Is Griselda Records a white supremacist organization?

[mag357]

West is an artsy type to people who aren't artists and/or people who know nothing about contemporary art...that's how he gets over on all you niccas.

He stays one step ahead.


I'll tell you what you tho, take him to a random opening on a thursday and he'd drown

When you're still referencing the likes of kaws, condo and virgil as the apex of artistry i already know you're not levels like that.


When he drops a Pope L, Sondra Perry, David Hammonds or Theaster Gates bar then i'll


/minirant

I'm not an artsy dude...
But I'm sure individuals that are up on that stuff can make him look foolish.
Cause he's "trying" to be that way... he really isnt that way.
But if it helps he seem that way lol

 

[mozichrome]

Did it really do a lot for them though? I'm not being facetious. I'm genuinely curious.

I got into Griselda off of Griselda Ghost, Hall & Nash, Don't Get Scared Now, Reject 2, Flygod, Roses are Red so is Blood, H.B.O., and My 1st Brick. I didn't listen to any of the Hermes tapes until later, and at that time only the 1st 3 were out, and 2 and 3 just had him on the cover in a ski mask. No Hitler imagery. I didn't notice any Hitler imagery until Hermes 4, and at that point I was already invested, even though I thought it was tacky and didn't get it.

By my count the Hermes tapes with artwork featuring Hitler are 1, 4, and 5. Unless there are some alternate covers...2, 3, 6, and 7 just have Gunn on the cover in a ski mask.

I honestly don't think the imagery or the name did much to push them. Maybe it caught a little bit of attention, but when anyone at this point gets asked about what Griselda projects to check out, none of the Hermes tapes are usually at the top of the list.

I could be wrong. Maybe the imagery caught people's attention and got them into Westside Gunn, but if the 1st Gunn project I heard of would've had the name Hitler in it, I probably would've passed on it. If anything I think it could be holding him back.

3 did have this as the cover. not a picture just reference him

 

[LoMax30]

The wrestling instead of Kung Fu wutang gimmick is weak. They're just wack and I tried to get on the bandwagon.

I always thought I can't be the only person who noticed this

They're really getting off on some New York bias, because Buffalo has always been seen as a generic cac city and if they were tryna pull shyt like this being from Phoenix or somewhere they would've been had got called on it

Let Westside Gunn tell it he'll have you thinking Buffalo is located somewhere between Highbridge and Flatbush

 

[TheDarceKnight]

3 did have this as the cover. not a picture just reference him

That's weird. My copy of it is parts 1-5 and not part 3. But your post makes sense because there's 3 red marks.At least the cover says he's dead.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Hitler Wears Hermes is supposed to be a play on the The Devil Wears Prada. He wanted to outdo the devil. Either way the shyt is corny.

 

[Theodoresolderbreh]

i came in here with my guns out but got sat down by the end of the op. damn

 

[The War Report]

You can do all that edgy, provocative shyt without having white supremacist symbols on your fukking album covers.

 

[Cheech&Chong]

Ya I was bumping some con at a girl's house and didn't realize there was a huge hitler pic on her computer. Oops

 

[YourMumsRoom]

No lies told. The market's taste have changed and I think they're gonna miss their once unique sound to it.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Ya I was bumping some con at a girl's house and didn't realize there was a huge hitler pic on her computer. Oops

I know you didn’t get any p*ssy that night

 

[Cheech&Chong]

I know you didn’t get any p*ssy that night

Slow jams were earlier kid

 

[CrimsonTider]

Slow jams were earlier kid

And then you ruined it by playing this stuff

 

[Unknown Poster]

I love Westside Gunn's raps...but I can't fukk with that Hitler shyt on those HWH covers...I just really do not want to see that man's face on anything I own. And that shyt is so not cool to me.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

You make some good points but i chalk it up to them trying way too hard to be provocative more so than negative intent. I’ve always thought the hitler Hermès name was stupid

Marketing gimmick because they're unoriginal............is what I think you mean

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I love Westside Gunn's raps...but I can't fukk with that Hitler shyt on those HWH covers...I just really do not want to see that man's face on anything I own. And that shyt is so not cool to me.

WSG paid something like 10k for a painting of Hitler. And he paid some artist to paint him a picture of Chris Benoit. The artist agreed then reneged when he found out who Chris Benoit was.

Dude’s just one of those knucklehead creative goofies I guess.