In many ways, Pusha T's lastest release My Name is My Name is the polar opposite to the Drake release. Where Drake favors the intimate and the sad, Pusha favors the the malicious and the ferocious. MNIMN, however, is one of the few rap records this year that matches the emotional output of NWTS, albeit in different manifestations.
Pusha is endlessly entertaining not only because he is so technically sound and the epitome gangster rapper, but also because he is able to convey such emotional depth in his street tales. The backdrop of the drug game is used just as a foundation. To call MNIMN coke-rap is like calling Breaking Bad a show about science--it simply doesn't do justice to the epic scale and attention to detail.
Along with some of the best punch lines of his career, MNIMN shows that Pusha can lay his signature style over a variety of beats. Rhythms like that of 40 Acres are rarely what come to mind when you think of the gritty MC, but he handles it wonderfully.
More than anything, I am impressed that he can still think of different punchlines about cocaine. How does one man not run out of coke punchlines? I wouldn't be surprised if he has a guy in his entourage who just throws out random topics so that Pusha can think of punchlines relating to them.
Pusha: Give me a topic
Entourage guy: The Nazis
Pusha: We got it from the heights/but we wanted it purer/ blonde haired blue eyes like the furher !!
Entrourage guy: Cool. Can we go to the club now?
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