Westside Gunn 'Who Made the Sunshine': Release date, concept, tracklist and all about rapper's album with Eminem's Shady Records
New York City-based rapper Westside Gunn is on a music releasing spree this year. With a mixtape titled ‘FLYGOD is an Awesome God II’ and an album titled ‘Pray for Paris’ already released in 2020, the Griselda Records member is now all set to treat his loyal hip hop fans with a brand new album in the form of ‘Who Made the Sunshine'.
Days after he confirmed he is retiring from the scene in December 2020, the 38-year-old hip-hop entrepreneur took to his official Twitter account to share the tracklist of the album.
The American rapper had earlier discussed his new mixtape ‘FLYGOD is an Awesome God II’ on his official Instagram post where in the end he first announced the album ‘Who Made the Sunshine'. In the post, he shared, "As the Album approaches I just wanna Say I love ART. The way I think the way I paint is wat makes me the FLYGOD. I never cared about being the best rapper I only wanted to bring the best ART to the culture. Last week I asked Conway wat helps him write and when he told me I tried it, ended up taking a road trip to Dallas. That’s when I put up the Michael Irvin cover which I was gonna drop that same day but then I started making more music and said f**k it I’ll do an EP, then I hit StoveGOD to get on it but then I’m like my G didn’t get the proper looks for his tape when his s**t is pure (fire) prob due to politics so I want him to get the proper shine and make N****s go."
‘Who Made the Sunshine’ will be Westside Gunn’s first solo project from Shady Records. In order to give a wholesome experience to his fans, the rapper has also paired the album with a new 10-minute documentary titled ‘Who Made the Sunshine: Connie's Son'.
Check the short documentary right here.
Release date
Westside Gunn, who is signed to Eminem’s Shady Records and is also associated with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, first made the album release announcement in July 2020. The album was supposed to hit the Internet on August 28, 2020. However, due to the untimely death of Griselda’s DJ Shay, the album got delayed and will now hit the Internet on October 2, 2020.
Concept
Focusing on the name of the title ‘Who Made the Sunshine’ and looking at the tracklist, it does seem that the rapper will shed light on his journey, his struggles, his life and his personal issues.
The new project features his Griselda Records family members Benny The Butcher and Conway The Machine. The rapper has also got heavy collabs from hip-hop stalwarts such as GFxR crew members in Boldy James and Armani Caesar. Hip-hop legends like Black Thought, Jadakiss, Slick Rick and Busta Rhymes will also show their skills on the album.
Tracklist
Westside Gunn’s ‘Who Made the Sunshine’ will keep the hip-hop fans grooving with 11 songs. Here’s what the tracklist looks like.
‘Sunshine Intro’ (feat AA Rashid)
‘Butcher and The Blade’ (feat Benny The Butcher & Conway The Machine)
‘Ishkabibble’s (feat Black Thought)
‘All Praises’ (feat Boldy James & Jadakiss)
‘Big Basha’s’
‘Liz Loves Luger’ (feat Armani Caesar)
‘Ocean Prime’ (feat Slick Rick & Busta Rhymes)
‘Lessie’ (feat Keisha Plum)
‘Frank Murphy’ (feat Stove God Cooks, Flee Lord, Estee Nack, ElCamino & Smoke DZA)
‘Goodnight’ (feat Slick Rick)
‘98 Sabers’ (feat Armani Caesar, Conway The Machine & Benny The Butcher)
The rapper has kept all the songs from his new album under wraps and therefore, his new project will prove to be an absolute surprise for the hip-hop fans.
You can check-out his last song released here.
Where to stream?
Westside Gunn's new album ‘Who Made the Sunshine’ will be available on leading social media platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal and YouTube.
