Westside Gunn is finally prepared to release his first solo album on Shady Records. The Griselda mastermind announced his Who Made The Sunshine LP is scheduled to drop on August 28 and promoted it as the finest work of his career.
“Everything I’ve done thus far has led up to this moment,” he wrote on Instagram. “when I said FLYGOD was a classic ppl didn’t see it at that moment, then I dropped Supreme Blientele and made ppl to start believing, then I dropped PRAY FOR PARIS and I knew I had my formula together and I was ready for my first major release album and now it’s officially here ‘WHO MADE THE SUNSHINE’ every project has been painted diff and with purpose, I know soon I’ll be done rapping but I have to give u WSG on a diff level this project I swear is my best work to date and I know it’s great bc it took me a week to make and not 2 days lol…”
He continued, “but this is what HIP HOP is ALL about I feel young on this Album and I can’t wait until I give u this offering, I promise u You never heard ANYTHING like this on @shadyrecords this is ALL BUFFALO BEAUTIFUL ART PIECE by WS POOTIE thank u so much Baby Daddy Loves YOU ‘WHO MADE THE SUNSHINE’ 8/28 on WESTSIDEGUNN DAY #CLASSIC #MASTERPIECE #CULTURE #ART #FLYGOD #GXFR #ICON this cant be compared to anything I’ve done beforE it’s IF ‘FLYGOD’ and ‘SUPREME BLIENTELE’ has a baby @shadyrecords @griseldarecords @interscope.”
Westside and his brother Conway The Machine signed with Shady Records in 2017. The two and fellow Griselda member Benny The Butcher dropped a group album titled WWCD on the label in 2019, but all of their solo efforts from the past three years have been independently released.
Who Made The Sunshine will be Westside’s third project of 2020. He dropped the critically acclaimed Pray For Paris LP, which was named one of the best albums of the year so far by HipHopDX, in April and followed it up with his Flygod Is An Awesome God 2 mixtape in July.
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In addition to music, Westside and the Griselda crew are venturing into the world of movies. Their first film Conflicted features Benny as its star and executive producer with AK.Reed Films serving as the director. Although a release date hasn’t been announced for the flick, WSG did share a trailer to give fans a sneak peek of what to expect.
Westside previously claimed he’ll be stepping away from rap after 2020, but he hasn’t confirmed if Who Made The Sunshine will be his final release of the year. While a collaborative project with Madlib was also in the works, he told Revolt the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted their plans in April.
We need that Conway album Shady!
Where’s The Fuck been Boogie at….locked in the Compton Basement lol… bout the for him to release something new too
WSG KING
My dog could poop an album cover better than this from WSG aka Alvin the Canadian Chipmunk from Niagara Falls. AYO. AYO. AYO. BOOBOOBOOM. DOOTDOOTDOOT. BRRRRRR.
I can’t wait for the song featuring Benny, Eminem, and Pink, produced by Alex da Kid.
That ain’t how it works homie, the Shady deal is a distribution deal and WSG is the executive-producer and has full creative control over any Griselda project released through Shady!
then why are they calling it his shady debut when he’s had that distribution deal for like 3 albums before this?
Because it’s his solo Shady debut lol all his other albums(Except WWCD) are exclusive Griselda releases… Who Made The Sunshine will be released through Griselda and distributed by Shady/Interscope just like WWCD… the fact the deal with Shady is only for distribution allows WSG to keep full creative control over Griselda and to also release independent projects on the side whenever him or Conway feel like it instead of having to work around Shady Records Schedule… It’s a very unique deal in hip-hop because when an artist signs to a major label usually all their projects are released through that label but WSG was very smart to make sure him and Conway got the exposure of being on Shady but at the same time retained full control over their careers!
WWCD was not released true Interscope, only Shady!
Westside Gunn sucks so bad. How can anyone get thru a song with him on it???
I really like that dude Heem that is with Benny. Hopefully Heem can get feature on this project too.
Hats off to Gunn man, he’s working! That last album was lack luster, but I’m definitely waiting and buying this one.
WSG is TRASH, ALWAYS HAS BEEN ALWAYS WILL BE. A corny goofy.
“I miss when bricks was only nineteeeeeeeeeeen” Ugh, how does that not make your ears bleed? This next album for Griselda’s Tony Yayo won’t be any different than what he put out in the past. More annoying voices and ad-libs. No thank you. Where Conway’s album at?
Yeah I wanted a Conway album 1st, not the hype man