Conway the Machine — Won’t He Do It
The latest project from the former Griselda member. Conway’s latest release is one of his best outputs, and is a fantastic follow up to his last album, God Don’t Make Mistakes.
Easily one of the most consistent rappers out right now, Conway’s latest and third LP sits among the Buffalo rapper’s best projects. Boasting 14 tracks, with various features from the likes of Sauce Walka, Ransom to Fabolous. Though no longer a member of Griselda records, we still receive features from Westside Gunn and Benny the Butcher, which is lovely. “Brucifix” featuring Westside, and produced by frequent collaborator Daringer, both rappers spit great braggadocious verses with lovely rhyme patterns.
Daringer provides Conway with more slick production work, this time on “Brooklyn Chop House”, which features Benny and Fabolous. Fabolous’ verse is by far a standout feature on the album, with lines such as “big stepper, these Rick's slicker than Lodi Dodi, and Lil Uzi my shorty, he got that body-ody”.
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Personal favourites off this album include “Brick Fare” and “Stab Out” featuring New York state rapper, Ransom. Two incredibly well produced tracks, they are true examples of Griselda’s sound and why so many people fell in love with their music. JR Swiftz provides Conway dark piano keys for “Stab Out”. “Brick Fare” consists of a more laid back instrumental; however it's just as vicious and menacing as the “Stab Out”. The song is filled with enjoyable rhyme patterns as Conway details stories and tales of a life in crime and within the streets. Another record that is a personal favourite is the title track, “Won’t He Do It” featuring 7xvethegenius. Both artists have collaborated previously on multiple occasions, and they seem to bring the best out of each other, as they always produce great songs together.
Though Won’t He Do It is a great body of work, there are a couple of skippable tracks on the project. The first being “Water to Wine”, which features Goosebytheway, Jozzy and Dave East. The song just did fit well with the album and isn’t something that I would want from a Conway album. With the chorus being the worst part of the song, as Goose’s delivery isn’t enjoyable.
The same can be said with “Super Bowl”, which features Sauce Walka and the influential Juicy J. Though I thought Westside Gunn’s “Flygod” on his album Ten was great, Conway just doesn’t seem to fit well with a trap inspired instrumental, unlike Westside.
Other than two records mentioned above, Won’t He Do It is still a phenomenal project and as said before one of the best Conway projects. Conway sounds great, whilst rapping over great beats. I would go as far as to say this is perhaps the best produced Conway album. Over the years, Conway has continually shown why he is one of the best rappers out right now and as usual I will be waiting for his next project. Judging by his work ethic, it shouldn’t be far away.