My Name Is My Name is a debut studio album by American rapper Pusha T. The album was released on October 8, 2013, by GOOD Music and Def Clock Recordings. On the eve of the album's announcement, Pusha T released the Fear of God and EP Fear of God II: Let's Pray mix in 2011, together with a collaboration on GOOD Album music compilation Cruel Summer (released in 2012). In 2013, he also released another mixtape Wrath of Caine . The production of this album was handled mainly by Kanye West, along with several producers, including Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, Hudson Mohawke, Sebastian Sartor, Don Cannon, Swizz Beatz, Rico Beats, Mano and Nottz, It also featured guest appearances from Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Future, Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown and Kendrick Lamar, among others.
The album was greeted with universal praise from music critics and is positioned very high on many of the "Album Best 2013" lists by major publications. The album also fared well commercially debuted at number 4 on US Billboard 200, selling 74,000 copies in its first week of release. On July 8, 2017, the album has sold 182,000 copies in the United States. The album was promoted by five singles: "Pain" featuring Future, "Numbers on the Boards", "Sweet Serenade" featuring Chris Brown, "Let Me Love You" featuring Kelly Rowland, and "Nosetalgia" featuring Kendrick Lamar, with the promotional single "Who I Am" featuring 2 Chainz and Big Sean.
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After building his solo career, while signing a deal for GOOD Music in September 2010, Pusha T released his first solo project, a mixtape, titled Fear of God (2011). After releasing his mixtape, he released his first long drama, a sequel to the mixtape song, titled Fear of God II: Let Us Pray (2011). After the release of his EP, Pusha T started working on his debut album, and at that time has included the production of Kanye West, The Neptunes, Bangladesh, Ryan Leslie and Alex da Kid. After continuing to work on his first full-length album, which was originally to be released in 2012, it was pushed back for participation in GOOD Music's first Cruel Summer (2012) compilation album.
In July 2012, Pusha T told MTV that while he was compiling his solo album, he was strongly influenced by Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino's 1997 The Devil's Advocate. "The album is based on the movie 'Devil's Advocate', which is not a theme at all, but only in the feel of the album. 'Devil's Advocate' is a very dark movie, but at the same time, visually, it's beautiful. I'm talking about the harsh reality of street life but there are lots of glamor and glamor that come along with it.If you only look at the face value, you might think, 'Sounds a bit like he's glorifying [street life]', but when you set it into the recording, you realize that you get both sides of it. "
In 2012, in an interview, Pusha T talked about the inspiration behind the album title. "Basically, I'm trying to pick a title that manifests who I am as an artist.I want people to understand like Pusha is everything I'm really right in. Actually, there's a line in 'Pain' where I say" My name is my name, "the line came from Marlo Stanfield of The Wire series." It was one of the most prominent catch phrases that he said at the end of the series He basically said, I am who I am, I am standing on my behalf, I'm running this.I really feel my presence in the rap game. "Pusha T announced a new title from his album in November 2012, along with Spin reporting that his album has been pushed back until 2013. On March 19, 2013 Pusha T said that the album will include 13 songs and that he has completed 11 of the songs.
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Recording and production
On April 13, 2013, during the Festive Music and Martial Arts Festival in 2013, Pusha T announced that he will go to Paris this weekend, just to put the finishing touches on the album, after which he will announce the release date. As of June 2013, Pusha T has arranged to submit the album to Def Jam to master, however, Kanye West presents Pusha with a few additional taps. This resulted in Pusha returning to the studio to continue recording. In the early stages of the recording process, he began working on an album with Kanye West, Symbolyc One, The Neptunes, Bangladesh, and Ryan Leslie. Since then, he has confirmed that he works with The-Dream, Just Blaze, No ID, Nottz, Don Cannon, Nashiem Myrick, Carlos Brody (from The Hommy), DJ Mano, Swizz Beatz, Rico Beats, Travi $ Scott, Hudson Mohawke, Young Chop, and Sham, among others on album production. On August 4, 2013 he announced that the song he wanted to be an intro album was produced by Joaquin Phoenix. On August 22, 2013, Pusha T appeared on MTV's RapFix and told Sway Calloway that most of the album's production will be handled by Kanye West, while confirming production by Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, The-Dream, Nottz, and Don Cannon to be featured on the album.
Pusha T has announced ahead of the album that guest appearances include from Rick Ross, Kanye West, The-Dream, Future, Young Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Chris Brown, Kendrick Lamar, and The Re-Up Gang. He also said he wanted to get some cleaner. In early January, Pusha stated that fellow Clipse member No Malice could appear on the album, however, in July, he confirmed that Malice would not be featured on the album. He also said his dream collaboration for this album will be with Jay-Z. On August 22, 2013, appearances on MTV's RapFix he confirmed that the additional guest appearance, which has not been revealed will come from Ab-Liva, Kelly Rowland, and Pharrell.
Release and promotion
While performing in Vancouver, Canada, it was reported that Pusha T announced that he would be releasing, for promotional purposes, a mixtape, titled Wrath of Caine by the end of 2012. However, it should be pushed back to 2013. Pusha T described the tape as street-oriented music aimed at old fans.
"Wrath of Caine is basically just me catering to my core.This is all about just Hip Hop Street, street music," he said. "It's just something I like to do.This is something I do not think has limits, no parameters.I can do what I really want to do... [my approach to mixtape] is not about more than one creative [decision ], I just think it's more than what I want to hear for myself and what my fans want to hear.They want to hear the lyrics, they want to hear street music...... it's just street life perspective. "
On December 5, 2012, the first song was released from mixtape, "Blocka", which featured guest vocals by Popcaan and GOOD Music's Travi $ Scott. Reggae inspired tracks are produced by Young Chop. The music video was released on December 10, 2012. The second song is, "Millions", featuring guest vocals from fellow rapper Rick Ross. Cover mixtape was revealed on January 15, 2013. The mixtape was released for free download on January 28, 2013. The mixtape also featured guest appearances from French Montana, Wale, Kevin Gates, Troy Ave and Andrea Martin, also including production from Kanye West, Young Chop , Harry Fraud, The Neptunes, Jake One! llmind and B! nk, among others.
The album is included in some "Most Expected Albums 2013" list, including eighth by Complex Magazine and ninth by XXL Magazine . In January 2013, Pusha T announced that the album will be released at the end of the first quarter of 2013. During the red carpet for the 55th Grammy Awards, Pusha announced that the album should be pushed back until May 2013. On April 29, Pusha announced via the Twitter- that the album will be released on July 16, 2013. In July 2013, he insists that the album will be pushed back, and then on August 22, he confirmed that the album will be released on October 8, 2013.
On August 30, 2013, Kanye West unveiled the standard album cover and a simple deluxe edition through its Twitter account. On September 21, 2013, Pusha T released footage for standard edition tracks. On September 27, 2013, Pusha T released a music video for the intro song "King Push". On October 2, 2013, after several days credited as co-producer of "King Push", Joaquin Phoenix denied having helped in producing the song. He said, "Although it is widely reported that Pusha T used my tap and that I produced his song, I can not take any credit.A friend's son plays his music for me, and all I do is make an introduction to Kanye's camp." On 3 Pusha T revealed that it was actually the son of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich who produced the song, saying "Joaquin Phoenix rhythmized for 'Ye, so when I got a knock from' You, that, Yo, Joaquin gave me this knock, so I, I'm like, OK, I know Joaquin into music and you know it all, so I'm like "Oh, shit. I believe it is the son of Lars Ulrich of Metallica. I hope I'm not wrong this time. It's a mistake because it comes from Joaquin. "On October 1, 2013, the album was released for free streaming via MySpace.
Starting April 24, 2013, Pusha T and fellow Rap Jam rapper Fabolous started the Life Is So Exciting Tour in Providence, Rhode Island. This tour features 28 shows and ends on June 1, 2013. This tour is under promotion My Name Is My Name and Fabolous's sixth studio album Loso 2 Road: Rise to Strength . On December 9, 2013, it was revealed that Pusha T would be co-headlining 2 Good 2 Be T.R.U. Tour with 2 Chainz, a North American tour to launch on February 4, 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts and ends on March 24, 2014, in Washington DC. The tour will also feature August Alsina and Cap1 as an opening act.
Singles
On October 9, 2012, Pusha T released "Pain" featuring Future, as the first single from the album. On October 10, 2013, the music video was released for "Pain" featuring Future. The first promotional single released from this album was "Millions" featuring Rick Ross. The song originally appeared in his mixtape Wrath of Caine, but Pusha also released a song for retail sales on January 29, 2013. The music video for "Millions" was released on February 10, 2013. At the 55th Grammy Awards he announced the song would be featured on his album. On March 8, 2013, in an interview with DJ Semtex, Pusha T said that "Millions" will not be featured on the album. In addition, Pusha T confirmed further collaboration with Rick Ross.
On April 29, 2013 Rolling Stone gave the following single "Numbers on the Boards" 4 of 5 stars, stating "The star is a Kanye West beat, blurred enlarged bass with bamboo-like percussion on a broken radiator The result is almost no hip-hop nonsense. "On May 9, 2013, the music video was released for" Numbers on the Boards "featuring a cameo appearance from Kanye West and Chief Keef. The video was taken in Paris. Production tracks Kanye West and Don Cannon were later released as the album's second single the following day.
In March 2013, during Hot 107.9, she announced that her next single was "Who I Am" featuring Kanye West. On June 11th, Pusha T announced that "Who I Am" will be released in two days on June 13, 2013. The final version of the single features 2 Chainz and Big Sean, but Kanye West is still providing the song's production. However, the song did not end with receiving an official retail release, instead of being the second promotional single album.
On August 30, 2013, Pusha T aired the audio to the album's third single, "Sweet Serenade" featuring Chris Brown. After going through Twitter Q & amp; A, it will reveal that the song is produced by Swizz Beatz. It will then be released for retail digital downloads on September 4, 2013. The music video is released for "Sweet Serenade" on October 7, 2013.
On September 16, 2013, Def Jam released a single artwork, and announced that "Nosetalgia" featuring Kendrick Lamar will soon be released. Later on the same day, the song will be aired through the Def Jam website. The song produced by Nottz, featuring both artists who knocked about the experience and effects of their cocaine in their childhood. The next day, it was released to DJ, as the album's third promotional single, and was later released for pre-order with an album on iTunes. On October 3, 2013, the music video was released for "Nosetalgia" featuring Kendrick Lamar. "Nosetalgia" was officially released as a single in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2014, serving as the fifth overall single from the album.
"Let Me Love You" featured guest vocals by Kelly Rowland, impacting on urban contemporary radio on November 12, 2013, as the album's fourth single.
Other songs
The following day, a music video for Rick Ross featuring "Hold On" was released. On January 17, 2014, the music video was released for "Suicide" featuring Ab-Liva.
Critical reception
My Name Is My Name gets wide acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which gives a normalized ranking of 100 to reviews from major critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 27 reviews. Mike Powell of Rolling Stone states, "He's still a clever, quiet, cruel rapper who can tear up street songs like" Nosetalgia "and" Numbers on the Board "while hardly raising his voice in the more commercial context of Kelly Rowland's feature and the fluorescent R & B he can sound like a fish from a very expensive water Pusha's gone, but he's still unclear sometimes. "David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "With Pusha pens with full strength and performance of the right combination of cold and tense, the album is as if Clipse's Hell Hath No Fury is an atom-destroyed into something more artful and unstable. My name is my name is a great and vital solo debut. "Jesse Cataldo, writing for Slant Magazine, said," But despite its pedigree, the album puts too much emphasis on places, place guests and not enough to m embers a distinctive identity for the rapper. Full of lyrical retrograde hesitancy. , apparently contrary to its futuristic background, My Name Is My Name is a reminder that Pusha T has not changed, and its stubborn dependence in maintaining its brand may not be the wisest strategy in hip-shifting current climate -hop. "Jon Hadusek of Consequence of Sound stated," Some poor production choices and uneven sequencing slow down the album, but this shows a real flash. The best songs here are produced by Kanye and Pharrell, and they are concentrated at the beginning and Finally, a handful in the middle of the tracklist is handled by the hosts of the collaborators, not all of them effectively praise Pusha's toughness. Although not a defining statement it could be, My Name Is My Name shows a different side of Pusha T as he becomes a more multidimensional rapper. "
Sunday Jabbari from Exclamation! says, "Mostly My Name Is My Name" Sound wrapped in a minimalist motif wrap that enables cold delivery of Pusha T to flourish, with more abstract drug references from paranoid dealers over phone lines that tapped. "Reed Jackson, writing for XXL , stated," Certain songs, such as the No Regrets "trap home song or the early 2000s that sounded" Let Me Love You, "entertain, but not have the creativity or excitement of other album songs. With MNIMN standing on 12 lean songs, these errors are hard to ignore. Regardless, Pusha T completes many things here, making great notes in the concept but still rooted in the old hip-hop tradition that lyricism is king. "Brandon Soderberg of Spin said," Do not tell King Push, but My Name Is My Name has a strange resemblance to Drake's Nothing Was the Same : This is another very noteworthy collection of top shelf beat and uncompromising rap - albeit still pop enough to justify a pretty awful personality, which, depending on your tolerance for wounded narcissism and lack of insight, is either interesting or frustrating. "
Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times stated, "The highlight of the album haunts - and one of the best hip-hop songs of the year - is the last one called" SNITCH, "it thrives in low tensions as Pusha and Pharrell's vocalist tells us of an interaction with an old friend who has decided to become a police informer - this is the perfect conclusion to consistently surprising hip-hop albums. "Lauren Martin of The Facts give three-and-a-half-star album, saying "In short, at My Name Is My Name , Pusha does not really give a lot about her past, present or future, and it's a confusing idea for a an album that is considered a pioneer for more "real" rap presentation. "Russ Bengtson of Complex said," this is an album that has never been beaten by a 36-year-old rapper with more famine than most 15 years younger than him. " Accolades
Closing year, My Name Is My Name is named for some "Best Album of the Year" list. It was ranked 33rd on Rolling Stone's list of the 50 best albums of 2013. They commented, "Half of the Clipse did not choose to go solo - he had to. After his brother found God, Pusha, in turn, found Kanye West, whose shock and crooked production helped make My Name Is My Name feel like a fellow co-lord who focuses more on his own Yeezus This is the sharpest year of street philosophy. " Complex named it the third best album of 2013. They describe it by saying, "it's all clicks because it's counted.The songs benefit from each placement next to each other, each tracking the background for the next By the way he brings a Pusha T fan to speed with what he develops into, without leaving them in unfamiliar territory. If you are a reluctant "we want that old Pusha T" fan then it gives you one teaspoon classic renewal with its reinvention medication - and in the end, you respect both sides. "Nick Catucci of Entertainment Weekly named it the eighth best album of 2013 by saying," With this tap - personal savings from people like his label boss Kanye West and Pharrell Williams - he can sell fire in hell. In fact, Pusha delved into his emotional depth, destroying his parents' divorce after 35 years of marriage and his conflicting feelings about his brother. " Shout! named it the second best hip hop album of 2013. XXL named it the fourth best album of 2013. They commented," Songs for a song, it's hard to put every album in that category "In the trim room 46 minutes, Push persuaded Rick Ross's best poem of the year" Hold On, "making Kendrick Lamar go dark and gloomy on" Nosetalgia "and even tap the seemingly impossible rhythm made into a song hip-hop on "King Push," while retaining the lyrics at the absolute highest level. The worst song on this album can get into the top ten list. is what the post-Yeezus world sounds like, immediately register us. "
Spin positioned it at number 46 in their list of 50 best albums of 2013. They say, "Push in the form of a fight, combining a mature perspective on his past drug dealers while knocking with the confidence of a man who knows his game is losing it." NME positioned it at number 48 on the list of 50 best albums them this year. They say, My Name Is My Name is when Clipse Pusha T members end up hitting the promised home run for so long. Loud, guests including Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross and 2 Chainz sparkled and the overall tremor was grotesque but triumphant. "Paste ranking number 34 on the list of 50 best albums of 2013 they say," every stalk has the ferocity of a lion that smells fresh blood. Among his contemporaries, Pusha T is the author of intelligent words that make you feel like you are listening to a teacher at work, maliciously cooking something as pure and addictive as possible. "This is crowned as the third best hip hop album by PopMatters 2013. They commented," My Name Is My Name is easily one of the most impressive lyrical displays of the year and contains some of the best verses of 2013, such as Pusha showed his flexibility..... Minimalist and smart production does not overshadow Pusha performance. The knock is big and full of bass, giving life to the album and forming a unique theme, with a reunion with Pharrell that triggers a nostalgic explosion..... My name is my name has substance, style and passion, and is undoubtedly an album that will still be rewarded a decade from now. "Consequence of Sound positions it at number 44 on their list of 50 best albums of the year.
Commercial performance
My name is my name debuting at number 4 on US Billboard 200, selling 74,000 copies in its first week of release. In the second week his album fell to number 14 on the US Billboard 200, selling 20,000 more copies. By the third week, the album fell to twelve more places, selling 10,000 more copies in the United States. As of November 2015, the album has sold 182,000 copies in the United States.
Internationally, the album peaked at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart, number 36 in the Netherlands, and number 98 in Switzerland. It is also mapped in other countries such as France and Belgium.
Track list
Note
- List of tracks and credits from album books.
- ^ a tagged the co-producer
- ^ b indicates additional manufacturers
- "Hold On" shows uncredited vocals from Kanye West.
Credit example
- "Figures on Boards" contains the example "Shake Your Booty", written and performed by Bunny Sigler; An example of "Intro: A Million and One Questions/Rhyme No More", written by Jay-Z and Chris Martin is performed by the former; and "Pots and Pans" example, written and performed by Anthony King and John Matthews, as included in the compilation of Luke Vibert Nuggets .
- "Hold On" contains an example of "Ghet-To-Funk", written by W. Norman by Duralcha.
- "Let Me Love You" contains an example of "Audition", written by Jeppe Thybo and Nick Johnsen performed by The Robotboys.
- "Who I Am" contains the sample "U.F.O", written by R. Scroggins performed by ESG; and example "LGOYH", written and done by Kwes.
- The "Nosetalgia" contains an example of "The Bridge Is Over", written by Scott La Rock and Lawrence Parker by Boogie Down Productions; example "(If Loving You Is False) I Do not Want to Be True", written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson by Bobby Bland; and "Do You Like Scratchin" example, written by Trevor Horn and Malcolm McLaren performed by Malcolm McLaren.
- "Pain" contains a sample of "My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves", written by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Anand Bakshi performed by Kishore Kumar.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from AllMusic.
Diagram
Releasing history
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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