![]() ![]() Though these certainly aren’t nursery rhymes. Seuss” would have to be an acknowledgment of the particular poetry of his coke raps. Reminiscent of a line from his verse on “ So Appalled” (“Still move a bird like I’m in bed with mother goose”), the rapper doubles down on the imagery of bricks as birds, except this time extending it by comparing himself to the chairman of chicken manufacturer Perdue Farms. Here is when Push kicks his wordplay into high gear. “If kilograms is the proof/ I done sold a golden goose/ I got ’em baby, I’m Jim Perdue/ Cocaine’s Dr. ![]() “Brambleton” follows a sordid history between Push and Gonzalez that involves police cooperation, street politics gone sideways, and a previous diss called “ S.N.I.T.C.H.” The above chorus offers a snapshot of what their relationship once was as two local hustlers. ![]() The song itself takes aim at former Clipse manager Anthony “Geezy” Gonzalez, who recently had much to say about the rap duo during a tell-all interview with VladTV. The first track on It’s Almost Dry is named after a street in Norfolk, Va. Right out the gate, Push opens the album with a measure of authenticity. “Why would I want to hold you down?/ When I know you, now the past is your go-to now, sh*t/ We really used to roll around/ Coppin’ quarter-pounds from the border towns” Peep the best brick talk on each track of the album below. He’s right up there with reformed hustlers like Jeezy, who made moving bricks sound aspirational enough to motivate listeners chasing more legitimate dreams in life, and Jay-Z, who transcended the image of coke rap altogether on his way to becoming a billionaire.Īs Pusha T rounds out his second decade in the game, just a few months shy of the 20th anniversary of Lord Willin’, the wordplay on It’s Almost Dry feels like an indication that he might have 20 more years left in him. It’s these traits that place Pusha T among the most revered coke rappers in history. But what they all have in common is sincerity and believability. Some of these lyrics are boastful and subtly funny, while others are poignant and deeply serious. Music CEO’s fourth solo album is on the way, courtesy of VIBE’s Hip-Hop Reporter Preezy Brown, we picked out the best coke bars on It’s Almost Dry to set the tone for those already aware of what to expect.Īcross the album’s 12 tracks, there’s a reference to selling cocaine on every single song. And, as one can imagine, he likes doing business, and being on time.Like King Push himself, we know what Hip-Hop heads look forward to most on every Pusha T album: The best drug dealer raps this side of Marcy Projects. As the president of Kanye West’s GOOD Music label, Pusha has also helped shape rap on an industry level, following an artist/executive path more common as the years wind on. Me Too,” the Birdman track “What Happened to That Boy.” His trademark ad-lib was “YUUGH,” an expression that not only captured disgust, but the abject quality of his stories: To keep it inside would’ve made him sick. Even had he not gone on to a solo career (2018’s DAYTONA being a standout), Clipse-in particular their work with the production team The Neptunes-would’ve secured his legacy: “Grindin’,” “Mr. ![]() That you could never tell whether he enjoyed what he did compounded the appeal: With Pusha, the hustle was an end in itself.īorn Terrence Thornton in 1977, he grew up in Virginia Beach, forming Clipse with his brother Malice (later No Malice) in their teens. I don’t know why it’s like that, but I can’t even think if there’s a crease in my paper.” Both as a solo artist and member of the brother duo Clipse, Pusha brings a surgical precision to street rap, leveling stories of drugs and violence with a ruthless lucidity that made him one of the most respected, and morally complicated, rappers of the 2000s and beyond. Like, not just in the rhythmic or syllabic sense, but in how the words look on the page: each letter the same size, everything lined up, nothing outside the lines. In a 2017 episode of the Apple Music radio show OTHERtone, Pusha T and Pharrell joked about how compulsively neat Pusha T’s raps are. ![]()
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