Who Made the Sunshine | ||||
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Released | October 2, 2020 | |||
Recorded | 2020 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 40:03 | |||
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Who Made the Sunshine (stylised in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Westside Gunn. When it was originally scheduled to be released on August 28, 2020, it was postponed following the death of Griselda Records collaborator DJ Shay from COVID-19. It was finally released on October 2, 2020, through Griselda, Shady, and Interscope.
Production was primarily handled by Beat Butcha and Daringer, except for four tracks which were produced by The Alchemist, Conductor Williams and Just Blaze. It features appearances from Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Slick Rick, Black Thought, Boldy James, Busta Rhymes, Smoke DZA, Jadakiss, El Camino, Armani Caesar, Estee Nack, Flee Lord, Keisha Plum, and Stove God Cooks. The album has yet to be released on physical media.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 76/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Beats Per Minute | 77% [2] |
Clash | 7/10 [3] |
Consequence of Sound | B [4] |
HipHopDX | 4/5 [5] |
Pitchfork | 6.7/10 [6] |
Who Made the Sunshine was met with generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76 based on five reviews. [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sunshine Intro" (featuring AA Rashid) |
| 2:25 | |
2. | "The Butcher and The Blade" (featuring Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine) |
|
| 3:59 |
3. | "Ishkabibble's" (featuring Black Thought) |
|
| 2:54 |
4. | "All Praises" (featuring Boldy James and Jadakiss) | The Alchemist | 3:26 | |
5. | "Big Basha's" |
|
| 1:41 |
6. | "Liz Loves Luger" (featuring Armani Caesar) |
| The Alchemist | 3:21 |
7. | "Ocean Prime" (featuring Slick Rick and Busta Rhymes) |
|
| 2:37 |
8. | "Lessie" (featuring Keisha Plum) |
|
| 3:28 |
9. | "Frank Murphy" (featuring Stove God Cook$, Estee Nack, Flee Lord, El Camino, and Smoke DZA) |
| 8:11 | |
10. | "Good Night" (featuring Slick Rick) |
|
| 3:55 |
11. | "98 Sabres" (featuring Armani Caesar, Conway the Machine and Benny the Butcher) |
| Just Blaze | 4:06 |
Total length: | 40:03 |
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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US Current Album Sales ( Billboard ) [7] | 64 |
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