Heading to the West Coast, Lil West spent all of 2020 in Los Angeles where he wrote and recorded Final Home. He illuminates this evolution with the singles “West Side.” 808 Mafia disciple Steezefield cooks up a smooth 808-laden trap beat with a West Coast bounce. Elsewhere on the project, he leans into buoyant production with airtight rhymes on “Whole Lotta” where he examines the adjustment to his new life as an artist. Then, there’s “Date A Star.” Airy keys wrap around the skittering production as he empathizes, “I know it’s hard when you date a star.”
Lil West first grabbed attention as a 15 year-old SoundCloud rapper with his first two projects, Vex Part 1 and Vex Part 2, which were executive produced by Take A Daytrip. Since then collaborators include Night Lovell, 21 Savage, Calboy and TM88. Recently Lil West was featured on 100 gec’s latest album 1000 gecs and the Tree of Clues on standout single, “gecgecgec (remix).”
About Final Home Lil West said, “Looking back on my old ways and how I got here, I feel like these new styles are my home,” he explains. “It’s what I’ve been working towards. This isn’t meant to be background music. I’m trying to put out something quality.”
After dropping a series of fan-favorite projects, amassing 35 million-plus streams, and drawing critical acclaim Lil West has found his creative home. The Delaware genre disruptor fuses a penchant for catchy hooks and chameleonic sonic innovation with knockout bars on his six-song 2021 EP, Final Home online now!
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