going to be known widely…? Now a days it’s more of a trap-style beats etc..so how they gonna have a huge following?
Shooting killing and murder drug dealing destination prison or death take your pick nothing new or creative to hear or see if this all they got misleading fairy tales they are doomed before getting out the starting gate
…but all of these upcoming trap artists talk about the same shit (lean, strip clubs, money) and they’re all blowing up like a wildfire in the mainstream.
Right, cause the last guy Em signed who rhymed about that, was a miserable failure, right?
this is so dope, just discovered thees guys about a month ago searching for some Roc Marciano on youtube. Griselda!
Everyone talking about Jimmy Lovine does this and that are dumb as fck. Jimmy left interscope for Apple music a few years ago.
Google is your friend retards. Lmao
OMG EM HAS BEARD
Now yall woke because of the Shady cosign. Smh.
The music isnt anything special and these dudes look old as hell. After the amount of gunshot sounds on this song shouldn’t most of Buffalo be dead ? There’s only like 20,000 people there lololol THE FUKKKKK IS GOING ON IN RAP?? At least it isn’t trap music but it aint anything special AT ALL. Didn’t hear ONE BAR i had to rewind…come on man….
Nothing suss about judging two men by their physical appearance… Clown
Buddy hears one song and it’s all over lmao relax dude at least it was gritty and nostalgic. I don’t think you realize how rare it is for a major label to put people on who sound like this. Give it time before you start ripping on them for shit you wouldn’t care about if you didn’t see what they looked like (by the way it is hilariously ironic that Eminem would sign 2 African American rappers and your complaining what they look like, I think em could prep them for commenters like you ahah)
Love it!! Bravo!!!
Had to scroll so far to find the article. I saw this on Eminems instagram first though. Why would this not be a headline? You have shit about remy ma and other horse shit, but when the highest grossing rapper of all time signs a new deal it gets swept under the rug? Well I guess it’s not like Eminem has ever signed anyone big…. oh wait
Cant wait for them to drop Hall n Nash 2 and GOAT( Grimiest Of All Time) street music is back and cause the rate they release music is bound to have been in the contract cause they like to put out music regularly and when they feel like it so they dont end up sitting waiting like slaughterhouse
another big flop for shady records with these two clowns…just bring back D12 instead of signing all these nobodys …I think the last time anybody went plantium besides EM was obie trice on shady records. they sure know how to pick’em over there …LOSERS THAT IS.
These dudes are far from “nobodys”. It just says a lot about your lack of expertise about the game and the underground. Clown.
Lmao like D12 aren’t losers? None have put out anything half decent solo wise besides proof. Would listen to westside funny over them fuckheads.
U couldn’t be more wrong, w.
Go listen to their music before you speak, and if you have then it’s clear you have no idea what the fuck you’re talkin about.
WPOW SO CRAZY I JUST STARTED REALLY GETTING INTO THESE GUYS MUSIC EMINEM IS A GENIUS FOR THIS!
Conway the next 50 Cent. Em about to hook them up. Their first album will sell like crazy