| And Then You Pray for Me | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Westside Gunn |
| Cover: | And Then You Pray for Me.jpg |
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| Length: | 75:17 |
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| Prev Title: | 10 |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
And Then You Pray for Me is the fifth studio album by American rapper Westside Gunn, released on October 13, 2023, by Griselda Records and Empire.[1] [2] The album is a sequel to Gunn's 2020 album Pray for Paris.[3]
In April 2023, Westside Gunn announced that the album was to be released on June 23, 2023, but it was later delayed.[4] [5] The album's title refers to a lyric in the song "Eric B" by Westside Gunn, where he raps: "Pray for Paris, then you pray for me."[6] The album's cover was designed by Virgil Abloh using Caravaggio's depiction of The Entombment of Christ.[7] [8]
Writing for Pitchfork, Matthew Strauss described the album as a "symbiosis between the trap and boom-bap genres" and a "broad, loud, and messy exploration of Gunn's vision for rap and art." Philip Cluff of Clash praised the album's themes writing: "It's not just another gangster rap album but essentially a commentary on the psychological fatigue accompanying ruthlessness of the question young black men inherited from Gil Scott Heron; "Who will survive in America?" AllMusic's review described the album as "sometimes overly familiar if still satisfying." HipHopDXs Riley Wallace described the album as a "mixed bag that relies on the listener's ability to go with the flow."
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| Peak position | |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 81 |
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