Griselda’s own Westside Gunn has surprised fans with a rare project from 2005.
Flyest N***a in Charge, Vol. 1 features 26 tracks from the Buffalo rapper, who was in his early 20s when it was recorded. At the time, Benny the Butcher went by 2Chain Benny and Conway went by Kannon.
Stream below, and also check out some background on the mixtape.
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15yrs Ago!!!! This for the ppl who think this just started, I ALWAYS was the FLYGOD, I ALWAYS was a curator as u can see I would put songs of BENNY and MGB on my shit and I wasn’t even on it to push them in the forefront bc were a TEAM, the blueprint never changed, this that EastSide Buffalo shit when u hear these songs we were on a diff kindve time, so many ppl lost there lives or shot, or in prison that influenced this project, this was ALL meant to be and I knew this, I had to go on the run and NEVER released this shit until NOW but this is a classic, just imagined if MGB never got killed, Or I NEVER had a case or Kutter still was rapping I keep telling y’all GRISELDA are 🐐🐐 ppl be like such and such fathered this new wave etc… NOOOO NIGGA I was the nigga talking All this designer shut first, I was the one really wearing the shit too 15yrs ago he’ll 20 yrs ago when I was a shorty I just wanted to let y’all know can’t NOBODY fuck wit us and that’s why I stand on whatever so very the former KING OF NY lol… now I’m just GOD LEVEL #praiseBoth Shit out everywhere WESTSIDE GUNN “FLYEST NIGGA IN CHARGE VOL.1” also link in BIO #GXFR #DeathValley #SEGAND #RIPMGB thx to my homie THUGZMAN too he was ahead of his time 🤲🏽💯🤲🏽💯 #ART #Classic #04’ #05’ #LEGEND #BuffaloKids PS the Tracklist was off originally I Kept it off I didn’t want shit changed same order as original
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