Westside Gunn - And Then You Pray for Me ALBUM REVIEW
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
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WSG steps up his versatility on And Then You Pray for Me.
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FAV TRACKS: MAMAS PRIMETIME, KOSTAS, SUICIDE IN SELFRIDGES, KITCHEN LIGHTS, HOUSE OF GLORY, CHLOE, ULTRA GRIZELDA, JALEN ROSE, MR EVERYTHING, FREDDY JS, THE REVENGE OF FLIPS LEG
LEAST FAV TRACK: LL BOOL GUNN
WESTSIDE GUNN - AND THEN YOU PRAY FOR ME / 2023 / GRISELDA / EAST COAST HIP HOP, TRAP RAP
7/10
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
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Anthony, you can’t take 3 points away just because “This one wasn’t about Hitler.”
Lmao ok this one is funny
How does Gunn reviews have the best comments😂
Wow nothing compares this year to The Brave 2 for Fantano
So that's why fantano keeps that lil mustache
Well Hitler is his favorite after all, so it makes a little bit of sense.
I know people are already showing it love, but KITCHEN LIGHTS needs to be noted. Its absolutely immaculate and maybe my favorite Gunn song ever. The string loop, the hook, the verses, all of it is mournful and gorgeous. Holy shit I cant get enough of it
Listening to the album rn and that’s the best track so far and I thought it was like a 6/10 dame guess I’m not a fan
On the first day God created KITCHEN LIGHTS 🙏
bro i swear when i heard it my jaw was on the floor 10 minutes after the track ended, i almost cried
produced by DJ Benoit member of our ART LORDS team from Russia
I can't stand the chorus in that track. it's annoying and doesn't really fit the vibe imo. Don't really get the hype
Westside Gunn is such a real artist in my books. From the name, album titles and the beats just being pure art. Like he’s deconstructed the gangster boom bap style and presented it in a raw and concentrated manner. Straight up art.
He doesn’t make the beats
@@Nintendo-Zhe didnt imply that
@@Nintendo-Z But he chooses them. That showcases artistic vision
@@sinaklsindre2831uh yeah he did
@@christiansorgente9553sure but that’s not harder than creating the beat itself. I feel like the producer should get most of the credit in hiphop whenever someone mentions the beat. That’s all
Anthony’s takes on Griselda should be studied. No way in hell he gave this a better rating over Pray For Paris and others
That was before he became boys with them. 😂😂
pray for paris wasnt that good tbf basically all of hwh is better
This album was absolute trash 🗑️
I can understand the ratings, Pray for Paris had a couple misses on a short album, this one a few on a longer one but there’s more grime/psychedelia and more varied features
lmfao @@NL-fg6it
Would’ve given it a 10 if the album was called And Then You Pray For Kendrick
😂😂
Zzzzz
Honest to God he probably would. I'm a huge kdot fan. This honestly might be on the same level as Mr moral imo.
Kung Fu Kenny, aint nobody praying for me
Kendrick is super overrated
Last track on this album has one of the best beats I’ve heard on a Griselda record. Surprised not many people are talking about it.
Agreed. That hook has been stuck in my head since the project dropped.
Kitchen Lights has to be one of my favorite songs of the year so far. What a banger
Easily
haven’t watched the video yet but my thoughts on the album match anthony’s perfectly.
💀
haven’t heard the album yet but my thoughts on the album match anthony’s perfectly
how, if you haven’t watched the video yet, can you know that?
Westside inspires me.. My parents said if i get 60K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
we finally started to get through all the comments that just make up some horrible thing to say melon did in the video, and now we get these. why is the only option one unfunny joke or the other lol
Let's not let this review distract from the fact that this album scored higher than Pray For Paris. I will be praying for you Anthony 🙏
Love a lot of songs off the new album but it doesn't come close to Pray For Paris for me. That's just such a concise and well made project
Fantano's opinions are always like this. But I still enjoy him giving music takes. I disagree a lot but still.
Didn't he give PFP an 8?
@@FakeAdirTV a 6 🤦
This album is slightly better than pray for Paris to me because production was more enjoyable to me on this album than Pray for Paris
Kitchen lights is one of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time. This album oddly gets better every spin. It’s a little bloated but it has serious high points
it genuinely skyrocketed to one of my favorite West songs since he teased it. immaculate track
Man I really liked 1989. I enjoyed the lower pitch. Definitely a track I keep coming to on the album. Gotta give an MVP to Stove God. He really showed up on this album. Like damn, gotta give this man his credit. He killed it.
Facts
You would've given this a 10 if it was by Eastside Flintlock.
Eastside Flintlock is a fire ass name wtf
@@andrew_gould ikr it's actually dope
I appreciate Westside Gunn not getting stuck in the Boom Bap lane
But he didn't have the flow for those trap beats in my opinion
It's slightly too slow and stiff to get me hyped
I was pretty damn disappointed when I got to the Denzel Curry feature and it wasn't on a grimy ass boom bap beat, because Zel would've absolutely killed it
This is one of the first times where I felt Fantano OVERrated an album
I was pretty disappointed ngl
Pray for Paris was a good ass album so this had me mixed
Yeah the slow rapping style does not complement the trap sound at all he sounds really bad on trap beats.. when you rap on trap beats you gotta speed it up a little
Agreed. I’m all for artists experimenting and trying new things but WSG and trap just doesn’t mesh well sonically
Exactly, LL Bool Gunn and Dunnhill shouldn't have been put out at all, imo they are genuinely horrible to listen to
This album twice as good as pray 4 paris
3:04 can we appreciate how on point that trapaholics impression was
Well that was heavily unexpected considering the backlash it got
He only gave it a decent review cuz he's friends with westside
@@Kaboom4L oh word? I ain't know they were friends
@@Kaboom4Ljust because he does an interview doesn't mean he'll rate an album highly. he's arguably better friends with oliver tree and logic, yet he rates their albums poorly regularly.
@@nickyhearthe also did an interview with Anco recently and didn’t even review their new record in full at all
@@Kaboom4Lhe was still completely fair and critical
I wasn't crazy about this album at first but it grew on me a lot , which i guess is most people's experience with this record
honestly this shi happens with all gunn albums
@@voodoo5553 nah first time i listened to hermes 8 side b i loved it instantly
@@JIMY414 hated hermes side b cuz it was my first full listen of a westside gunn album and his voice flow and cadence threw me off at first besides like julia lang
@@voodoo5553I mean tbh, I knew which tracks I liked off this album on first listen, and those songs are really good, but the bad songs, they are very bad lmfao. Someone needs to take Miguel da plugs production equipment away, that brother can NOT cook.
@@Yofo-ct8rk tf r u talking about , it grew on me like 5 days ago
I wish Westside's flows we're faster, or more pronounced. Other than that, no complaints, the features were class, as usual. The bars, fantastic. And the overall grimey cocaine trappy vibe was well executed. Good album.
I feel like his voice works so well over the soul samples and boom bap because his cadencesort of acts as an instrument in itself. but on this project his underpronounced and slurred delivery on the trap cuts are really jarring and extremely hard to listen too. blud needs to go to speech therapy.
Just hang out in the hood and not on blogs
westside's flows on the trap cuts really took me out of the songs on first listens, but the more i gave it a try, the more i got used to them. i will say, the trap songs on here are some of my least favorites but nowhere as bad as some of the internet is saying. i loved kostas, and the song with jeezy (pardon my jeezy bias) is great too.
nya
you would’ve given this a 5 if you didn’t interview him
I was looking for this comment lol
Hahah facts. He didn’t want the smoke.
No shot this is a step above mbdtf
😬👀
If that was the case, he wouldn’t have shat on Oliver Tree’s last couple records.
WSG is the most unique artist right now .. maybe not the most talented rapper, but if you like his style you will always find sth in his tracks which hits you off guard.
Hell nah, who told my man Gunn to switch from Boom Bap to Trap? They did him dirty in the studio. 😬😔
Wym he slid on the trap beats
@@yahboijason6246 I'm more used to Gunn doing Boom Bap than Trap. However, I respect that you enjoy him switching to Trap. I don't mind artists changing their styles.
He said in the interview with anthony that he himself felt like he wanted to do something else than boombap
@@yahboijason6246jd wrist 🔥
@yahboijason6246 I think gunn would be fire on trap beats... just not the trash ass ones he used on his album. Only one I liked was Jalen rose tbh.
how you like this more than you like pray for paris is beyond me
Absolutely insane indeed. It's hot trash.
I know Kitchen Lights is getting a lot of focus. But 'Kostas' having Griselda, with Conway finishing the back half of the song, is one of the best on this album.
Conways verse was verse of the year for me. Man was floating on that beat
no way he rated this higher than pray for paris lmao wow
He got the interview, things get biased.
it’s an OPINION
Conductor we have a problem, Conductor we have a problem, Conductor we have a problem, Conductor we have a problem, Conductor we have a problem, Conductor we have a problem,
No WAY this is better than pray for Paris.
Tis is tho
@@Ghostbustinno
True
absolutely not
I love how extravagant JD wrist is. High art imo
Definitely prefer Pray for Paris. More consistent listen from the beat selection to the concise nature of the album
Pray for Paris was aight too many short ass songs that are barely 2 mins long but I still give it a listen every now and then
For my first introduction to Westside Gunn, I loved the project. There were a few lows but the highs were really good. After a few listens, I disliked 2 tracks that I originally liked on my first listen but listening to the album in full still sounds good in my opinion. I would say there are 2 maybe 3 skips on the album and is quickly becoming my favorite record of the year. Solid 7-8 for my rating
Can't believe you didn't mention Babylon Bis, amazing track one of the best for sure
Chloe was a song that I instantly fell in love with. The beat is absolutely angelic and wasn’t a vibe I’d expect to hear from WSG.
You should listen to Whoopy and Love U
@@vidartornqvist7138 thanks for the recommendation. Do you have other albums to recommend? I only started listening to WSG since Donda because unreality liked his feature there and I’m working through his big discography one album at a time ever since.
Whoopy, Love U, Liz Loves Luger and Chloe are such romantic and mean songs at the same time. That’s why I love them so much. Its instrumental and flow is fire. 💕
@@fuckartyom god I hate this generation why am I apart of it
I just wish the lyrics weren't that corny
Wow this is higher than I thought it would be. I really didn’t care for this project other than like three songs.
Kinda surprised he liked it considering the fan base is hating it
You're absolutely insane for rating this project higher than PFP.
WSG sounds genuinely awful on alot of these trap instrumentals, and some of the beats (esp by Miguel The Plug) was absolute trash.
3/10 is what I gave it in the end.
Fr I can't get past the trap beats they're god awful. I know he was purposely going for a badly mixed, authentic trap sound, but it's still awful. Jalen rose was the only one i can listen to
He gave HWH7 a 5 too. No way this album is better than HWH7
@@James-uw2xh ikr. Literally every other WSG project sounds like fuckin Illmatic compared to "Pray For Me"
Best way to describe these Griselda guys is a perfect mixture of old and new school hip-hop. This project is unique but still mostly fits in that category
Was NOT expecting a 7 from fantantoe
Kitchen Lights might be a top 5 WSG song fr.
That song with Rick Ross was so disappointing, that beat did not fit either of them at all
Honestly I think this is one of Westsides best projects in the past couple years. It’s different, versatile, experimental, features great guest appearances. There was maybe like 4 tracks I didn’t really rock with other than that it thought it was pretty solid.
I don't think an artist has grown on me as much as Westside Gunn. I loved his take on trap and it's a solid album. Nice review, mister fantano
Look westside Gunn ain't gonna give you lyricism, but he knows how to procure a project. He essentially does what DJ Khaled wishes he could do. Beats are great, the whole album made me feel good. I loved it. It'll be in my top ten for hip hop.
Stove god is over 50% of all west's features and he's STILL not overplayed 🔥🔥🔥
Mama's Primetime and Kitchen Lights are two of my favorite WSG tracks ever... Also we really need a new SGC album.
Kitchen Lights and Babylon Bis could be the 2 best songs of the year
i did not think anthony would fw this but nice to see he does lol
I'm guessing we will not be getting that Dorian Electra review
clearly fantano didnt wanna make enemies with gunn after just doing an interview with him by giving this album a 7/10 when this is easily the worst album of his career lol
definitely
Anthony trippin, this album is a solid 4/10
Kitchen lights fire tho
Kitchen Lights is one of the best songs of the decade.
Listen to more music theirs thousands out their this decade that will blow your mind or actually make you feel something
@@lumus7 not gonna take the opinion of a gatekeeper who can’t use basic grammar serious sadly
Hell the fuck no
If it was Eastside Gunn it would've gotten a 10 🗿
the joint with rome streetz is the only one i will listen to again
personally really didn’t enjoy a majority of the trap tracks but there were definitely a lot of great songs on the project
Will you be reviewing the new Cattle Decapitation album, Terrasite?
JID verse was crazy, but why wouldnt it be
Kitchen lights is one of the best Hiphop songs made in the last 5yrs
I'm a huge westside gunn fan but this album was such a disappointment. The fact that this got a higher rating than Pray For Paris made me audibly gasp, you're crazy Anthony.
I know right, I don’t get why stove god cooks was on every goddamn song
@@iamacommenter6243cope
@@iamacommenter6243 out of everything stove god was the problem for you? It was everything but stove for me LMAO
@@iamacommenter6243 yeah stove definitely wasn't the problem here
Westside Gunn only said Boom 188 times during the album. As a fan, I'm honestly disappointed. 10/10
If this is on the same level as Utopia then utopia is a 10
Utopia is a 7 but how tf can he still give mbdtf a 6 after givin this dog sh*t a 7
This one definitely was disappointing for gunn. You liking it more than a lot of his other work genuinely suprised me. Was expecting a 3 or 4
If it was called “and then you pimp a butterfly” you would’ve given it a ten.
some people’s ability to laugh at the same joke for the 100th time is impressive
Zzzzzzz
Appreciate u happy holidays
3:04 this is the gem of the whole review
Is the bad bunny album taking longer because you need to translate the lyrics to give it a fair review
S/O to Tone for keeping it real even after Westside Gunn gave him a second interview. lol
I personally really liked the album, top 10 of the year for me
a 7 for this one feels insane, i expected a 3 or a 4 from you, such a massive step down imo from HH8 pt 2 and 10
Melon never fails to make my head hurt when spazzing big words at my dumbass
Kostas was my favorite track on the album, that tay keith beat made me sweat. It has so much depth and really takes over your ears in a way that other trap beats rarely do. The instrumental for kitchen lights is beautiful, and my favorite bar from the album at the moment was stove god cooks with "we had a hundred bricks on the couch, it felt so good I wanted to die there" stove god and other features outshined flygod on this project, and I don't think wsg's rapping improved at all from previous projects. ll bool gunn is a bad song. chloe is a bad song. jalen rose bangs, love boldy, and house of glory has been stuck in my head all week
boldy james slaughtered on this one, so underrated
Typically not much of a trap-rap fan (besides stuff like Trap Muzik by T.I.), but I think W$G put together a dope boom-bap/trap blend on some of these tracks. JD Wrist is a tad long, but it's still an ill track. I think that is actually Gunn doing the whispery hook on the Ross song.
It’s just called trap my guy
I WALK AROUND WITH MY SHOES TIED
I EAT SKITTLES AT A SUSHI RESTAURANT
6/10. Those trap joints are all over the place in quality and the experimental tracks fall flat. That said, there are 5-6 bangers in there.
Yeah I didn't like this one at all that's just me though.
Would’ve been a 10 if it was called “and then you pimp a butterfly”
We got the review for “And Then You Pray For Me” And Then You Review “The Patience” For Us next right
Has Fantano ever interviewed an artist before reviewing their album and given it less than a 7?
This was my first time listening to Westside Gunn, and it definitely has multiple interesting moments, and Kitchen Lights is an unreal track, and I actually really love the outro track too as well as a couple others, but there were times where it felt sooo bloated. I never skip on a first listen but I was close with a couple of songs on here
I had to turn this album off about 3/4 of the way through. It literally made me question if I still liked west side Gunn l, then I listened to hwh 8 and realized, nah this album just sucks
It's actually shocking how bad this album is lol
What was the point of having denzel when he only got like 30s to rap
Anthony If this was called, “And then you pray for Melon”,
you would have gave it a 10.
I CANNOT believe you didn't even mention The Revenge of Flip's Leg, but ty for your thoughts
I’m a fan, I do not understand a lot of the hate this album gets, replayed this more than most albums this year
7 is way higher than i expected but good for westy i guess
I agree about the songs that fell flat….. Estee Nack is hard a mfer and deserved to be on a better song.
Stove don’t miss, he can be on any song and it’ll win.
u said “real trap shit” extremely well lmao
Didn’t think I’d dislike the album as much as I did, liked 2 tracks of the album. I don’t know if it’s the beat selection I really don’t fuck with or if there is a beat I seem to like the hook is weak or theres added things to the song that will actually annoy me. Surprised I disliked it so much but Gunn still slaps.
The revenge of flips leg with Rome streetz is fucking insane. Top 10 Gunn joints
Oh snap Chloe is listed under favorite track(s). I knew you had a dirty mind fantano!!!😂
Estee Nack did his thing on JD Wrist is don’t know why people didn’t fuck with it. They all actually sounded like trap artists on a trap beat. But Nack’s flow reminds me of Smiley on his Organization track with Drake.
Glad he called out Stove god, need to drop an album ASAP, the world is waiting.
I hate this "+20 songs per album" trend
I think all the stove god cooks appearances are westside forShawdoing a collab tape between them. Would be fire
THIS SHIT IS FUCKING MAGNIFICENT YET ANOTHER CLASSIC DELIVERED ONCE AGAIN KEEP LISTENING IT GETS BETTER EACH TIME 10/10
No it doesn't. It actually gets worse. This is easily his worst album.
When are we getting the new bad bunny review? I’m at the edge of my seat 🇩🇴🙌🏾🇵🇷
I didn’t like this album more than mbdtf but now I do. Thanks Anthony!
MBDTF being a 6 is crazy, seeing the things he rates higher is appalling, no hate to Westside
This is an album that will grow on people I think. Not that I'm comparing the two albums but y'all should've heard the shit people were saying about It Was Written when that first came out. Definitely not a well reviewed album in 1996 lol.
i love the way he says hermes it just awoke something deep within me
As a French, I resent the "pray for Paris" slogan as we frenchmen are notorious non-believers.
8:08 is a great length for a rap album review, love it melon man:)
This is one of the most negative 7's I think I have ever seen 😂😂
Been long since I clicked a video so fast.