Conway The Machine Drops Surprise Mixtape ‘I Heard You Paint Houses’

Conway has just shaken the hip-hop landscape with the surprise release of his latest project, I Heard You Paint Houses. The 16-track double-disc effort arrived without prior warning, accompanied only by a cryptic message from the artist via Instagram: “I haven’t raised enough hell yet.”

The announcement was punctuated by a social media clip featuring Conway rapping over the iconic Clipse and Kendrick Lamar instrumental for “Chains & Whips,” which received a fresh remix treatment from DJ Whoo Kid. The energy surrounding the release suggests that the Buffalo lyricist is operating at a high level of intensity.

“Now the machine about to drop the holy grail next,” Conway declared over the classic production, hinting that this mixtape is merely a precursor to even larger ambitions. Whether this implies a follow-up project is already in the works remains to be seen, but for now, fans have a substantial new collection to digest.

You can listen to the full 16-track project below: