Tchoutchou Posté(e) 26 octobre 2011 Share Posté(e) 26 octobre 2011 Le premier album de Pusha T sort enfin le 8 novembre ! Voici une preview de Rap-Up.com: 1. “Changing of the Guards” feat. DiddyProduced by Rico Beats It’s telling that the album’s first line, spoken by Diddy, is, “Heavy is the head that wears the crown,” as Pusha T abandons his storied coke rap (temporarily) for chest-puffing braggadocio and “King of the World” rhymes. In this opening salvo produced by Rico Beats, Pusha gets the clever punchlines in (“Wish I could jailbreak my team like an iPhone”), but mainly displays a newfound lyrical confidence over the synth-driven, anthemic beat. Like Watch the Throne‘s “Who Gon Stop Me” and “Ni**as in Paris,” it wouldn’t take much to remix this one into a club-friendly dance track. 2. “Amen” feat. Kanye West and Young Jeezy Produced by Shawty Redd Don’t let the title fool you: Pusha hasn’t exactly run to God, but, with assists from Kanye West and Young Jeezy, reconciles “tryna get saved” with “time to get paid.” Shawty Redd cooks up martial drums and ominous synths to anchor this brooding, dark track highlighted by its guest stars. Expect hand-wringing from the usual suspects over Yeezy’s line, “In Egypt, they fighting for freedom/ Cop pull you over no reason, beat him.” 3. “Trouble on My Mind” feat. Tyler, the Creator Produced by The Neptunes Pusha fans have probably been playing this one, the album’s lead single, since it was released earlier this summer. Longtime collaborators The Neptunes deliver another dark synth track, pairing the rapper with Tyler, the Creator. It’s a risky juxtaposition on paper, but Tyler’s insouciant flow rides perfectly over the beat. Odd Future lovers will be quoting Tyler’s line, “I’m a problem/ ‘Cause I wanna fuck the world but not a fan of using condoms,” but Pusha steals it with his career-summing couplet: “Who else could put the hipsters with felons and thugs/ And paint a perfect picture of what sellin’ it does?” 4. “What Dreams Are Made Of” Produced by The VIPs For those who remember old-school wrestling, Ric Flair’s speech, sampled over an air horn and melodramatic faux-strings, is the best track opening of the year. (“I’m having a hard time holding these alligators down!” is destined to be the new hip-hop catchphrase.) Pusha’s first solo track is defined more by The VIPs’ street orchestral instrumental than any poignant lyricism, which includes the unfortunate lines, “Nothing match the feeling of pulling up in that new toy/ And it ain’t even half of my safe, tucked like a Jew boy.” Watch the original Flair speech . 5. “Body Work” feat. Juicy J, Meek Mill, and French Montana Produced by Rico Beats The album’s most stylistically diverse track, “Body Work” features appearances by Three 6 Mafia’s Juicy J, Maybach Music Group signee Meek Mill, and rapper-singer FrenchMontana. Rico Beats builds his synths like horn blasts, constructing one of the grimiest tracks on the album. Still, Juicy J’s the real hero here. 6. “Everything That Glitters” feat. French Montana Produced by A-Traxx French Montana comes through again, handling the hook on the album’s slowest, most plaintive track. Producer A-Traxx melds cold, martial drums with shimmering pianos and mournful, pathos-inducing strings, while Pusha reminisces about the trap game. The song can also be heard on DJ Drama’s recently released Third Power. 7. “So Obvious” Produced by Bangladesh “Take a glimpse through my life as I walk through it/ Powder everywhere like I drug the chalk through it,” Pusha rhymes on this Bangladesh-produced track. Vocally, Pusha is at his most confident, over-enunciating select words to convey seriousness and authority. Bangladesh doubles as hypeman, opening and closing the track like an amped up Diddy in ’96. 8. “Feeling Myself” feat. Kevin Cossom Produced by Tha Bizness The only R&B-centered track on the album, singer-songwriter Kevin Cossom supplies the supple hook and is smart enough to add the necessary, if outdated, “pause” ahead of the double-entendre title. Minor points off to Pusha for making a “Deal or No Deal” reference, but Tha Bizness’s smooth, yet propulsive and head-nodding beat wouldn’t have been out of place on a Clipse album. But seriously guys, “pause” is over. Stop. 9. “Raid” feat. 50 Cent and Pharrell Produced by The Neptunes The Neptunes flip a piano loop and chopped, soulful vocals into one of the album’s best and most energetic tracks. Pharrell handles hook duties, while 50 Cent sounds reinvigorated over the kinetic beat. Pusha shows the clever wordplay that make him a perennial favorite, with lines like, “Every time a ni**a wanna try to turn a prophet/ Folks rush in/ Three letters try to stop it/ FBIR/ SDEA/ One letter short but still motherf**k the DA.” It sounds better than it looks. 10. “My God” Produced by Hit-Boy and Deezy Military marching drums and swampy, electric guitars anchor this Hit Boy-produced track, which sounds more like a revelatory call to arms than simple musical bed. Pusha’s not breaking any new thematic ground here, but lines like, “Make a small town feel I threw a blizzard at it/ Get the green from the scale like a lizard had it,” redeem the well-worn terrain. 11. “I Still Wanna” feat. Rick Ross and Ab Liva Produced by Lee Major “You know what fame is?/ Sittin’ with the woman of your dreams and forgettin’ what her name is,” rhymes Pusha, appropriating the flow of G.O.O.D. Music head Kanye by over-enunciating the end of the sentence. Lee Major cooks up a scary, menacing beat that could double as a remix of The Exorcist theme, while guests Rick Ross and Re-Up Gang member Ab Liva turn in spirited verses. 12. “Alone In Vegas” Produced by Nottz A minimalist Nottz beat with twinkling piano ends the album on a mournful, melancholic note. Pusha extends the mostdepressing title of the year to his flow, eschewing his usual reserves of energy for a more laidback, monotone style highlighting the rapper’s ambivalence to being a “self-righteous drug dealer dichotomy.” 1 Lien vers le commentaire
Pyong Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 Share Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 T'es sur que c'est son album ? C'est pas sa mixtape ? Lien vers le commentaire
Tchoutchou Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 Auteur Share Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 T'es sur que c'est son album ? C'est pas sa mixtape ? Non la mixtape c'était Fear of God: Lien vers le commentaire
Hypnotize Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 Share Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 J'avais adoré Trouble On My Mind (j'adore toujours d'ailleurs), Amen est très bon aussi. L'album promet, j'adore le style de Pusha T, raffraichissant. Avec John West aussi. Lien vers le commentaire
DizzyDem' Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 Share Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 On connait presque toute les tracks depuis longtemps, lol... Lien vers le commentaire
Hypnotize Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 Share Posté(e) 27 octobre 2011 Raid est sortie y'a 2 ans presque, un truc comme ça. Les tracks 8,10,11,12 + Amen + Trouble On My Mind. Ca fait quand même 7 titres sur 12 déjà connus, c'est vrai que c'est beaucoup. Lien vers le commentaire
Pyong Posté(e) 28 octobre 2011 Share Posté(e) 28 octobre 2011 On dirait une version Deluxe de Fear Of God, j'espere qu'après Pusha on aura le droit au premier album de CyHi. Lien vers le commentaire
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