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Pusha T - My Name Is My Name |OT| G.O.O.D Music is putting out G.O.O.D Music!

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Cudder

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I thought I could get the album stream without signing into Myspace, fuck if I'm going to go through that trouble. Listening to the sing links in the OP and I'm liking it. King Push is so good.
 
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kamspy

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They were smart to make half the beats Clipse-ish.

Liking it more than I thought. Good 3.5 mic, maybe 4 after more listens.

I think Push even went back to his Clipse flow on a few joints. Glad to hear the mix.
 
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Rastafarian42

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Man this album is my fucking shit needed that hard rap shit in my mainstream Hip-Hop. The only song that's lacking for me is Sweet Serenade and it's a very decent single.
 
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Syph Medwes

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Wait so is wikipedia fucking with me or is the beat on King Push really from Metallica's Lars Ulrich's son?

" On October 3, 2013, during an interview with Rap-Up, Pusha T revealed that it was actually the son of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich who produced the song, saying "Joaquin Phoenix gave the beat to ‘Ye, so when I got the beat from ‘Ye, it was, ‘Yo, Joaquin gave me this beat. So me, I’m just like, ‘OK, I know Joaquin’s into music and you know the whole thing,’ so I’m like, ‘Oh, damn.’ I believe it is the son of Lars Ulrich from Metallica. I hope I’m not wrong this time. It was mistaken because it came from Joaquin."[64]"
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DietRob

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i've been begging for over 5 years.
Going through my first listen now. I'm liking most of the album. Production is off the charts.

edit: 40 acres is growing on me.

edit 2: "Go figure mu fucka every verse is a brick."
 
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Linkhero1

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First time I've listened to Pusha T. Really digging Nostalgia. I'm really considering getting this album. Going to listen to a few more of his songs first.
 
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solarus

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Man this is kinda just dropping silently, coming out in 2 days and there doesn't seem to be that much excitement. This thread is not buzzing like you'd think this close to release lol.
 
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liger05

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Why do a solo album and have so many features. Not heard it yet but looking at the track listing way too many!!!

2 chains lol
 
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enzo_gt

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solarus said:
Man this is kinda just dropping silently, coming out in 2 days and there doesn't seem to be that much excitement. This thread is not buzzing like you'd think this close to release lol.
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Well, online at least, he's been overshadowed by Danny Brown (which feels like the better release for me, but I'm still listening to MNIMN MUCH more so maybe not).

Most of GAF-Hop also doesn't care for Push. I think this album would change people's minds from the sort of typical associations people have about him, then again his solo music/content has always been pretty different from his feature presence.

For lack of better words, Push put out a hip-hop album for hip-hop heads. Even the more poppy records don't sound like single bait. It's just an album full of "album cuts" that still manages to have standouts (Hold On, Nosetalgia for me). He's got a unique sound backed by great production, a variety of content under a unifying concept, and the obvious A class lyrical ability he brings to every track.

I think it would gain from (in order of priority/severity)
1) Removing the struggle Big Sean verse
2) Removing Who I Am altogether
3) Removing the Kelly Rowland joint as well, maybe replacing that and Who I Am with Blocka and Revolution, and reorganizing the tracks. If those two songs were on there instead I'd say it might even be AotY contender.

Revolution is sort of a tough fit in terms of sequencing though.

EDIT: YESSSSSS Pusha T on Juan Epstein.
 
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Grover Cleveland

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This album is tough. Push came thru

I still need to give Old a full play-through to see how that one stacks up, but I enjoy MNIMN easily more than NWTS right now.

Except for Who I Am. Too much struggle on one track
 
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XANDER CAGE

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Woah, dead thread. Was expecting a little more buzz.

I really like the album. My hip hop rotation for this year is insane - I think I'm about to ruin my car's speakers with all the bass I'm pushing through them recently. Old, Yeezus, MNIMN, Run the Jewels...

Anyway, MNIMN. This album is at its best when it's at its most menacing (King Push, Numbers on the Boards, Suicide, Nosetalgia, etc). It occasionally sounds like an even more threatening Clipse album - which is good, because as much as I love Clipse, the production on their last few albums isn't really my favorite. These dark, punishing beats are a much better fit for Pusha's growl than any of the goofy trap and club beats on Fear of God. His lyrics are great here, too. Sure, the subject matter is pretty narrow, but I'm finding there are at least two or three great quotable threats/punchlines per song. Pusha's a master of a very specific realm of wordplay.

The features are pretty good too. I love a good Rick Ross verse, although it's pretty funny that he appears on an album so dedicated to blasting studio gangsters. Kanye's auto-croon is a little disappointing, I wish he would have just dropped a verse. Kendrick's verse on Nosetalgia is the hypest thing ever.

I'd love an instrumental version of this album, too. So many great beats. I wonder if this darker soul-sampling sound is what we can expect from the next Kanye album, given that he produced some of the best beats on MNIMN.

Overall I don't think it's as much of an achievement as, say, Old, but it's shorter, more accessible, and more fun, so it'll probably get more play from me in the car and whatnot.
 
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