Westside Gunn Confirms New Album “Nonetheless Praying” Is On The Manner

Westside Gunn had an enormous 2023. The rapper dropped And Then You Pray for Me, his most excessive profile album to this point. He additionally stored the hardcore followers fed with Corridor & Nash 2. He is had a comparatively quiet 2024, compared to his Griselda brothers (Benny the Butcher cannot cease dropping music). That stated, Westside Gunn is again. The Buffalo rapper has confirmed that his new album Nonetheless Praying is within the works, and it is going to be out prior to later.

Westside Gunn made the announcement through Instagram on September 4. “Nonetheless Praying coming quickly,” he wrote within the caption. He tagged Griselda, after which proceeded to construct up hype even additional by dubbing the brand new album a “f*ckin artwork piece.” The rapper failed to supply a launch date or tracklist, however he did give followers a have a look at the duvet artwork. Nonetheless Praying continues Westside Gunn’s run of stellar album covers by giving followers a photograph of the late wrestler Sidney “Sid Vicious” Eudy.

Westside Gunn is among the greatest wrestling followers in hip hop, so the shoutout is sensible. He rapped a track at AEW Dynamite in 2022, and supplied the walkout track for wrestler Daniel Garcia. “It’s been time for him to get a little bit shine,” Garcia advised Pitchfork. “So I’m glad we had been in a position to put that shine on him and provides him that second.” Westside Gunn has additionally made quite a few wrestling references in his music. In a 2023 interview with Billboard, the rapper cited Scott Corridor as his all time favourite wrestler. “I respect all of the outdated fly sh*t,” he asserted. “That n**ga was the illest. That don’t take from the opposite n**ga with the chains and the toothpick…. It’s like me in actual life.”

Westside Gunn could also be recognized for his tireless work ethic, however the rapper did admit that he desires to take extra time crafting albums. Much less output, much more high quality. “Again within the day, it was the flood sh*t,” he advised Billboard. “Now you solely hear me once I do an album or a characteristic. It’s such as you actually solely hear me once I do an album now.” It is not like the standard of Westside’s albums had been struggling to start with, so we will not wait to listen to what Nonetheless Praying appears like. Every time it drops.