Tue 29 May 2012
Pusha T’s “Exodus 23:1″ Video: Scary, Ugly Drug Realism
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When Pusha T dropped “Exodus 23:1″ last week, many rappers and producers looked at themselves and wondered, “Is he talking about me?” And in a few cases, complete non-targets were so paranoid they decided the answer was “Yes!” So now the song is embroiled in a Lil Wayne and Drake vs. Pusha T beef….(recap the 6-year history of tension between Weezy and Pusha).
But the video on the other hand, is not about hip hop subliminals at all. It’s about how unglamorous real life in the streets is. And how foul drug addiction is.
Director Samuel Rodgers, Pusha and co-editor Mike Carson (IllRoots) do a great job of driving that home.
Like….when Pusha raps alongside a pal who repeatedly snorts coke up his nose out of a folded paper scoop. *shivers*
Watch the “Exodus 23:1″ video
After the jump
Nothing fly about being a fiend. Avoid that at all costs.
Related:
Lil’ Wayne Disses Pusha T on “Goulish”: Drake Disses Pusha Onstage. What’s Next?
A History of Lil Wayne vs. Pusha-T Beef: From “Mr. Me Too” to the “F–k Pusha” Tweet
New Music: Pusha T Feat. The-Dream “Exodus 23:1″
May 29th, 2012 at 8:37 am
grimey x a hundred-thousand-trillion
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Rhyme & Reason Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
I gotta question for everybody??
Has Pusha T confirmed that he was directing this track at anybody in particular besides the usual suspects: Drake, Wayne and Bobby Looboe?
Because its bad when somebody put out a track and EVERYBODY assume he talkin about you. Then to top it off ya boss jump out the window to take that bullet for you n fails drastically lol
So while everybody else is giving a play by play can we get some confirmation.
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T.Dot Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 10:39 pm
For me, thats why Pusha wins this situation regardless of what comes next from either side. Dude puts out a song, its vague in its shots but all of these guys immediately jump to defend themselves as if he called them out one by one.
Thou dost protest too much, Cash Money…
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May 29th, 2012 at 8:44 am
Ay! i gotta keep it 100 with yall, That Exodus track by Pusha T go hard. I listened to that shit like 3 times on my way to work this mornin. That nigga got flow, he aint Wayne, but he beast on that track. That nigga said: “round here we don’t play that, A to the K dat, spray dat, lay back, Fuck you niggaz playin games for, Don’t be scared, get everything you came for, “you can keep yo beef nigga, we much rather share yo bitch nigga, “bitch nigga”. Daaammmm. I respect real rap niggaz. Wayne need to really go at this nigga, on his own beat. I’m YMCMB till I die but Pusha T went in. All that subliminal bullshit we all talk(he was clearly goin at Drake and the pay schedule in Young Money). Now I wanna get on the track and go at this nigga, and IMMA BEAST FOR REAL, NO BULLSHIT. I wrote somethin to Pusha T’s track already in response to his diss.
(Chorus)
“Beef is when you niggaz is runnin, from anotha group of niggaz that’s gunnin”
“You niggaz done started some some shit, which is gone make it mo harder to quit”
“Beef is when you niggaz is duckin, from another group of niggaz thats bustin”
“Wayne gone expose you niggaz, I think YE’ shoulda told you niggaz”.
(verse 1)
“Nigga yo braids all fucked up/ I guess that mean yo pay all fucked up, ha”
“talkin bout you blazin guns, nigga you barely even makin funds/ you knw that”
“Peep the message im tryna send to niggaz, YMCMB will end you niggaz”.
“G.O.O.D music gotchu out there BAD, At you funeral they looked so sad”
“Career assasination nigga, yo life is an infatuation nigga”
What yall think?
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calm77 Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 8:56 am
Lil Twist you a fool for this one.
On another note Pusha T stay in the Trap!
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Trae Hundred Millions Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA “LIL TWIST YOU A FOOL FOR THIS ONE” YO I DON’T HAVE TO READ ANOTHER COMMENT FOR THE DAY, IM G.O.O.D!
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chefjp Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 2:24 am
Funny as hell!!
troll Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
^^ hahaha this guy
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the villain Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 9:25 am
hope you wasn’t late for work writing this. Wayne is trash and has no content in his music.
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Young Scuba Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 11:08 am
*late for middle school
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S. Mat Reply:
May 30th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
I get preferring one guy over another but trash? Unless I heard you and/or have your cd in my collection, you aint qualified to call anyone trash. Especially someone who by way of record sales proves that at least 3-4 million people disagree with you.
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chrisdsax Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 9:33 am
He said you can keep ya beat… not beef. Going at the beat maker for young money…
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Slimm Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 10:14 am
You need a role model, pal.
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pap3rchazer Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 10:24 am
huh, you said you “respect real rap niggaz” but you’re “YMCMB til I die”….that shit makes noo sense bro, you sound like an oxyMORON!
this song is tuff but this video absolutely raw! of course Pusha aint really livin that life now but his visuals trumps all the other videos with Wayne n Baby throwin up flags n gangs signs in front of green screens!
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Really? Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 10:57 am
I think you’re the true definition of a YMCA Stan… I mean YMCMB Stan. Like seriously, how old are you… 12? smh
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Young Scuba Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Come back when this isn’t your first year rapping kid
G.O.O.D. Music > Murphy Lee > YMCMB
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Trae Hundred Millions Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YO YALL GETTING WAY TOO CREATIVE FOR ME “G.O.O.D Music > Murphy Lee >” LMAO
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yoprince Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
damn.. just when i thought the lil wayne haters were gonna be the worst.. here come his stans
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Big D Reply:
May 30th, 2012 at 4:40 am
DYLAN, DYLAN, DYLAN, DYLAN & DYLAN; BECAUSE I SPIT HOT FIYAH!
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bullets Reply:
May 30th, 2012 at 8:35 am
i think 3 things your from the south or midwest, 2. your retarded, and 3.Your a lil wayne stan…
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SCooT86 Reply:
June 2nd, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Kill yourself!
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Filthy Reply:
June 3rd, 2012 at 8:03 am
Awwwwwww the wayniacs are getting mad that their hero is a DICKRIDING lil bitch…Hahahaha!!!
You kill yourself you lil’pussy…Swallow a double edged razor and wash it down with bleach…
Don’t let me bring up the fact that he told AJ and Free on 106&park back in the day that he is the only person who kisses Baby and it seems he felt very strongly about it too there’s plenty clips on youtube about it and you can hear the fag say it himself
Ol’ Gastalicious ass…I bet you copped some zebra jeggings and neon green uggs too right?
Well in the immortal words of Riley Freeman:
“Nigga you gay”
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May 29th, 2012 at 9:51 am
Good Job dude!!! Why arent you signed yet! hot shit!
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May 29th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
This video is why Drake shouldn’t make video’s with SAG eligible goons and pass it off as authentic. This video is why catching bodies should never be in your lyric or flow pattern when you really don’t get down like that. Wayne knows better, so you would think he would have had this conversation with him.
Damn the whole video was dark and bleak and had an edge to it that an old Juvenile video has. I liked it, it makes and argument that the culture should never be mocked. I kinda wish this was directed to Rick Ross. When you glorify thug life and you obviously don’t live it, it can and will come back to bite you in the butt. My last comment on the subject, VA is a special place (Badnews specifically) You got Iverson,Quan,Vick etc,etc, the profile’s of the kind of men coming from that area(community) I think is clear. we’ve got a good size sample of how they roll. With that said, like Philadelphia, Baltimore or climate that resemble it. When you play gangsta it’s a bit insulting to those people who actually come from those communities. In music you have a right to artistic license, but when you glorify and exaggerate and mock those cultures. I feel like eventually it catches up to you and you are at risk of being devoured by that subculture. (it’s only so long fake thugs can pretend)
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Chi Town Kenny Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Mu tang from wu tang AKA MU FASAH LOl what up
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mustafa Reply:
May 30th, 2012 at 12:38 am
Just having a nice plate of this lightly seasoned beef we all got offered over this holiday weekend. mmmmmm It’s a tasty too. Not too tough or chewy just soft enough to go down easy. I think this hipster version of hip hop needs this. This might put some hair on these ambiguously dressed young men chest.
STAND UP RIGHT FELLAS!!!
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May 29th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
^^hopefully sarcasm:/
@dat dude
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May 29th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
yall didn’t have to down my version, I was just putting it out there and most of my niggaz feelin it anyway, dnt be like that, real talk. i been rappin since 8
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Young Scuba Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 7:49 pm
But notice how NOBODY puts up bars on this site, you wanna be a rapper so bad? Record, put your music on YouTube and come back here and trick ppl into clicking the video link.
Step your hustle up kid
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May 29th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Why is Pusha T even relevant …. ?????
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mustafa Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 10:25 am
Because he’s a dope lyricist and Lord willing is a classic and in Hip Hop classics are far an few in between
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May 29th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
This song exodus is a stay scheamin clone.
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Angry Gillmore Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
You know what at first glance I gave your comment the Shaq *give me a break face*. But they are the same records content wise. I think exodus is better though, it approached it from all angles, artist, stick up kids, hustlers, addicts and it tied it into a religious analogy. But you make a good point, they both are beef oriented songs.
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DB Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
You can’t be serious???
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Grand Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 3:45 pm
A stay schemin clone?? Only one on there that actually did dirt was french, and it sounds nothing like that song. It was a definite lashing towards whoever and he said no names……say that name nigga..thats the only problem with the song is the subliminals. Wayne came back with the wackest dis ever….endgame
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mustafa Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Wow slim you really got some of that goooooooooood Kush LMAO man not even close homie but pass that shit LLS!!
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May 29th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Hard. Takes me back to some dark times. Real life in this vid…
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May 29th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
@jreed how I gonna make a song using the same rhyme scheme and pattern like pusha? If u were a lyricist you would have your own style And not be biting the way pusha spit it. U basically just switched up some words and jacked the flow. Pusha t hasn’t even said anything since he released this song, all you Internet guys are doing all the talking, arguing, and insinuating what you believe lol. That’s why pusha is winning.
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May 29th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Pusha T clearly represented a lost form in hip hop….Probably since HOV. That’s to shake up the industry and have people say his name with out him saying there’s. There is nothing sublimal about this record if he clearly is getting responses from multiple artist. If I’m not mistaking I think he took his style back from ASAP rocky with this video. The bike. The braids. The givenchy. The “goons”. It seems as though he showing who the originator is…
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Zay Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
You make a great point with the ASAP rocky stuff. You make great points in general. Not even cosigning like that..shit. I just read all these responses and you the only one i responded to.
Yeah. And Jreed. How tf you say you gone say you respect real rap niggas and then say you support lil wayne. The fakest of all. Just do a few google searches: “Lil wayne flag in wrong pocket” “Lil Wayne kissing birdman” and finally the biggest indicator that he’s not real. Search “Lil Wayne’s music”
Gtfoutta here with that.
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May 29th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
“Now you’re out here all by yourself ask Steve Jobs, wealth don’t by health!” – Pusha T
Bang!
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jhambi Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
The “ask Steve Jobs” line was my favorite in that track as well.
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mustafa Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 10:28 am
yeah that was Dope
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May 29th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
Hold up…I have to recant my earlier statements. I just went back and listened to Pusha T’s, “Cook it down” and son got some lyrics!!!!!! Lil Wayne…take cover!!!
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May 30th, 2012 at 6:56 am
eVerything thAt Info said……..V A
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May 30th, 2012 at 10:33 am
Even tho some rap niggaz may be from the hood, What makes it cool for this nigga to go back to Norfolk(which is where i’m from) to glorify shit like smokin crack and all that, this nigga aint been back to the city in foreva, not to give back or shit. Pusha t a lame and a goofy for this dumb shit. Niggaz leave that life when they make it, not put it back out there knowin they aint bout that life no mo, if he is he dumb as hell, Nigga what you sellin crack fo if you made out by signing a deal, and what you niggaz fail to realize is, beef or no beef, this shit won’t be relevant in a month, he’s clearly goin at Drake and Wayne, which I dnt understand cause YMCMB eatin, no matter what kinda music they make. This nigga is irrelevant and dnt come at me with all that internet-thuggin bullshit, calling a nigga out his name and all that other fuck-shit cause it dnt faze a nigga like me, I caint see you and you caint see me, so why stunt. But back to regular scheduled programming, No matter what happens after this false beef shit, aint nobody gone die and YMCMB still gone be runnin shit cause not everybody wanna hear that thug, shoot em up sell dope ass shit, and dnt get it fucked up, I fuck wit all real rap niggaz, but why hate on Drake, that nigga never claimed to be hard or none of that shit, he stays in his lane, you niggaz take his lyrics and assume he tryna be gangsta, That nigga eatin(soft lyrics or not) and if Wayne wanna skateboard and rap, nigga he can, he supposed to give his hobby life because of what you niggaz feel he should be doin, thats that nigga life, he fuckin models and actresses with that same skateboard in his hands and one of the only niggaz sellin a million copies in a fucked up economy, and you niggaz choose to discredit him cause YALL aint bout that skate shit and metaphor rappin. So the fuck what, get yo bread right before you down the next nigga. Pusha T caint stop YMCMB shine, ask Lil Kim and Common. this nigga 35 on a bike handlebars, nigga grow up. Wayne got a Bugati and stupid cake, you think he concerned with what hoe ass bloggers think, specially those that are still strugglin after they talk shit about a rich nigga, thats like broke white folks coming wreckless at OBAMA. I fuck wit Young Money and so does there huge fan-base, can u say the same bout Clipse. Has dis nigga eva went platinum, and yall do realize Wayne affiliated with them blood niggaz for real, if he wasn’t they would wacked his ass by now, gang-bangers dnt play that false-flaggin shit, AT ALL.
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Banghouse Reply:
May 30th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Nigga Please!!! Stop it with your essay…. You essentially just said what Pusha T is trying to say…. This ain’t real beef!!!! Beef is a lot more serious than hiding behind a record label.
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calm77 Reply:
May 30th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Dude go do the Dougie in your skinny jeans somewhere..YOU SHOULD BE BANNED FROM MISSINFO TILL FURTHER NOTICE!
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Filthy Reply:
June 2nd, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Wayne pays for his protection with the Bloods
They couldn’t save him and Baby from them Zoes
who locked them in the club until they coughed up 30k oh yeah and he uses way more SIMILES than actual metaphors…which means he said like,than,as a lot more than actually dropping official metaphors not to say he hasn’t got a hot line here and there but ya boy also borrowed 8bars from JayZ’s “Lucky Me”
in Mr.Carter…… Pffffft advantage Pusha T
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marique Reply:
June 5th, 2012 at 5:43 pm
I would like to school this young man on the intricate and delicate thing we call hip-hop. Money doesnt make you the best rapper. Period! Just cause album sales are high and your team is making the most in the industry doesnt make you better. Nas wasnt as large as jay z at the time there beef started. And nas clearly defeated hi. Hip-hop amongst everything in this world needs competition, a new face must emerge for the king to fall. Push T has been beefing with cash money for years. So for him to subliminally diss cash money means he is a lyricist and he wants to battle. This is the nature of hip-hop. I am not condoning people getting killed or injured, but the essence of true hip-hop in its rarist for is the most influential as two mc battle and th best is on top. If there is no “beef” and someone new to dethrone the cash money era, then music will be as it is for years, popcorn and worthless punchlines with little meaning. You have to be a young guy to write this you have no idea of what the essence of hip-hop is and you are the reason it has become worthless.
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May 30th, 2012 at 10:43 am
Video is so downright grimey, I would not be surprised if they really shot that guy at the end. you know; for artistic integrity.
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May 30th, 2012 at 11:55 am
Pusha T , you are like the second coming , Rap saviour , im an Old Head , i haven’t listened to anything this raw since ’96 .
ANYTHING REAL CRITICS – PLAY STAY SCHEMING’ OR ANY SONG FROM ROSS , LIL WAYNE N THE REST OF THE SO COLD REALEST OUT THERE AND THEN PLAY PUSHA T EXODUS …
AND FOR A SPILT SECOND YOU WAX YOUR EARS AND YOU R COMPLETELY HONEST AND STOP THE BLIND HYPE BS..
You might just appreciate real music for once .
I’M DONE
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bq4201 Reply:
May 30th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Thought it was just me who felt a certain way about the current state of Hip Hop. There used to be a time when the artist had to have some credibility to what they were saying not for the simple fact of keeping it real, but to properly express the emotion that is felt when we are out here struggling.
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May 30th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Wow, this is groundbreaking shit! Not. One dude sniffing coke and another smoking a little rock off a can?? The song is HARD though.
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May 31st, 2012 at 1:33 am
So…If Pusha and Lil Wayne didn’t have this “beef”, would this song get as much attention than it does now? SMH
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mustafa Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 10:34 am
Yeah, actually it would. The visuals are crazy, and the tone and flow are just undeniable
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May 31st, 2012 at 9:27 am
Pusha don’t rap bout selling crack @jreed you must be the most uninformed hip hop fan. If you really are from VA you would know Norfolk don’t play and if pusha not in the streets for real don’t you think goons would have run up on him while he filming? Pusha t raps about “pushing tons” hence the name, and understanding dope dealing makes bread but it kills the community. Listen to “I’m not you” It’s reality rap, authentic specific to his life music. Unlike Wayne drake and Ross. Key word there is “authentic”
It shames me to no end,
To feed poison to those who could very well be my kin (uh huh)
But where there’s demand, someone will supply
So I feed them their needs at the same time cry
Yes it pains me to see them needness
All of them lost souls and I’m their Jesus
Deepest regret and sympathy to the street
I see no pity for they fix when they kids couldn’t eat (so sorry)
And with this in mind, I still didn’t quit
And that’s how I know, that I ain’t shit (I ain’t shit)
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@kevinmorosky Reply:
May 31st, 2012 at 1:51 pm
PREACH!!!!!
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May 31st, 2012 at 9:54 am
Over 1200000 views on youtube…
That ni**a murked them AND he’s gettin’ exposure!
HE WIN!
Goulish was foolish, Wayne ain’t relevent anymore.
He should stick to skating and counting his money, but rap ain’t for him anymore, not with printed strech pants!
Just speaking my mind…
peace & love
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June 1st, 2012 at 12:44 pm
I’m surprised more people didn’t make reference to ASAP Rocky with regard to the somewhat similar visuals in this video (especially with the still Info used at the top of the page). Am I missing something? Has Pusha T always wore his hat like that with his hair braided like that with golds on the bottom row of his teeth? (Asking seriously).
(Example: http://c438342.r42.cf2.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/asap-rocky-goldie.jpg)
Also, the part where he’s riding on the handle bars of the bike remind me of the Peso video. I know ASAP’s not the first nigga to ride handle bars in a video but he’s definitely the most recent, and before him I can only remember Snoop doing it.. and that was 15+ years ago. Again, I’m NOT trying to say ASAP Rocky (of all people) originated any of this, but that maybe (just MAYBE) Pusha wouldn’t be doing it if not for ASAP.
BTW, I had this song ON REPEAT since it dropped and the video makes me like it EVEN MORE. The more I listen tho I believe less and less that he was talking about any one particular person in the lyrics. I think he’s talkin about a bunch of different people actually (some we may not even know of) but since the ongoing beef is what we know then we automatically try and put the pieces of the puzzle together.
Let niggas tell it, sometimes 2+2=5..
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June 7th, 2012 at 6:54 am
Dont you mutha fuckas feel stupid thinking he was talking bout ASAP Rocky? You know he was talking about Drakes 3 million dollar tweet, RIGHT!!!!! RIGHT??? Yeah…..
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June 11th, 2012 at 4:24 am
I was a conc ymcmb fan and stan, but afta the pusha t’s manslaughter, i have somewhere else to be at… He dropped it, and weezy and drake are killing emselves over who the diss is for… Damn em dawgz… G.O.O.D MUSIC IS GOOOOOD….
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June 21st, 2012 at 5:01 am
both wayne and pusha fake as a bitch!! i live out here in norfolk this nigga pusha was a bitch nigga out here… a nobody homie strate pounds on dat fam… him and the otha half of the clipse, i forget his name but still.. pusha ain bout no fuckin guns or drugs. personally, i think when he shot this video it was his first time ever in berkeley or norview so it dont matta. rap is rap fake niggas make it cuz real niggas cant lie… so its hard for real niggas to make it into the industry… simple as that. if they was real id see pusha out here every once n a while, i never do, i never have, this nigga dont even do shows out here.. he strate pussy.
and as for wayne that nigga so fake i wont get into details.
as far as im concerned fuck pusha t cuz he aint out here fuckin wit niggas and actually kickin it out here in Ov or berk or view.
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