Though Benny The Butcher and the rest of Griselda are boom-bap practitioners first, this is not to suggest that was always the case, or even that he would not be open to sound experimentation. Take Benny’s 2016’s 1 On A 1, which recasts his usual threads of city bleakness against comparatively contemporary trap beats. It’s a well that Benny wouldn’t return to, and stands out as a remarkably solid oddity in the Butcher’s catalogue, featuring guest appearances from Rick Hyde, Klass Murda, and G Herbo among others, and of course; top-tier rhymes from the Butcher himself.
TRACKLIST:
All In My Head
Face To Face (feat. Jay Batters)
Money, Power, Respect (feat. Hottest)
Right Out The Bag (feat. Rick Hyde)
Dope On My Plate (feat. Lovey Lucciano)
Beat Go Off (feat. Klass Murda, Ladieslovekoolhezz & Beezy Montana)
These Niggas (feat. Klass Murda)
Wit It
1 On A 1
I Forgot
Lafamilia
Shooters (feat. G Herbo)