Westside Gunn Announces New Album Heelmatic

Skip to main contentNewsletterNewsReviewsBest New MusicFeaturesListsColumnsVideoLead single “Zilla” features rapping on a camel in front of the Great PyramidCourtesy of Las Vegas ApparelWrestling fanatic/Buffalo ad-lib king Westside Gunn is back with a new album called, naturally, Heelmatic. It arrives with a video of lead single “Zilla,” which was shot on location in Egypt. The clip technically premiered on Instagram back in August, but we’re showcasing it here since it just hit YouTube. Behold as Gunn rides a camel in Cairo then in front of the Great Pyramid while he raps about Oakleys, Glocks, and “choppin' bricks karate type.”“ALBUM OTW AND ITS ALL GRIMEY, DUSTY, SOULFUL, JAZZ INSPIRED mixed with FLYEST SHIT U EVER HEARD IN YA LIFE,” he wrote in a post teasing the album this summer. Heelmatic is out November 13 on Griselda Records/Mass Appeal.Westside Gunn will be heading overseas shortly after the album’s release, for his Heel the World Tour 2: “Still Healing” trek. Those dates, across the UK and Europe, can be found below, along with the Heelmatic tracklist and album artwork. Gunn’s last full-length releases were a trio of 2025 mixtapes: 12, Heels Have Eyes 2, and Heels Have Eyes 3.Heelmatic:01 Grant Heel02 Blowdysseus03 Zilla04 Koke Slam05 Sock A Knee06 Don Pistola07 Martin 4sese08 Tommy Heelfiger09 Hurt + Heel10 Price Choppers11 Egyptian Cadillac12 Bottom Bunk Legends13 Bavettes14 Giant Leather15 The Bastard Pac16 Upstate FarmWestside Gunn:01-30 Brussels, Belgium – La Madeleine02-02 Bristol, United Kingdom – O2 Academy Bristol02-03 Birmingham, United Kingdom – O2 Institute Birmingham02-05 Glasgow, United Kingdom – SWG302-08 Dublin, Ireland – Vicar St.02-09 Zurich, Switzerland – X-TRA02-10 Munich, Germany – Backstage München02-11 Stuttgart, Germany – LKA Longhorn02-14 Frankfurt, Germany – Batschkapp02-15 Leipzig, Germany – Felsenkeller02-16 Hamburg, Germany – Große Freiheit 3602-18 Warsaw, Poland – Klub Progresja02-19 Stockholm, Sweden – Fryshuset02-21 Copenhagen, Denmark – VEGAAlex Suskind has overseen music coverage for New York magazine’s Vulture and, before that, Entertainment Weekly. He has written about TV, film, technology, politics, and tons of other stuff for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, and The Fader. ... Read More