Westside Gunn has announced that he’s releasing not one but two new albums next week to coincide with Halloween.
The Buffalo, New York rapper shared the news on Instagram on Thursday (October 24) while also unveiling the covers for both projects.
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Fans can expect a new Griselda compilation album called 11 to arrive next Thursday (October 31), followed by a Westside Gunn solo project titled Still Praying on Friday (November 1).
The artwork for the former is a picture of Gunn hanging out with his late friend and mentor Big Dump, who died earlier this year, with a line of text above that reads: “Free Sly… for Big Dump.”
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Its title also suggests that the Griselda general will be reviving his fan-favorite Hitler Wears Hermes series, of which he’s released 10 installments.
The cover for Still Praying, meanwhile, is a candid shot of professional wrestler Sidney “Sid Vicious” Eudy, who also passed away in 2024.
In the caption, Gunn wrote: “YOU KNOW WHAT SEASON IT IS, IM BACK!!!!!!! [scorpion emoji] [goat emoji] IM DROPPING 2X NEXT WEEK FUCK IT [shrugging emoji] GRISELDA RECORDS PRESENTS …..10/31 11. 11/1 STILL PRAYING. EXECUTIVE PROD BY WESTSIDE GUNN
@griseldarecords”
Westside Gunn first announced Still Praying earlier this month and commented that he hailed it as the beginning of a new era for Griselda Records.
“THIS IS FOR BIG DUMP, MICHELLE, GDAD, VIRGIL, CHINEGUN, SLY GREEN, KUTTER, SHOTS, BACON, BEHIND THE WALL and BUFFALO!!!!!!” he wrote on Instagram, referencing family, friends and collaborators who have passed away. “I promise y’all about to witness a new chapter in this shit starting NOW!!!!”
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He added: “STILL PRAYING is the beginning of a new era of @griseldarecords I promise y’all I’m a make sure y’all never forget this shit, just support the ART and watch how life change for the better.
“FLYGOD IS AN AWESOME GOD, when everybody thought I was just chillin I was actually curating the illest ART (WRESTLING/FASHION/MUSIC) I ever Made but now it’s time to show y’all everything I been working on. I’m a show y’all why it’ll never be another WESTSIDE GUNN.”
In addition to these two imminent releases, WSG has also teased another new solo project called Flygod Is An Awesome God III (Trilogy).
When announcing it this past summer, he confidently declared it would be the best album of 2024 (or whichever year it ends up dropping in).
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“MY ALBUM IS INCREDIBLE AND AOTY,” he wrote on X. “I executive prod this to perfection and REMEMBER I SAID THIS!!!!! [goat emoji] [scorpion emoji].”
