Ruff Buff This Week in WNY Music: Benny's Sabres Gear, YNX, Che Noir and More
Benny's Sabres tease turned into a joint Hometown Remix post, YNX dropped his second project in a week, and Westside Gunn opened HEELMATIC preorders.
Here's what moved in Western New York music from November 2 to November 8.
The news
Benny The Butcher's Sabres tease paid off. On Monday, November 2, he and the Buffalo Sabres shared a joint post with Benny in the team's new Hometown Remix jersey and cap. “Hometown Remix jersey and caps just dropped! Too fire!” he wrote. The same day, he and Smoke DZA ran it back on “Statue of Limitation,” a new song on the “We Outside” EP, seven years after their joint project “Statue of Limitations.”
YNX dropped “Once a Man Twice a Child,” seven tracks out November 6 under Y.N.X. 716, exactly one week after “Fever X.” Aaqil Ali and Edreys are on the features.
Westside Gunn opened “HEELMATIC” preorders on vinyl, CD and tape on November 5. He calls it one of his last solo albums ever.
Che Noir had two moves. She took Missy's “Rain” beat for a Justin Credible freestyle as Bandcamp Daily named “It Takes A Village” to its best hip-hop list for October, then showed up with Lukah on “Lawn Service,” track five on Real Bad Man's “On High Alert Vol 5.”
Conway The Machine is on Sheek Louch's “Coke On Loose Leaf” with Jadakiss, from “Gorillaween, Vol. 8,” out November 1.
2Row had two Buffalo links in two days. “Warstate of Mind” came out November 2 on a Camoflauge Monk beat, and “Word Is Bond” followed November 3 with MINO, credited as Elcamino, as the only feature.
Shogun Wiz is the guest on Hotter's “Calories,” video out November 5. Cliff4rd and Sax stepped in front of the camera for the “Behind The Mask” video. Sammy Capo dropped “Final Notice,” his sixth video since June, all shot by UncutEye.
Kane Wave set “Live Like Its No Tomorrow” for November 13, and Honey Clipz posted her Scream Szn recap with her debut mixtape “Now That's Hot” on streaming.
Who to know
- Baddie Bryy: credited on “Evil Twin” from “Saints in Chaos,” then a run of Shorts in September.
- Jae Skeese: the Drumwork MC's latest single is “Building Brick By Brick” with coreysealy.
- Chuckie Campbell: All WNY Music Awards winner with Talib Kweli and Ras Kass on his records and a live band behind him.
- LS187: singer and music engineer with “En Las Noches Frias,” a 7-track project with Struggle Mike featuring GG.Fumez and Lvdn Legacy.
Around the family
Struggle Mike and The Struggle Compound put out a Struggle Cartel apparel drop, hoodies and sweats in royal blue and Cartel red. And here's what you can book at The Struggle Compound on Seneca Street: studio recording, music videos and Mic'd Up, and podcast recording and filming.
Throwback
On July 18 at the Showplace Theater, GG.Fumez opened for Amarion in Buffalo.
Coming up
- Wednesday, November 11: Benny The Butcher's tour starts in Charleston, SC.
- Friday, November 13: Westside Gunn's “HEELMATIC,” Benny The Butcher's “A Friend of Ours 2” and Kane Wave's “Live Like Its No Tomorrow.”
- Friday, November 20: Conway The Machine's “OTIS.”
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Photo: @getbenny and @buffalosabres on Instagram. Inset: “HEELMATIC” cover art.
En español
Esta semana conocimos a LS187, artista, cantante e ingeniero de música con NoFearRecords. Su proyecto más reciente es “En Las Noches Frias” con Struggle Mike, que salió el 25 de septiembre con LMG/Struggle Cartel: 7 canciones, desde “Dime Tu” hasta “Contigo” con GG.Fumez, con Lvdn Legacy como invitado en “Te Pienso.”
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