After much speculation, group-text releases, and a name change, Pusha T’s DAYTONA had a listening party in the basement bar of the PUBLIC hotel in New York on May 23.
There was much to celebrate at the event that saw the likes of Swizz Beatz and Pharrell Williams in the building. Famous friends and music industry elite were both in attendance to listen to the “flawless” seven-track project for the first time, and King Push did not disappoint.
According to HipHopDX president Thuy-An Julien, who was in the building, Pusha was incredibly gracious and welcoming to all in attendance. “Pusha walked in, and instead of heading to VIP, he walked right to the center of the crowd and started the night off by welcoming the crowd,” she said.
After welcoming people in attendance, he proceeded to play DAYTONA in its entirety.
One song that caught attention online was “Infrared,” which appeared to take some shots at Drake with a reference to alleged ghostwriter Quentin Miller (“It was written like Nas but it came from Quentin”). Considering the former Clipse rapper and Drake have been going back and forth for a number of years — with Drizzy addressing Push in “Two Birds, One Stone” after the “H.G.T.V. Freestyle” roasting — the new shot isn’t too surprising.
Pusha also recruited Kanye West for a verse on “What Would Meek Do,” where Kanye starts off with some lines similar to the gibberish on “Lift Yourself” before getting into references to his MAGA hat and “seven pill nights.”
The track’s name comes from a line Pusha spits: “Angel on my shoulder, ‘What should we do?’/ Devil on the other, ‘What would Meek do?'”
Pusha also explained the shorter nature of the project, as well as the rest of GOOD’s Kanye-helmed upcoming releases.
“Short and sweet,” he explained to the crowd. “Got everything across in seven joints. Seven [is] definitely the God number. All of the projects coming out is seven. You know GOOD Music’s anti-everything. Everyone doing 18 tracks. We’re doing seven … Y’all make sure you get that shit.”
He also addressed the long process it took to get the album out.
“It took a minute for me to do but it’s gotta be tight for y’all. Gotta be right. Y’all only want it one way,” he told the crowd.
It seems like the project will be worth the wait — at least according to producer Mike Dean and Nas.
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I love Pusha T, but ALL things Kanye related have been cancelled at my crib
you a bitch
ya momma a bitch ,goofy
That’s great, more classics for me
how does ones personal use of digital media leave you with more of it?fuck that other guy tho let him deny himself of something he used to enjoy just cause he dosent agree with kanye,i just love being a smart ass
I don’t blame you but pusha nice I gotta give him a listen but I’m with you on the Kanye ban
F*ck this racist for sayin cracker. And dont delete this again DX.
Looking forward to this release.
So because Kanye said something you don’t agree with you’ll boycott him but you probably still eat at Chick-Fil-A and watch NFL games. I can’t stand these new age losers
Typical Kanye-camp move. Remember TLOP had like 4 different names, I forgot what they were, but one of them was “Waves”. Meanwhile Pusha has been telling us the new album would be called King Push since like 2014, then less than 24 hours before its release he changes it to Daytona, which sounds like a NASCAR event. I ain’t mad though, if anything I’m kinda sad that it will only be 7 tracks long, but I’m gassed to finally hear it, and hella gassed that the next three weeks will bring us 3 more Kanye related projects.
Just looked it up. Kim K did a poll to see what title the fans wanted, the options were Swish, Waves, and So Help me God. Then Kanye ignored the results and changed it AGAIN, to The Life of Pablo. I forgot all about So Help Me God being the original title.
Funny since Drake writes for his boss
““Pusha walked in, and instead of heading to VIP, he walked right to the center of the crowd and started the night off by welcoming the crowd,” she said.” ——ummm, the event was by invite only right? so by default, everyone was kinda VIP no?
This fake coke dealer always gotta take shots at Drake for publicity. What did Drake ever do to this guy for him to be so obsessed. We get it, he used a ghostwriter… most people could care less. Seems extra corny cause he’s signed to Kanye who needs ghostwriters (Drake for one) and ghost producers.. and ghost designers to design his shoes and clothing
I like Pusha and thinks he is a dope rapper but HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH THE WRONG TEAM. He will never be taken serious and get the recognition and props he deserves. He needs to leave Kanye and sign with some real heavy weights. He is too dope to deal with those amateurs. Pusha also needs to get retire them struggle braids in 2018.
pusha has always been nice with the pen but he needed Drake helping him get a buzz before dropping. Actually, if he didnt go at drake what would the hype be? it would be pretty flat as all i saw is infrared snippets – The man who cuts your cheques pusha, cuts cheques to drake for bars lol and thats what you got on him? i miss the we got it for cheap days
Lol, they were dissing Wayne back in the Got it 4 Cheap mixtapes.