Westside Gunn is on the brink of hit the highway for his first-ever worldwide headline trek referred to as the God Is Love Tour to advertise his newest album, 10.
The Griselda Data chief took to his Instagram on Thursday (December 15) to announce the 12-city tour which kicks off in Amsterdam on January 13 earlier than Gunn heads to Paris, Vienna, Milan, Athens, Dublin and extra. The Buffalo native will then shut out the primary leg of the tour on February 10 in Libson, Portugal.
“WORLD WIDE WEST season is upon US!!!! GOD IS LOVE TOUR 1st Run 10yrs within the making,” Gunn cautioned his submit. “It’s time for me to see my Supporters from All around the world, y’all supported me for therefore lengthy it’s time I come give y’all FLYGOD LIVE!!!! @griseldarecords CULTURE will probably be within the constructing don’t miss it, we’ll all be household that night time I promise u you don’t wanna miss this u by no means know wats going to occur…”
He continued: “If I’m coming to your nation lmk when you’ll be there, and in case your spot not on right here possibly it’ll be on the 2nd run *Replace on final Merch drops is on my story workforce working nonstop.”
10 is the ultimate installment of Westside Gunn’s beloved Hitler Wears Hermes mixtape collection. The album dropped in October with options from A$AP Rocky, DJ Drama, Black Star, Run The Jewels, Busta Rhymes, Raekwon and extra.
In a 3.5 assessment score of 10, HipHopDX‘s Scott Glaysher wrote: “The beats, bars, and blitzkrieg of “growth growth growth booms” are ever current like they’ve been for the final ten years. For many who are already followers of Gunn and his no-nonsense rap prowess, this venture will probably be music, or gun sounds, to their ears.”
“Science Class,” the fifth monitor on the album, is nominated for Finest Hip Hop Collaboration on the 2022 HipHopDX Awards. It options Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Range God Cooks and can go up towards Drake and 21 Savage’s “Jimmy Cooks,” Jack Harlow and Drake’s “Churchill Downs,” Benny The Butcher and J. Cole’s “Johnny P’s Caddy” and GloRilla’s “Tomorrow 2” that includes Cardi B.
Westside Gunn’s largest collaboration on 10 will be the album intro, on which he collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan legend RZA. In an interview with Fader, Westside Gunn spoke on locking in with RZA and the way grateful he was to lastly get a collab executed.
“It’s been a dream of mine since day one to be on the RZA beat,” Gunn stated. “And to have that sound — that is what I’m begging him for, like ‘Bro, I would like this.’ I received it [and] I’m grateful. It’s not the top of me and RZA. We’ve extra.”