I haven't listened to it a bunch because I need Jesus right now, but this joint is fire right? talk about it.

Do ya'll like the extensive stove god features?

How freaking boom bap is this?

Is this the best HWH or just the best since HWH 3?

>I haven't listened to it a bunch because I need Jesus right
>now, but this joint is fire right? talk about it.

Absolute fire.

>Do ya'll like the extensive stove god features?

Yes. On an album full of strong features, he stole the show for me. Can’t wait for his next album, and it’s not hometown bias! He’s ridiculously entertaining.

>How freaking boom bap is this?

Man....I was initially disappointed at the lack of Daringer.....until I heard. Beats are top notch.

>Is this the best HWH or just the best since HWH 3?

I loved 7. That was my favorite. This one is right there. Time will tell.

>I haven't listened to it a bunch because I need Jesus right
>now, but this joint is fire right? talk about it.
>
>Do ya'll like the extensive stove god features?
>
>How freaking boom bap is this?
>
>Is this the best HWH or just the best since HWH 3?

It sounds like someone advised him to say 'hey yo' then start rapping with minimal shenanigans and he tried for real to do it. I'm glad he did it.

I'm not the right person to ask about Stove cuz I like him. He has at least one line that catches me on just about anything he's on.

And yeah, them booms and baps are up on the scene. It can be done.

I need to listen to the whole series again. There's hella good times throughout..that's for sure. If he really does stop after the 2nd half of 8, he will have had a fun azz run during this 'stay in your lane but do it right' era. So many guys like him got a chance to shine that they probably wouldn't have gotten in that 'you have to try to be multiple things on an album or you're not going to be viewed as important' era.

lots of warbled, fuzzy, and otherwise distorted samples, roughly chopped. almost like boom bap with a vaporwave ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ, or maybe oneohtrix point never's replica era, or constrobuz's beats on mfn exquire's projects from the early 2010s, or some combination of all of the above. i can't quite put my finger on it but i do like it quite a lot. i feel like there was some of this sound on mach-hommy's pray for haiti but it was less dialed up and the instrumentals were more straighforward. some the beats on HWH8 are a truly experimental and feel like a logical progression to a more pyschedelic and lavish sound, coming from the grimy, dark, and moody post-alchemist daringer sound that dominated most of griselda's early and middle catalog. there are also a tasteful number of drumless beats, mostly towards the end. they're a nice break from the crunchy snares found in the first half of the project. some of the features are expected (conway, boldy, jada) but others are from out of nowhere (sauce walka?!) and they all kill it. the only lackluster verses are from westside and that's expected at this point in his career as it's known that he mostly gets by on his delivery and has an occasional truly good bar here and there. overall a very enjoyable listen that i wanted to immediately go back to. exemplary stuff!

Love the production, he's mostly tolerable (heavy guest list helps).

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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

Allied State of the National Electric Beat Treaty Organization (NEBTO)

Very good album. I do think his rapping was better before he started "getting better"

Have to admit I'm getting tired of the Hitler gimmick at this point. Quality music is rare these days, so I suppose I have to stomach it on some level.

On a positive note, he seems to have gotten the best out of all the guests on here and Westside wasn't too much of a slouch in comparison. He rapped better on Flygod to me, so that's why I can't rate it better than that release.

So he'll always be too big to fail for me


I just love that weird nasally compression


Production has a hazy vibe that reminds me of that and Edan's Beauty & The Beat too


This is going to get a LOOOOT of play this fall, especially as the summer heat wave breaks and I start walking to work instead of taking the bus.


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I feel like WSG is really hitting his creative stride as of late. I liked/loved all four of the projects he dropped in 2020, and this is very much a worthy progression.

And it's kind of amazing how Stove God makes everything better,

>And it's kind of amazing how Stove God makes everything
>better,

especially when it comes to crafting good hooks, which is something that's pretty rare for a lot of underground rappers.

I expect his next solo album to be much better than Reasonable Drought for sure.

>>And it's kind of amazing how Stove God makes everything
>>better,
>
>especially when it comes to crafting good hooks, which is
>something that's pretty rare for a lot of underground
>rappers.
>
>I expect his next solo album to be much better than Reasonable
>Drought for sure.

If so, that's gonna be really fun. He rapped up a storm on Drought.

He always says something clever or funny. And he’s been killing his guest appearances. Cant wait for another album.

First rapper from the Cuse to ever truly make it to this point - I’m rooting extra hard for him.

This might be Gunn’s best overall project. Need more time with it. But it’s definitely up there.

I was so confused.

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

I guess I get what he sayin but still. Feel like somebody shoulda gave him the *Jonah gif* at the meeting.

“The whole Hitler Wears Hermes, you know the title, man, was just, I wanted to come with, you know, some of the grimiest but flyest shit I could come up with, cuz like, that’s basically my whole style, you know. Just the grimiest, flyest shit I could think of, so. You know, everybody was already used that Devil Wears Prada, and I’m just like, you know I want to flip that right there. Like that was something, I just wanted to come with somebody that soon as you hear it, you be like, ‘Yo that shit’s crazy, but fly at the same time.’ So that’s how I really came up with

https://deadendhiphop.com/a-short-guide-to-westside-gunns-hitler-wears-hermes-series-1-5/

There is no “Hitler stuff” beyond the title.

He's sold tee shirts, hoodies, and paintings with the Hitler image many times over the years now.

Not to be argumentative, just curious as to what about his style, content, sound etc. that doesn't work for you.

(full disclosure I'm from Buffalo so kinda biased)

I like Westside nearly as much as Benny and Conway. There's something about his blend of fashion, ultraviolence, jailtalk and wrestling that just clicks. Sort of like how an abstract work of art doesn't look like anything, but I can still be beautiful because of how the mix of shapes and colors appeal to your eyes.

His rhymes are like a salad of interesting phrases (plus some annoying ad-libs). He also puts songs together better than just about any else out which is the main draw honestly.

I wonder how you see it though.

He gets the beats, the guest verses, and directs the whole aesthetic. Cooks and Rome Streetz are killing on here. Conway, Benny, Kiss, etc. This is a really good album.

Conductor Williams is one of my new favorite producers.

Sovren, who made “Hell on Earth Pt. 2” is basically a complete unknown.

He’s finding talent and puts people on and using the platform he has. Can’t be mad at that.

Griselda’s roster is a monster right now: Benny, Conway, Mach, Boldy, Rome Streetz, and I believe Stove God is joining too.

The second he raps on a song it’s ruined .

I’m glad they branched out from using only derringer beats

>Conductor Williams is one of my new favorite producers.
>
>Sovren, who made “Hell on Earth Pt. 2” is basically a
>complete unknown.
>
>He’s finding talent and puts people on and using the
>platform he has. Can’t be mad at that.
>
>Griselda’s roster is a monster right now: Benny, Conway,
>Mach, Boldy, Rome Streetz, and I believe Stove God is joining
>too.


Boldy was hot long before GxFR

I don’t listen to any of those other guys except Benny and Conway

>The second he raps on a song it’s ruined .

I’ll be honest - I can do one verse on a song.

>I’m glad they branched out from using only derringer beats

Agreed.

>>Conductor Williams is one of my new favorite producers.
>>
>>Sovren, who made “Hell on Earth Pt. 2” is basically a
>>complete unknown.
>>
>>He’s finding talent and puts people on and using the
>>platform he has. Can’t be mad at that.
>>
>>Griselda’s roster is a monster right now: Benny, Conway,
>>Mach, Boldy, Rome Streetz, and I believe Stove God is
>joining
>>too.
>
>
>Boldy was hot long before GxFR


>I don’t listen to any of those other guys except Benny and
>Conway
>

Stove God is entertaining as hell IMO. Reasonable Drought was a great debut. He’s got a new album coming in the next few months. He’s worth checking for if you haven’t already.

>Stove God is entertaining as hell IMO. Reasonable Drought was
>a great debut. He’s got a new album coming in the next few
>months. He’s worth checking for if you haven’t already.
>


Whenever someone says that I automatically assume they can't rap, and it's gonna be a project where I'm gonna want an instrumental version only.

ill listen though

all he uses now is that sparse drumless shit

>
>>Stove God is entertaining as hell IMO. Reasonable Drought
>was
>>a great debut. He’s got a new album coming in the next
>few
>>months. He’s worth checking for if you haven’t already.
>>
>
>
>Whenever someone says that I automatically assume they can't
>rap, and it's gonna be a project where I'm gonna want an
>instrumental version only.
>
>ill listen though
>

But I could see his style either not being for everybody or taking some time to grow on some.

He’s one of my favorites right now. He held down that whole album vocally by himself - no guests, even on the hooks. Hell of a debut IMO, and I’m excited to see where he goes from here. And I love Roc’s production on that album.

i hope Westside Gunn doesnt ruin too many of his songs in the future.

>But I could see his style either not being for everybody or
>taking some time to grow on some.
>
>He’s one of my favorites right now. He held down that
>whole album vocally by himself - no guests, even on the hooks.
> Hell of a debut IMO, and I’m excited to see where he goes
>from here. And I love Roc’s production on that album.

WSG definitely gave him a bigger platform by putting him all over his FlyGod is an Awesome God 2 mixtape, summer of 2020. And then he put him all over HWH8 side A, where he really stole the show IMO. So I think he’s done nothing but help his career.

On a Hot 97 interview with Rosenberg recently, Cooks said he’s got two new albums done - one with Roc and one with other producers(he didn’t say who), and one of them will drop in the next two months(didn’t say which one). I’m ready.

I keep hearing about this cat, so I gave it a listen.

ugh...

What are y'all hearing that I am not?

he's trash.

please don't ever put Edan anywhere near the same category as Sage fucking Francis lol

but I still laughed at this

It’s amazing. Andy Kaufmanesque.