Stanisland Magazine

New music from the Griselda camp lands but shows signs of aging

Westside Gunn (real name Alvin Lamar Worthy) continues his form of dropping music with consistency, featuring garish lyrics and a penchant for the dramatic. His fresh EP Heels Have Eyes 2 was unveiled today, the sequel to his April release.

Deeply woven into the rapper’s 4th Rope wrestling, fashion and music company, it signals the spitter’s growing presence outside of hip-hop. One that is attracting fans from within and outside the culture.

Review and Verdict

It’s a hodgepodge of what you’d come to expect from Westside Gunn: flaunting, almost toddler-like sounding vocals that dare to probe electrodes into what some consider an artistic commodity of Griselda Records.

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While this project holds significance, it doesn’t differ much from the initial blueprint. Though his wordplay retains its impressive punchlines and flair, the continuity floats into the spectrum of repeat, boxed-product. The bigger picture is perhaps lost.

The production is nightmaringly brilliant, flawless even. But while Gunn continues to paint the same lyrical canvas with the same brush — skilled, but stale — the buyers aren’t fussed.