Who Made the Sunshine

Who Made the Sunshine
Studio album by Westside Gunn
Released	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Recorded	2020
Genre	Hip hop
Length	40:03
Label	Griselda Shady Interscope
Producer	Westside Gunn (exec.) The Alchemist Daringer Beat Butcha Conductor Williams Just Blaze
Westside Gunn chronology
Flygod is an Awesome God 2 (2020) Who Made the Sunshine (2020) Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf (2021)

Who Made the Sunshine (stylised in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American rapper Westside Gunn. When it was originally scheduled to be released on August 28, 2020, it was postponed following the death of Griselda Records collaborator DJ Shay from COVID-19. It was finally released on October 2, 2020, through Griselda, Shady, and Interscope.

Production was primarily handled by Beat Butcha and Daringer, except for four tracks which were produced by The Alchemist, Conductor Williams and Just Blaze. It features appearances from Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Slick Rick, Black Thought, Boldy James, Busta Rhymes, Smoke DZA, Jadakiss, El Camino, Armani Caesar, Estee Nack, Flee Lord, Keisha Plum, and Stove God Cooks. The album has yet to be released on physical media.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Beats Per Minute	77%
Clash	7/10
Consequence of Sound	B
HipHopDX	4/5
Pitchfork	6.7/10

Who Made the Sunshine was met with generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76 based on five reviews.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Sunshine Intro" (featuring AA Rashid)	Alvin Worthy Ahmad Abdullah Rashid Thomas Paladino Eliot Dubock	Daringer Beat Butcha	2:25
2.	"The Butcher and The Blade" (featuring Benny the Butcher and Conway the Machine)	Worthy Jeremie Pennick Demond Price Paladino Dubock	Daringer Beat Butcha	3:59
3.	"Ishkabibble's" (featuring Black Thought)	Worthy Tariq Trotter Paladino Dubock	Daringer Beat Butcha	2:54
4.	"All Praises" (featuring Boldy James and Jadakiss)	Worthy James Jones III Jason Phillips Daniel Maman	The Alchemist	3:26
5.	"Big Basha's"	Worthy Paladino Dubock	Daringer Beat Butcha	1:41
6.	"Liz Loves Luger" (featuring Armani Caesar)	Worthy Joclynn Clyburn Maman	The Alchemist	3:21
7.	"Ocean Prime" (featuring Slick Rick and Busta Rhymes)	Worthy Ricky M.L. Walters Trevor Smith, Jr. Paladino Dubock	Daringer Beat Butcha	2:37
8.	"Lessie" (featuring Keisha Plum)	Worthy Paladino Dubock Amber Croskey	Daringer Beat Butcha	3:28
9.	"Frank Murphy" (featuring Stove God Cook$, Estee Nack, Flee Lord, El Camino, and Smoke DZA)	Worthy David Cordova Alex Rosario Demetrius Jackson, Jr. Sean Pompey Denzel Williams Aaron Scott	Conductor Williams	8:11
10.	"Good Night" (featuring Slick Rick)	Worthy Walters Paladino Dubock	Daringer Beat Butcha	3:55
11.	"98 Sabres" (featuring Armani Caesar, Conway the Machine and Benny the Butcher)	Worthy Clyburn Price Pennick Justin Smith	Just Blaze	4:06
Total length:				40:03

Personnel

• Westside Gunn - vocals (all tracks)
• Conway the Machine - vocals (tracks 2, 11)
• Benny the Butcher - vocals (tracks 2, 11)
• The Alchemist - production (tracks 4, 6)
• Just Blaze - production (track 11)
• Armani Caesar - vocals (tracks 6, 11)
• Keisha Plum - vocals (track 8)
• Jadakiss - vocals (track 4)
• A.A. Rashid - vocals (track 1)
• Estee Nack - vocals (track 9)
• Stove God Cooks - vocals (track 9)
• Smoke DZA - vocals (track 9)
• Black Thought - vocals (track 3)
• Boldy James - vocals (track 4)
• Flee Lord - vocals (track 9)
• El Camino - vocals (track 9)
• Slick Rick - vocals (tracks 7, 10)
• Busta Rhymes - vocals (track 7)
• Young Guru – mixing, mastering
• Daringer - production (all tracks)
• Beat Butcha - additional production (all tracks)
• Brandon Burton – recording
• Víctor Hugo Orozco – art direction

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
US Current Album Sales (Billboard)	64