Songs like “Mobbin” and “Ain’t Hit Nobody” are standard fare, steely-eyed accounts of drive-bys and gold chains anchored by cold and unforgiving loops.
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It’s a showcase for the group (with the exception of a notably absent Conway) and a handful of Benny’s Black Soprano Family affiliates, with special guests and audio clips from the movie sprinkled throughout. Naturally, the soundtrack lives and dies by the new-era boom-bap Griselda has made their name on since the mid-2010s. Even with its hometown love on its sleeve (the film is dedicated to DJ Shay, who died from COVID-19 complications last year), the film’s accompanying soundtrack, Griselda & BSF: Conflicted (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), does much of the atmospheric heavy lifting. Conflicted, the debut feature from the newly formed Griselda Films, is no Paid in Full, but its portrayal of life on and off the streets of Buffalo is earnest and heartfelt, the kind of DIY project you’d proudly buy in an unmarked case for around $10 from the corner-store bootleg rack.
It’s no surprise, then, to see them extend their brand of gutter rap to the world of movies, like Roc-A-Fella and No Limit Records before them. The Buffalo collective’s six active members-nominal leader Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher, Armani Caesar, and latest signees Boldy James and YN Billy-released a combined seven projects in 2020 and have also exerted their influence in the worlds of fashion, sports, and wrestling. Griselda Records has earned a reputation for flooding every market they touch.