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A report from afar has it that Pusha T just dropped a moody, artsy snapshot, seemingly taken on a private jet right after the show in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Minimal caption but maximum cachet: a picture of Pusha, bare in his thoughts, sitting in the jet’s luxurious cabin. Caption? Three-stanza bounty paying tribute to the grind: “ITS BEEN TOO MUCH MOTION TO KEEP UP WITH SOCIALLY… PICS FROM JULY 27TH YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO @clipse + @davechappelle LET GOD SORT EM OUT PRIVATE SHOW.” Further elaborations are best left without-the man just being Pusha-and leather in one hand and smoke in the other.
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This is the black-and-white picture oozing that quiet luxury. Pusha T, under a low-light fit, sports a beanie while somehow engrossed with his phone. The beauty of the cabin’s interior meets somehow incongruous mist rising near his legs, turning that into a so-talented shoot from the rap-noir pamphlet, all of exorbitant budgets. If you know Pusha, you will also know that is probably exactly what he wanted. With words like that, it speaks something of exclusivity; there is no need for explanations-there are private shows and private jets.
Immediately upon the posting, praise for Pusha’s fresh album flooded the comment section. Said to be the best hip-hop album released in the past several years, someone labeled it the “album of the muthafuckin decade” and compared one of the cuts on this album to Kendrick Lamar’s biggest hit, “FEEL,” from 2017, calling it genius. Other shout-outs were directed to Pusha’s brother Malice as well, with comments like “Everyone needs a brother like Malice,” honoring their close-knit rapport and legacy on Clipse.
The attention did not just center around the music; eagle-eyed followers zeroed in on that smoky haze in the jet cabin. One person joked, “Pusha now why you got smoke in the jet,” and a half-laugh-fearfuled one, “something wrong with yall plane fyi that smoke isnt good.” Only an Internet crowd could turn one stylish photo-op into a mini-debate in flight safety.
Yet, there is solemn buzz around that Ohio show, which shared the stage with Dave Chappelle—because, why not? “Good ol’ Yellow Springs, lol,” one commenter reminisced, and the others climbed up to have a West Coast stop on the wishlist: “We waiting for u in LA.”
Of course, no Pusha T thread would ever go down without a little lyric parsing; a fan hilariously pointed out the irony of white fans vibing to bars about drugs: “They got white girls listening to bars about selling white girls, call that cocainnibalism.” Dark? Probably. True? Absolutely.
With jet-set flexing and album hype, Pusha’s posted message has already done what was intended to be done: provoke chatter. Whether it is tearing down the imagery, debating the merits of the music, or just being too cool for school, just one implication is evident: Pusha T doesn’t have to say a shitload to stir up some noise. When he does talk, well, as one fan puts it, “Album of the year period.”
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Another day, another actual iconic post from King Push: no explanations, no apologies-some vibes, some luxury, and some aura of a man five steps ahead everyone else. That really should be our only choice.