![]() ![]() On April 18, 2022, Pusha announced that a public listening party would be held in New York that same week. Pusha's manager, Steven Victor, confirmed that It's Almost Dry was set to be his last album under the Def Jam label and that he now owns his masters because of West. In the post, he also expressed his gratitude to fellow American rapper and one of the producers involved in the album, Kanye West, with saying "Thanx Yezos", a play on the name of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, a moniker also used to reference West in the lyrics of certain songs on the album. On January 28, 2022, Pusha shared a post on Instagram of a contract indicating him signing off on Def Jam Recordings, writing that "some people call you their brother, other people show you you're brothers". The day before the image was posted, Pusha had previewed new music in Paris, with several snippets showing up on various celebrities Instagram stories. According to Pusha, Del Rey's label contacted him shortly after, to request him getting on a remix. ![]() He later revealed that he posted the image with the belief that he and the singer talk about similar subjects in their music. On January 24, 2022, he shared an image of American singer Lana Del Rey with her face seemingly obscured by a pile of cocaine. On April 22, 2022, the same day the album was released, Pusha appeared as a musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and held an album listening party in New York City, titled Cokechella. On April 19, 2022, Pusha officially shared the album's cover art and revealed its tracklist. Also in drug culture, a lot of times you'll have people waiting on the product and it's not dry yet. I'm always creating a masterpiece and in the creation of that in terms of a painting, you end up telling people while they waiting on it, 'It's almost dry,' because they're always asking, 'When will it be done?' And you have to wait on masterpieces. On April 19, 2022, Pusha was interviewed by Rolling Stone, in which he explained the meaning of the album title, saying, It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 55,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. ![]() It's Almost Dry received widespread critical acclaim from music critics, with some comparing it to Pusha T's previous album, Daytona. The album also includes production from Labrinth, Ojivolta, FnZ, BoogzDaBeast, Luca Starz, and ThaMyind. ![]() West and Williams also served as executive producers with Williams producing six tracks, West producing five and the pair producing one track together (Rock N Roll). The album features guest appearances from Kanye West, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Kid Cudi, Lil Uzi Vert, Don Toliver, Nigo, Labrinth, and Malice. It was released on April 22, 2022, by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings the album is Pusha T's final album with both labels. Wrath of Caine shows, Pusha unable to find his creative sweet spot and that he wants to improve his sound which is worthy of praise.It's Almost Dry is the fourth studio album by American rapper Pusha T. His attempts to revive his relevancy and to possibly capture the elements of Clipse’s classic sound, making it more modern are largely successful although many of Pusha’s flaws that were on his previous mixtapes are still here. Pusha uses Old Testament religious imagery, and making it more modern. Wrath of Caine is a much better than either of his previous EPs because Pusha is attempting to add more flavor and imagination into his previously stale solo releases. Wrath of Cain shows Pusha T’s “versatility” wheels begin to churn. Pusha T makes up for his lack of groundbreaking lyricism found on Hell Hath No Fury with attempts at having a more versatile sound by adding catchier choruses, and using huge cinematic beats a la Rick Ross’ Rich Forever. On Wrath of Cain, it is clear that Pusha T is not quite as skilled on the mic as he once was in his glory days with Clipse. Unfortunately Pusha doesn’t sound like he knows what is best for him. It’s up to him if he wants to stand out and do his own thing or follow current trends in rap. These days Pusha T suffers from not really knowing what he’s good at. ![]()
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