For my next album review I’m going to be doing a more recent album. This artist is a well known artist among those who follow the rap game, but not well known but those outside of it. This artist is Pusha-T. Pusha-T’s been heavily involved in the rap game and is someone who is for the most part considered a veteran.
While not really having any major hits or albums, Pusha-T is well respected in the rap community. He’s mostly known for rapping about his street credit, and his former life as a major cocaine dealer. But, that’s not the case on his most recent album, “Daytona.” “Daytona” was released in May of 2018, under Kanye West’s record label of G.O.O.D. Music. This album reached as far as number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It received a nomination for “Best Rap Album” at the 61st annual Grammy’s Award.
One of the reasons that this album was critically acclaimed was the different approach that Pusha-T took on this album. He raps about being a married man now and not being the same person that he once was. He reflects on his previous life of running the streets and dealing cocaine, and how far he’s come from that.
Another reason this album was so successful was because of the approach he takes on the current state of rap. Pusha-T quotes multiple lines from Jay-Z talking about rap has fallen off and isn’t as “hard” as it once was. Pusha-T calls out rapper/ hip-hop artist Drake for paying other people to write his songs for him and how he takes credit for it. This ultimately leads to beef between the two rappers, where Pusha would later release a song revealing that Drake had a child out of wedlock and was hiding him so it wouldn’t diminish his reputation.
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