Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf (Discussion Thread)

[Stone]

imo, HWH4 is still the best in the series. not taking anything away from the latest because they are good. its just that 4 was that fukking great

The cow
Ringside rocking furs
Mr fuji
Nitro

is hard to argue with

 

[TheDarceKnight]

You feel Hitboy is up there with his production? I honestly prefer the Denny LaFlare beats on this album over anything Hitboy produced in the past two years. It just doesn't grab me at all.

I'm not trying to give a cop out answer; this is genuinely how I feel.

I thought his production on Burden and KD1 was good but not great. I thought the production on KD2 was pretty damn great though.

So is he up there with me with the best producers ever? Not really. However...if someone wanted to say he is, I don't think I'd argue too much. I think it's possible that there's more there to Hit-Boy that I just am not catching for whatever reason. So personally he's not my favorite producer but enough heads I know that are knowledgeable think he's dope, so I'm open to the idea that he is

 

[Ty-Fife]

With the new squad I guess we ain’t ever hearing Fahim x West

His ad-libs were on this at least

 

[Stone]

The bass line on Vogue Cover is crazy addictive

I wish he got rid of the name even more now because this absolutely deserves to be a Grammy nominated album. And I’m sure Side B is crazy too

 

[sctemer]

I don't know who this Denny Laflare guy is but he absolutely laced this and the Mach album. Conductor Williams brought heat as usual. Solid album front to back. Oh, and Stove Jesus danced all over this sh*t.

 

[Khadafi1982]

I think in Griseldas case, and no diss to them but their music is as offshoot/derivative or an extension of the classics you named except the Chronic. Roc and West are pushing that sound Rza, Premo, Havoc and whoever else you can name from back then forward. Plus legends like a Rae and a Prodigy had all of the stars aligned for them, they created a sound within hip-hop at a time where it was still growing. Plus the culture and the fans were all on the same page so their impact was much greater. West could curate an album tomorrow, that to us on this forum or heads of a certain generation is a certified classic but it just wouldn't get the same respect of a OB4CL/RD/Illmatic/Chronic/The Infamous etc.

The stars aint aligned for it right now, the culture and the people that listen to it are way too segmented. You got Gen X, Millennials right in the middle and then Gen Z that really don't give a fukk about the albums we deem classic...shyt their illmatic might be good kid mad city. Everyone aint gonna agree on it like how things were back then. If anything it could be all just be subjective to certain generations of hip hop listeners.

Well said! Fragmentation of rap and fans created to many niches.

 

[TripleAgent]

Claire's Back

 

[Suspicions]

His ad-libs were on this at least

Lmao and he oversaw the project so I guess there’s some collaboration there lol

 

[onlylno]

It’s what you do after the brick, bytch, I’m Draymond



Bruh stovegod has the funniest lines but they be cold too. He really got next

 

[Suspicions]

It’s what you do after the brick, bytch, I’m Draymond



Bruh stovegod has the funniest lines but they be cold too. He really got next

I’m not a fan of his solo stuff but whenever I hear him with west, it’s top notch Coke lines. Stove god would have been better off being pusha t artist instead of roc

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Got a road trip upstate on Friday so I'm going to wait until then to spin this

Is this better than Supreme Blientele or HWH7? Because IMO that's WSGs best recent work

 

[Dwight Howard]

That wayne verse might deserve its own thread. Good lord

 

[Solomon Lurke]

That wayne verse might deserve its own thread. Good lord

Best part of the album to me, followed by Stove God and I’m a Westside fan but the project was just ehh on first listen to me. I’m going to chalk it up to just being deep in my summer vibe right now and revisit it again it in the fall.

 

[George's Dilemma]

Listening now. Was wondering if anything could compete with KD2

 

[TrifeGod]

Who got the Prod. credits