The grand culmination of the rap star’s decade-long run

With an album title like The Last Wun, speculation is bound to fly about Gunna’s future with—or without—his long-time label home YSL Records. Perpetuating his penchant for portraiture, the Cubist cover art conspicuously obscures his face even more so than on 2024’s One of Wun and further adds to the mysteriousness of these proceedings. Still, considering the repeated successes he’s enjoyed over the past decade, both solo and with hitmakers like Drake and Lil Baby, this sprawling set makes for an impressive send-off, one indicative of his commitment to quality.

Victory laps don’t always yield the best results, but The Last Wun stands apart, staying consistently interesting throughout its more than two dozen songs. “pushin P” fans don’t have to wait long for new meme-ready moments like “let that sink in” and “just say dat”, though later cuts like the defiant “cfwm” and “him all along” are well worth sticking around for. His moneyed, jet-setting lifestyle matches a perpetual grindset mentality, evident on “showed em” and “on me”. Still, he remains a hedonist at heart, feeling faded yet tenacious on “again” and similarly invested in his pleasure on “gp”.

Repeat Gunna collaborator Offset once again proves a worthy foil on “at my purest”, while Nechie adds some much-appreciated plug talk on “i can’t feel my face”. But as Gunna clearly looks towards the next stages of his career, his international tastes begin to intentionally solidify through some of his other feature choices. No fewer than three Nigerian stars make appearances here, with Burna Boy’s silky-smooth one on the explicitly salacious “wgft” contrasting with Wizkid’s romantic contribution to the subtler “forever be mine” and Asake’s more melodic placement on the luxe “satisfaction”.