“ALL THE OG’S IS 30 AND UP!”

GRISELDA RECORDS!

The Black Soprano Family, it’s been 25 plus years since we had these vibes. The year was 1987 the beginning of the Golden Era of HipHop & Griselda Records has been ringing bells with authentic bars in it’s honor. It seems we still embrace the wave of music we claim to “hate” or deem the “commercial sound”. Rarely do we get to compare our versions of Top Tier Artists or full record labels to the likes of “NWA” “Krs One” “Ice T” “The Lox” “Wu-Tang” “Roc-fella” before the break up, “G-unit” if they applied pressure, we can go down the list of all the legendary Hiphop super teams and its known, right now them boys out of Buffalo, New York are #1. Hiphop’s Golden Era Class has given them that title with high regards so we at 87′ will have to do the same due to this under rated track record and talent of the Griselda Records family.

Why #1 you ask?

Simple, the music speaks for itself. The rough giddy sound has granted the label with sold out concerts filled with every color, every vibe and walk of life, from the streets to the suburbs, the ball players to the college kids. Griselda Records is the authentic sound that can’t be put in a box no matter the content. Full of culture and truth, with the grimy hiphop (that still gets love over seas), with quality references to child hood favorites and sound bites to classic movies like Scarface and interviews from Pimp C, (that gets love from the golden era of hiphop) & they take you back to a time when being gangster came with a code. Play Benny at the cook-out or on my way to the office the vibe is welcome at all times.“I bought the money to the plug house” stated Benny in a recent crowd favorite and they really did! In 2017 Eminem also known for “tell it like it is” Hiphop, was blown away by the group and signed one of the members to Shady Records. Features over Cosigns is what lead to projects and records with Black Thought, Busta Rhymes, Static Selektah, high profile interviews with artist like Drake quoted saying he would love a Griselda/Benny the butcher feature“I think what they’re doing is great.” He said. “It just reminds me of a different time and it’s not easy to do. To make that music and just come off wavy and be interesting.” (via Rap Radar), and continued to also thank Benny for shouting him out and showing love back. Few more things on the resume, Coachella without an album records with Kool G Rap, DJ Premier, Alchemist, Pete Rock selling out vinyls merchandise across the map since 2015. Super fans tattooing their faces and names on them showing the loyalty to the movement and here in 2020 still working with todays hit makers such as hit boy and other countless talents. Running down the highlighted places it takes to make a mark in the game before a cosign shows the hustle and the do it regardless mentality, it takes to make it in a culture where image has became more important than talent. Griselda Records has put their stamp on HIPHOP the sturdy way. Now with all the cosigns across the map still? Recent releases of all these top 5’s top 10’s out of New York top 10 record labels released by countless blogs and media platforms none with Griselda at the top.

HIPHOPSINCE1987 would like to be the first to give Benny & the Griselda Gang the well deserved #1 Spot & official Crown of best Record label!

Respect to the artist who pay homage to those who paved the way, and I personally must pay respect to the group who opened up the lane once again. No, we don’t glorify the street life, nor do we glorify crime or any non progressive actions that have and still take place daily in the world. We do, give the highest of Hiphop praise to the artist who defeats all the odds of the “inner city”, taking their hustle story of victory and knowledge you can’t knock the hustle. “why glorify the cars and jewels we already had that before rap” maybe thats why us every day listeners who don’t got the bust down respects the tana talk. Real hustler music the reasonable doubt, with a bully talking.

-87′

Quick run down for those who have not yet been warned that the “Butcher Coming N****!” Here is some light background history of the rough history these guys come from.

WEST SIDE GUN

BENNY THE BUTCHER

At age 14 begin his journey from the Trap Game to the Rap Game, in the rare moments in Hiphop when the artist lifestyle matches the story in rhyme, how we don’t embrace Benny baffles me. Our vote in the industry is placed by who we support who records we repost and who’s instagram we follow. That being said 2 sentences landed him some fed time amongst the every day struggle of the inner city/dope game, Benny has no contest about the lyrics and life he says he lived. As all men do he has grown and learned from his past and is now ringing bells from street corners to suburban class rooms. Benny the Butcher self-released his mixtapes in the late 2000s as B.E.N.N.Y., including The Mayor’s Back and Chains Bond. In 2014, Westside Gunn founded Griselda Records, through which Benny, Conway and Westside Gunn would self-release their own projects. In 2016, Benny released his album titled My First Brick followed by the mixtape Butcher on Steroids with DJ Green Lantern in 2017. On March 3, 2017, Griselda Records signed a deal with Eminem’s Shady Records, a subsidiary of Interscope. On November 23, 2018, he released his album Tana Talk 3, produced by The Alchemist and Griselda producer Daringer, and includes features from Westside Gunn, Conway and Royce da 5’9″. The album was critically acclaimed and he began to gain widespread attention. On June 21, 2019, he released the extended play The Plugs I Met, which includes guest appearances from Black Thought, Pusha T, 38 Spesh, Jadakiss, and Conway The Machine. On August 6, it was announced that Benny signed a management deal with Roc Nation.

CONWAY The Machine

The “Comeback story of the Century” jumped off the porch at 16! We won’t dive into the known history if you listen to the music you know the story…. Music that doesn’t need interpretation, doesn’t need extra cosign, and definitely has no comparison to any current artist. Conway has also been through his share of hardships but as the rest of the gang was able so was Conway. Even after recovering from fatal gun shot wombs and acquiring Bell’s Palsey. Similar to Eminem signee 50 Cent, Conway proceeded to use this near-death experience in his music, which often depicts hyper-realistic street violence told from a first person perspective. Furthermore, his facial paralysis contributed to what Consequence of Sound described as “a mush-mouthed, yet visceral flow reflecting the sheer force of will needed to overcome the incident that could have easily ended his career” On October 10, 2017, Conway contributed an a cappella rap verse to the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards Shady cypher. The same year, Complex included Westside Gunn and Conway in their list of “15 Best Unofficial Rap Duos in the Game”, as well as two of the “17 Artists to Watch in 2017”. On May 16, 2019, Conway, Benny The Butcher and Westside Gunn released their first single with DJ Premier titled “Headlines”. Conway released “Bang” the first single off God Don’t Make Mistakes, alongside Eminem on July 19, 2019. During a Dj vlad interview released on Aug 21, 2019 he had confirmed ScHoolboy Q, Rhapsody, and 50 Cent would be some features on the album and there would be a lead up project before it called “Look What I Became.” On September 7th, 2019 Conway had officially revealed the release date of the “Look What I’ve Became” mixtape on Instagram and it released on September 13th, 2019. With features from Dave East and more. On September 13, 2019 Look What I Became was released on all platforms. 2020 is looking good for the Black Soprano Family and you should join the hype>

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