GRISELDA IS NEEDED FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON

February 3, 2022

A. THEY MAKE EVERYONE WANNA RAP!!

That’s it beloved!! It was only a matter of time before I wrote about them Buffalo Boys. I can’t exactly recall when I get wind of the Griselda Empire but if I had to put a finger on it, it was probably during the Tana Talk 3 release era and I know the JBP (The Joe Budden Podcast) had a huge reason on why I came across them.

I love Griselda because they circumvent all the bs that comes with rap and just stick with rapping!! Which is very rare in the music business. Griselda at its core is the 3 Man team of Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, and Benny the Butcher. Conway is considered the most lyrical but Benny gets that title from a certain people too! Me personally I flip flop between who’s the most lyrical adept between the two but it don’t even matter!

Westside is known more as a curator than a rapper but he gets off too! He’s excellent at putting projects together and bridging the gap between the arts and the streets. Westside Gunn is definitely a person I would hang around because he’s immersed in the culture. We all know street people and a lot of us come from the hood but street stuff can be overbearing with people constantly trying to prove their “streetness” and just operating on a low frequency in general.

Griselda is street at its core but man they so different. its not low vibrations. When them boys rap they spit with that hunger and its sound like they care man, that’s so important! Everybody wanna eat but with how easier it is to get a quick lick in music a lot of people hop in the booth and say bs, not these boys, they on that Jadakiss vibe, EVERY VERSE MATTERS!!

At this point to say you don’t like Griselda is saying you don’t like hip hop! And if you don’t like hip hop kick rocks!! lmao. Man every time I listen to these boys I wanna open up Logic and press record! If I’m feeling like that any lyricist that cares HAS to feel like that! With that being said, for those who don’t know let me drop my favorite tracks below for yall to go purchase and stream! I’ll do ten off the top of my head, check it out:

GRISELDA STARTER KIT

1. CRUISER WEIGHT COKE BY GRISELDA

2. 97’ HOV BY BENNY THE BUTCHER

3. 5 TO 50 BY BENNY THE BUTCHER

4. ALLAH SENT ME BY WESTSIDE GUNN, CONWAY THE MACHINE, BENNY THE BUTCHER

5. GEORGE BONDO BY WESTSIDE GUNN, CONWAY THE MACHINE, BENNY THE BUTCHER

6. JOHNNY P’S CADDY BY BENNY THE BUTCHER, J.COLE

7. RIGHT NOW BY WESTSIDE GUNN, JADAKISS , STOVEGODCOOKS

8. HELL ON EARTH PT 2 BY WESTSIDE GUNN, CONWAY THE MACHINE, BENNY THE BUTCHER

9. DR. BIRDS BY GRISELDA

10. SUNDAY SCHOOL BY BENNY THE BUTCHER, JADAKISS, 38 SPESH