Westside Gunn Drops ‘And Then You Pray For Me’ LP, X Salutes The Fly God
Westside Gunn drops his rumored final studio album, 'And Then You Pray For Me,' and fans on X are giving their early opinions.
Westside Gunn, alongside his Griselda outfit, helped transform the landscape of modern Hip-Hop with several high-quality releases over the past few years as the empire expanded. The Buffalo, N.Y., mastermind has curated what is rumored to be his final studio album in And Then You Pray For Me, and the early returns are in on X, formerly Twitter.
Westside Gunn has threatened retirement from music several times to focus on his other growing businesses but it appears that he’s still very much into releasing music and doesn’t intend to stop. That said, And Then You Pray For Me is the latest collection of art from WSG and some of the usual suspects appear on the drop.
Gunn and his family members Conway The Machine, now the head honcho for Drumwork Music, and Benny The Butcher, the top captain of the Black Soprano Family, show up early in the project. We’ve also got Syracuse, N.Y.’s Stove God Cooks, along with Rick Ross, past collaborators Estee Nack and Rome Streetz, Boldy James, Jeezy, and Ty Dolla $ign among others.
It has been written that this release is a sequel to WSG’s celebrated Pray For Paris album although it is a departure in sound with several trap-heavy sounds present. Gunn is aware that core fans aren’t going to love it and has a message for them below.
LONG LIVE MICHELLE
LONG LIVE VIRGIL https://t.co/j0PJPZOI46 pic.twitter.com/w9cgw6kXys— WESTSIDEGUNN (@WESTSIDEGUNN) October 13, 2023
Producers include the talented Conductor Williams, Tay Keith, Beat Butcha, RZA, Denny LeFlare, Daringer and plenty of work from Miguel Da Plug. It isn’t known if Westside Gunn intends to release the highly-anticipated Michelle Records project that he teased for much of 2022, but for now, this platter will have to hold folks over.
Check out the reactions, some of which are mixed, to And Then You Pray For Me from X below along with an X post linking to the project.
https://t.co/j0PJPZOI46 pic.twitter.com/XIe5QLhd9X
— WESTSIDEGUNN (@WESTSIDEGUNN) October 13, 2023
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Me tryna remember the last time Westside Gunn missed: pic.twitter.com/WV7bus6psH
— Rishabhhh (@wishabhhh) October 13, 2023
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AND THEN YOU PRAY FOR ME @WESTSIDEGUNN out now!!! IF YOU EVER SOLD A BRICK BEFORE THIS THE ONLY THING U SHOULD BE LISTENING TOO!!! pic.twitter.com/nBlbLUVu0z
— Shaykh Hanif (@shaykh_hanif) October 13, 2023
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Every time @WESTSIDEGUNN come on!!! And Then You Pray For Me pic.twitter.com/4uSp1ejTmB
— ANTHONY ADAMS (@spiceadams) October 13, 2023
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Where the dykes at, we bumping this new Westside Gunn album while wearing South Pole jeans
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod (@big_business_) October 13, 2023
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This my Jay Z @WESTSIDEGUNN The Greatest to do this shit https://t.co/eZ3GpG89dm pic.twitter.com/UWaLwM48Az
— Camoflauge Monk (@CamoflaugeMonk) October 13, 2023
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DJ Khaled needs to hand those keys over to Westside Gunn. Why? Because West is the best curator in the world
— The Rap Roundtable (@RapRoundtablePC) October 13, 2023
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Westside Gunn over trap beats pic.twitter.com/ptC64kVFBR
— ghost (@ghxstFK) October 13, 2023
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Knowing @WESTSIDEGUNN story, spending time in ATL etc …this album is a potion of his life and it makes sense.
— Ran (@Spanish_Ran) October 13, 2023
Different route then the other albums, but that’s why I tap into all of his albums because you don’t know what you’re going to get…
These joints stood out to me pic.twitter.com/4avZykViCg
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This new Westside Gunn though pic.twitter.com/zTUdC0lNl7
— Baekwon Da Chef (@Aphrobrisiac) October 13, 2023
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how it felt hearing Westside Gunn say “boom boom boom AYO” on And Then You Pray For Me pic.twitter.com/sTSTWocMbC
— Steez⁴⁷ (@Steez_HH) October 13, 2023
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Westside Gunn on trap beats pic.twitter.com/hPRmaxsnLT
— graham mertz fan page (@gashlives1) October 13, 2023
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Westside Gunn sampled this IG Live of Tyler the Creator saying Gunn inspired him to rap again on ‘Flygod 2x’ pic.twitter.com/oofje0RRXC
— Joey (@gothamhiphop) October 13, 2023
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Westside Gunn & Stove God Cooks will never miss, this track is crazy pic.twitter.com/pqTvtgPRSz
— Jah Talks Music (@JahTalksMusic) October 13, 2023
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Westside Gunn and Stove God on any song together
— CB’s Burner (@BigNugs303) October 13, 2023
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Westside Gunn influence pic.twitter.com/LdUgZRqAuD
— Riley (@pASSthehandgren) October 13, 2023