And Then You Pray for Me

And Then You Pray for Me
And Then You Pray for Me
Studio album by Westside Gunn
Released	October 13, 2023
Genre	Hip hop; trap; boom bap;
Length	75:17
Label	Griselda; Empire;
Producer	Beat Butcha; Brother Tom Sos; Conductor Williams; Daringer; Deats; Denny LAflare; DJ Benoit; Dxpe mikie beats; FlyGod Jr.; Forever Rollin; JR Swiftz; Johan Lenox; Juko; Mario Luciano; Miguel The Plug; MikeWavvs; Mr. Green; NFE Paris; RyderOnCrack; RZA; Tay Keith;
Westside Gunn chronology

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.^[3]^[4]^[5] The album is a sequel to Gunn's 2020 album Pray for Paris.^[1]^[6]

Background

In April 2023, Westside Gunn announced that the album was to be released on June 23, 2023, but it was later delayed.^[7]^[8] 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."^[9] The album's cover was designed by Virgil Abloh using Caravaggio's depiction of The Entombment of Christ.^[10]^[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100^[12]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Clash	7/10^[5]
HipHopDX	3.8/5^[13]
Pitchfork	6.9/10^[1]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, And Then You Pray for Me received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.^[12]

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."^[1] 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?"^[5] AllMusic's review described the album as "sometimes overly familiar if still satisfying."^[2] HipHopDX's Riley Wallace described the album as a "mixed bag that relies on the listener's ability to go with the flow."^[13]

Track listing

*And Then You Pray for Me* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Flygod Did" (featuring AA Rashid)	Alvin Worthy AA Rashid	Mr. Green	1:56
2.	"Mamas PrimeTime" (featuring JID, Conway the Machine and Cartier A Williams)	Worthy Destin Choice Route	Beat Butcha Mr. Green	4:59
3.	"Kostas" (featuring Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine)	Worthy Demond Price Jeremie Damon Pennick	Tay Keith Deats	5:33
4.	"1989" (featuring DJ Drama and Stove God Cooks)	Worthy Aaron Cooks	Miguel the Plug	4:11
5.	"Suicide in Selfridges" (featuring DJ Drama)	Worthy Napon Pintong	Conductor Williams	2:51
6.	"Kitchen Lights" (featuring Stove God Cooks)	Worthy Cooks	DJ Benoit	5:00
7.	"Flygod 2x"	Worthy	Dxpe Mikie Beats	1:47
8.	"DunnHill" (featuring Rick Ross)	Worthy William Leonard Roberts II	Miguel the Plug	3:59
9.	"House of Glory" (featuring Stove God Cooks)	Worthy Cooks	RZA	3:12
10.	"JD Wrist" (featuring Stove God Cooks, Estee Nack and DJ Trap-A-Holics)	Worthy Cooks Estee Nack	FlyGod Jr.	6:19
11.	"Disgusting" (featuring Giggs)	Worthy Nathaniel Thompson	Miguel the Plug	4:01
12.	"Chloe" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)	Worthy Tyrone Griffin Jr.	Denny LAflare	3:51
13.	"LL Bool Gunn"	Worthy	Miguel the Plug	2:12
14.	"Babylon Bis" (featuring Stove God Cooks)	Worthy Cooks	JR Swiftz Mario Luciano	5:04
15.	"Ultra GriZelda" (featuring Denzel Curry)	Worthy Denzel Curry	Miguel the Plug	2:28
16.	"Jalen Rose" (featuring Boldy James)	Worthy James Clay Jones	Daringer	3:15
17.	"Steve and Jony" (featuring EST Gee)	Worthy George Albert Stone III	Tay Keith Deats	2:56
18.	"Mr Everything" (featuring Jeezy and DJ Swamp Izzo)	Worthy Jay Wayne Jenkins	Forever Rollin NFE Paris Juko	2:45
19.	"Freddy Js" (featuring DJ Holiday and Peezy)	Worthy Phillip Glen-Earl Peaks	Miguel the Plug	2:46
20.	"The Revenge of Flips Leg" (featuring Rome Streetz)	Worthy Pintong Jerome Allen	Conductor Williams	2:40
21.	"And Then You Pray for Me" (featuring KayCyy)	Worthy Johan Lenox Mark Makora Mbogo	Brother Tom Sos Johan Lenox MikeWavvs RyderOnCrack	3:32
Total length:				75:17

Notes

"House of Glory" samples Swan Lake I. Scene (Swan's Theme) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.^[5]

Charts

Chart performance for *And Then You Pray for Me*
Chart (2023)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[14]	81
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[15]	95
US Billboard 200^[16]	29
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[17]	6
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[18]	8