RAEKWON IS BACK WITH HIS EIGHTTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘EMPORER’S NEW CLOTHES’, SET TO DROP ON JULY 17TH, WHICH FEATURES A HUGE LIST OF A-TIER LYRICISTS, AMONGST THEM, WU-TANG CLAN’S FINEST IN GHOSTFACE KILLAH, INSPECTAH DECK AND METHOD MAN. GRISELDA’S OWN WESTSIDE GUNN WILL FEATURE ON THE PROJECT, AS WILL HIS COUSIN CONWAY THE MACHINE. BENNY THE BUTCHER AND NAS WILL ALSO MAKE THE CUT, BUT MANY MORE ARTISTS HAVEN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED AS OF YET.
EVER SINCE GRISELDA WAS PUT ON THE MAP, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO HEAR BOTH COLLECTIVES TO WORK TOGETHER, AND IT ALL STARTED BACK IN 2019, WHEN GRISELDA DROPPED THEIR SOLE PROJECT TO DATE ‘WWCD’ IN WHICH WE CAN HEAR RAEKWON PREACHING AND SHOWING RESPECT TO THE BUFFALO COLLECTIVE GRISELDA:
“You know me, I just sit back in my square and I analyze
And I’m sittin’ here seein’ the demographics of what Griselda’s about
And I love it
I appreciate it, it’s like a breath of fresh air
But one thing I’ma tell you
And I want you to remember this
Don’t allow a nigga that don’t love you
To make you feel like you gotta love him more than he love you
Keep continuin’ to take care of your family, man
Take care of those children, man”