Pusha T has been on a press run for the release of his latest album ‘It’s Almost Dry.’ The album found Pusha collaborating with Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, who serve as co-producers for the album.
While on his ‘It’s Almost Dry’ radio show, Pusha gave some interesting information about some of the producers who were reached out to, so they could be a part of the album. One name that came up was Madlib. While speaking to his manager Steven Victor, Pusha talked about the process he went through to decide that Pharrell and Kanye would produce half the album. The rapper said “The project got started from me playing ‘Hear Me Clearly’ for Pharrell…And he told me that, it was okay. He shrugged….He said, ‘Man I just think that you need to be more of a character.’ I told myself, once it was etched in stone that [Pharrell and Kanye] would each produce half of the album, I was going to go through the process.” Pusha went on to say, “Whatever their process is, I’m going to go through it in full to make sure I have exhausted whatever they wanted to do. I wanted it to be produced because my biggest thing was making an album better than Daytona.”
Because of that, Pusha noted this was why he held off on working with Madlib, as the two were rumored to have an album in the works.
While speaking to Noah Callahan-Bever of Idea Generation, Pusha said, “I got some beats and they were actually chops from him. I just think he’s really dope at finding ill sounds and ill chops, and things of that nature.” He continued saying, “But at the same time, it was feeling like a beat tape situation. I felt like to step it up, I had to be produced – to step it up from Daytona. When you think about [my last album], it's just beats and hard raps. I wasn’t produced. The structure of Kanye West you know, taking these things out or whatever the case may be. Honestly, it was just that. It’s Almost Dry is an exercise, definitely on the Pharrell side, in being produced.” Stay tuned for more updates.
source: Complex
