Westside Gunn‘s next project is right around the corner, and he has now started to hype it up after spending months away from the public eye.
The Buffalo native lost a loved one back in April, following which he took some time for himself. Fortunately, he has now reemerged to give his fans and followers an update on his life.
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“Wellness check!!!! And just know I LOVE YALL,” he captioned a fit-check Instagram post. “ALOOOOOOT of ppl been hitting me in my Dms just making sure I’m good, am I ok mentally/physically bc I haven’t been on the scene like that so I’m just posting this to let y’all know I’m still SUPER FLYGOD everyday!!!!!
“I’m still the best Father I know, I’m still on my 4TH ROPE shit, I’m still creating new ideas to attack the culture, I’ve been designing some incredible pieces and Yes I’m done with my new Album, physically as u can see I’m looking better than ever, mentally I think I’m focused more than I’ve ever been and since I lost Bro I look at life totally diff but even more than ever before it’s … FUCK THESE NI$$As LORD!!! If my influence not attached or my hands isnt on it Shìt trash.”
Notwithstanding that announcement, last year the Griselda MC declared that he was done making traditional studio albums.
“[This is] going to be the last album where I take the time to say ‘this is an album,'” he told Rolling Stone last year about his 2023 project And Then You Pray For Me. “When I was doing the Hitler Wears Hermes series, I was doing all them projects like mixtapes. I was recording the whole shit in two, three days. I’m not saying I won’t come with a five-song EP with Madlib or I won’t do a seven-song EP with Alchemist or I won’t rap. I’ll do all of that, but making a studio album, I’m done with all that.
“It’s back to dumping until I don’t want to dump no more. I’m going to have fun now. It’s no more pressure. This album was pressure to me. I’m testing the waters on a few different things, but it’s all me. It’s not like I’m going out of the box with it or I’m not being me. I’m still me, it’s just kind of a different sound. But at the same time, I don’t know how long I want to ride for.”
He continued: “I got so much other things I got going on now in my life that’s different. And I have new artists that I also want to break that are super dope. And I know they need my attention because [they] the ones that need the development.”
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And Then You Pray For Me was released in October 2023, with contributions from RZA, Rick Ross, Jeezy, Conway The Machine, JID, DJ Drama, Giggs, Ty Dolla $ign, Denzel Curry, Stove God Cooks, Rome Streetz and more.
