100% all of this. Yeah the only time I’d really want to listen to WSG with headphones would be to listen to the production intricacies since I’m a beat nerd.
He definitely works better as car music or music in the house.
I’m a little surprised you enjoyed it as much as you did if that’s your first exposure to him. He’s kind of an acquired taste
and I have to be in a certain mood to listen to him, but he definitely makes the most of his skills.
Since Evidence is in your avatar I actually think they are similar in that they’re good executive producers. Ev is one of my favorite emcees and I think he’s criminally underrated as a solo artist. But Ev is open about knowing what his weaknesses are and downplaying then while accentuating his strengths. WSG does the same. They both pick excellent production, use a perfect amount of features, sequence track orders very well, etc. WSG might not make beats like Ev does but I still kind of think of him as a “producer-rapper.”
And to answer your question I like Blientele a lot. I don’t like it as much as I like his first official album (Flygod) but it’s a great follow up
Oh and Griselda’s in-house producer Daringer is contributing to Ev’s next album.