Pusha T’s solo debut, My Name Is My Name, has only been released for a day and already talk of a new Clipse album is beginning to surface. During an appearance on Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds’ Juan Epstein podcast, Pusha T spoke on his solo debut and shared a detail in regards to his next project with fellow Clipse member No Malice.
According to Pusha T, both Kanye West and Pharrell Williams have expressed their interest in working on an entire Clipse album.
“They both are like—and I don’t even wanna bring this conversation up any further than this statement, but they both are like, ‘Yo, we just need to do the whole Clipse album. Both of us. And that’s it,’” said Pusha.
As a G.O.O.D. Music emcee, Pusha T has collaborated with Kanye on numerous occasions. The Windy City artist also lent his production talents on a large percentage of the records featured on My Name Is My Name.
Additionally, Pusha’s work with Pharrell dates back to the Clipse’s debut album, Lord Willin’. All of the tracks included on the duo’s 2002 debut are produced by The Neptunes.
In addition to revealing news about the Clipse’s next LP, Pusha T commented on the work that went into releasing his first album as a solo act. According to the Virginia rapster, there were fans that weren’t “receptive” in the beginning and there were also younger fans that had no idea of his Clipse past and believed he was a new artist.
“It was a long time coming for a lot of people,” Pusha said. “And what people don’t realize for me it really wasn’t because I had to spend so much time I think retuning the ears of people not hearing Malice at the end of my—after my verse. So, to me it took a long time just to even get people past that fact that I wasn’t—the Clipse weren’t doing music together…They weren’t receptive at first. Yo, I have people who think I’m new. Like kids who think I’m new.”
Pusha T’s My Name Is My Name was released yesterday (October 8), almost four years after the release of the Clipse’s last studio album, Til The Casket Drops.
When asked during his interview how many copies of his album he believes will be sold in its first week, Pusha T predicted 100,000, but revealed that he wouldn’t be disappointed if that amount is not reached.
Audio from Pusha T’s interview on the Juan Epstein podcast can be found below.
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100,000 would be big for him first time out as a solo artist without a big single… I hope that happens but I’m thinking he’s more likely in the 60,000-80,000 range.
Regardless though, the album is flames. I heard the leak, then bought it cause cats need to know we support real hip hop music.
Good Music deserves good support. For this I will buy his album.
We can tell you commented twice for yourself.
lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thaP_5d8ZpQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhCD8Bc_02c
i love the Clipse but i will believe it when it actually happens. And no one told Push? Kanye pays people to produce now
uhh…shouldn’t EVERY producer charge for their tracks? Of course people/artists, pay for tracks…unless the producer is highly stupid.
Keep kanye away from a clipse album. Pusha needs to go back star trak and the neptunes.
Pusha just made a sequel to yeezus and Magna Carta. And Both those records were terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8E09aAOIc
i think malice should drop his album first bec that first single he dropped w pusha was fire. MNIMN was good solid album. clipse always throws out fire.
He already did, a couple months ago. It’s christian hip hop and on their indie label.
Here’s the thing though. Typically I’m wary, when artist says things like I have album of year, but in this case, the statement is 100% true.
This is just about as good as gets when modern hip hop production and the 90’s collide.
EXCELLENT album.
No joke, if you truly want to support hip hop you will pick this one up.
from va all day they need to do another album but the production has to be right i hope pusha shit does well word up