Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8 ALBUM REVIEW

The A-side is more or less standard fare for Westside Gunn, but the B-side is hands-down his greatest statement since Griselda's rise.

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FAV TRACKS: PERI PERI, RIGHT NOW, WESTHEIMER, BASH MONEY, SPOONZ, HELL ON EARTH PT. 2, FREE KUTTER, RICHIES, CELINE DION, BEST DRESSED DEMONS, WHY I DO EM LIKE THAT, RIP BERGDORF, TV BOY, EDDIE KINGSTON, OSTERTAG, MUNCH, 99 AVIREX, BIG AL

LEAST FAV TRACK: SURVIVOR SERIES 95

WESTSIDE GUNN - HITLER WEARS HERMES 8 / 2021 / GRISELDA / EAST COAST HIP HOP

Pt. 1: 6/10

Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

[wojtekbrzeszcz]

Anthony you can't just give it a 14/10 because he included your favorite painter in the title

[equzia]

Just because Westside Gunn is a little fat doesn’t mean you can call him a “buffalo” rapper, Anthony.

[Sound_Judgement]

I bet Hermes is glad they get that ringing endorsement from a well-known historical figure

[alex]

I see Westside as an “album director” almost more than a rapper. He doesn’t need to be centre stage all the time and let’s others shine. There’s just no other artist who picks beats and features as well as he does, to the point where he don’t even rap on some tracks but they still definitively feel like Westside Gunn songs.

[andromeda]

Quite upsetting to see you trash the album then proceed to give it an 8/10 for the Hitler mention in the title but go off

[messiah]

I love his taste in instrumentals.
It's not common to see someone who doesn't produce his own stuff but still has such an eclectic and left-field taste in instrumentals.
He Is great.

[BradTasteInMusicOfficial]

this would have been a perfect time for the half red, half yellow flannel

[Andre-zfcm]

Seeing the yellow flannel for a westside gunn album warms my heart

[kylemullet]

you really should've given part 2 a 9 so you could make the funny number, Fantano.

[kangy]

Side A stays underrated. Probably the most cohesive westside project since PFP or FGIAAG

[karmteller]

First WSG 8/10, what a momentus occasion

[Rll_]

Side B is one of his best projects along with Pray for Paris and Flygod.

[JADub]

His beat selection is phenomenal. I appreciate the soul beat samples. Westside isn't the strongest rapper in Griselda but he's got taste. Westside Gunn is a "gangster" nerd. As a Midwesterner, I appreciate the pro wrestling references.

[guts-]

WOW OKAY

Seeing that yellow and black hits different when it's Westside Gunn, glad to see it.

[callofdutyblack]

I love how Westside uses samples that pertain to his situation or past situation.

On the song Celine Dion that sample that’s right in the middle of the song says “ That’s right took me a couple minutes longer than I anticipated, What can you expect? I was fighting 2 world champions that night “ I feel this sample could slightly be alluding too the fact he dropped HWH8 right in the middle of Donda and CLB and side B came out a little later, “2 world champions”

[CriticalParasite]

Current Approximation of Fantano's Year-End List from the Loved List (10/04/21)

1. Sinner Get Ready by Lingua Ignota - 10
2. The Turning Wheel by Spellling - 10
3. Promises by Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders, LSO - Light to DECENT 9
4. Daddy's Home by St. Vincent - LIGHT to Decent 9
5. By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Injury Reserve - Strong 8 to LIGHT 9
6. A Beginner's Mind by Sufjan Stevens, Angelo de Augustine - STRONG 8 to Light 9
7. SKA DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock - STRONG 8 to Light 9
8. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert by Little Simz - STRONG 8 to Light 9
9. I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses by Backxwash - STRONG 8 to Light 9
10. Rainbow Bridge 3 by Sematary - STRONG 8 to Light 9
11. Palais d'Argile by Feu! Chatterton - STRONG 8
12. For the first time by Black Country, New Road - Decent to STRONG 8
13. Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Decent to STRONG 8
14. Cavalcade by black midi - DECENT to Strong 8
15. Glow On by Turnstile - DECENT to Strong 8
16. Nurture by Porter Robinson - DECENT to Strong 8
17. HEY WHAT by Low - DECENT to Strong 8
18. Imperative Imperceptible Impulse by Ad Nauseum - DECENT to Strong 8
19. Stand for Myself by Yola - DECENT to Strong 8
20. Forever in Your Heart by Black Dresses - DECENT 8
21. OK Human by Weezer - DECENT 8
22. Call Me if You Get Lost by Tyler, The Creator - Light to DECENT 8
23. Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine by Brockhampton - Light to DECENT 8
24. King's Disease II by Nas - Light to DECENT 8
25....And Again Into the Light by Panopticon - Light to DECENT 8
26. TYRON by Slowthai - Light to DECENT 8
27. Hitler Wears Hermes 8 Side B by Westside Gunn - Light to DECENT 8
28. Smiling With No Teeth by Genesis Owusu - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8
29. Haram by Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8
30. Welfare Jazz by Viagra Boys - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8
31. Twin Shadow by Twin Shadow - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8
32. GUMBO'! by Pink Siifu - Strong 7 to LIGHT 8

[jikzqxt]

I want a whole album of melon just pronouncing hermès on repeat

[cranberry_the_xviii]

The moment I hit Rip Bergdorf I knew Side B was going to be one of Gunn's best projects, with everything that's released in the past couple of weeks this is easily what I've been going back to the most.

[nigelasipa]

This is actually one of the best reviews I’ve ever seen from Melon. I found it fair and well articulated. This is probably my favourite Westside Gunn project thus far. Given his recent interview off Hot 97, he said he’s about to drop yet again this year - and I can hardly wait!

[tazman]

the fly that couldnt fly straight, is so dope, the beat, and tyler and westsides verse is fire af