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Pusha T
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
Producers: Timbaland, Puff Daddy, Kanye West, Metro Boomin, Boi-1da, Q-Tip
G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam
At 38 with over two decades in the game, Pusha T isn’t showing any signs of wear. The newly-anointed President of G.O.O.D. Music has been largely under the radar since his 2012 album My Name Is My Name, but has reemerged in peak lyrical form with his new album, Darkest Before Dawn – The Prelude. The 10-track album serves as an appetizer to his forthcoming, long-awaited King Push album and showcases his razor-sharp delivery, trademark cocaine references. Darkest Before Dawn enlists a star-studded cast of contributors, from Kanye West to Jill Scott to Beanie Sigel, and top notch production from legends like Timbaland and Q-Tip as well as newer stalwarts Metro Boomin and Boi-1da. Clocking in at a meager 33 minutes, Darkest Before Dawn is every bit as potent as the cocaine he raps about.
