Genius Meanings
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Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T) – Runaway
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The piano, the echoing voice in the background, the distortion on his singing, the vocoder solo: every single element of this track is spine-tingling, hauntingly beautiful. Combine
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Kanye West (Ft. CyHi, JAY-Z, Pusha T, RZA & Swizz Beatz) – So Appalled
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“So Appalled” was originally released as part of the G.O.O.D Fridays series on September 24, 2010. The song touches on fame, critics and popular culture.
At one point, the song
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Kanye West (Ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Pusha T) – Mercy
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Matthew 5:7, which states “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy,” contrasts starkly with the song’s portrayal of “Mercy” as a symbol of materialism and excess
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Kanye West, Chief Keef, Pusha T, Big Sean & Jadakiss – Don't Like.1
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Remix of Chief Keef’s “I Don’t Like” from his debut album Finally Rich.
Kanye’s remix features a prominent vocal sample from Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist Barrington Levy’s
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KIDS SEE GHOSTS (Ft. Pusha T) – Feel the Love
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The opening track of Kanye West’s and Kid Cudi’s first collaborative album, KIDS SEE GHOSTS, features fellow G.O.O.D. Music artist Pusha-T.
Pusha delivers the song’s sole rap
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Kanye West & André 3000 – Life Of The Party
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“Life Of The Party” is a collaboration with André 3000. Its title is a term Ye has used in his song “Jesus Lord” to refer to his late mother Donda West.
A version of the song was
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Pusha T (Ft. Kanye West) – What Would Meek Do?
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Originally titled “How Do You Respond,” the sixth track of DAYTONA finds Pusha T and Kanye West responding to their haters.
Pusha lays a braggadocious verse about being among the
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Kanye West (Ft. Fivio Foreign & Playboi Carti) – Off The Grid
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A recording of the fourth track off of Kanye West’s Donda, “Off The Grid,” with vocals from American rapper Playboi Carti, played off of Kanye’s speakers in a Belgian hotel during
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Pop Smoke (Ft. Kanye West & Pusha T) – Tell the Vision
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On “Tell The Vision,” the late Pop Smoke, along with the veteran rappers Kanye West and Pusha T, rap about how they made it to the top and how their lifestyle has changed due to
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Kanye West (Ft. Clipse & Kenny G) – Use This Gospel
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“Use This Gospel” is a spiritual track from Kanye West and rap group Clipse—a former duo that was comprised of Pusha T and No Malice—which is centered around asking God for
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Pusha T (Ft. Kanye West & Kid Cudi) – Rock N Roll
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Pusha T recruits ex-G.O.O.D. Music collaborators, Kanye West and Kid Cudi for “Rock N Roll.” The artists, who previously collaborated on “Feel the Love,” take up an old-school
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Pusha T (Ft. Rick Ross) – Hard Piano
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King Push is joined by Maybach Music’s lead MC, Rick Ross, to discuss the woes and blessings that come with success—all over Ye’s hard-tinged piano beat.
The title of the song is
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Kanye West (Ft. 2 Chainz, Andrea Martin, Common, CyHi, D'Banj, Kid Cudi, Pusha T & Raekwon) – The Morning
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“The Morning” is track number five off of the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album Cruel Summer. Featuring recent G.O.O.D. Music signee D'Banj (a Nigerian artist), this song is his
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Kanye West, Pusha T & Ghostface Killah – New God Flow.1
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“I’m Kanye West, that don’t make no sense!”
Kanye West and Pusha T drop quotable after quotable over smooth yet anthemic production, driven by the oft-used breakbeat from Melvin
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Kanye West, JAY-Z & Big Sean – Clique
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“Clique” is the third single off of G.O.O.D. Music’s compilation album, Cruel Summer, following “Mercy” and “New God Flow”. The beat was produced by Hit-Boy (his second credit for
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Kanye West – Selah
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In October 2018, Kanye West teased a snippet of the Ronny J-produced “Selah” during an Instagram livestream. A second snippet of the track appeared online on September 25, 2019
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Kanye West (Ft. Big Sean, CyHi, J. Cole & Pusha T) – Looking for Trouble
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Another GOOD Friday release with verses from Kanye West, Pusha T, CyHi The Prynce, Big Sean and J. Cole.
The song samples Steel Pulse’s “Blues Dance Raid”, which is the same song
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Kanye West (Ft. Kid Cudi & Raekwon) – Gorgeous
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“Gorgeous” sees Kanye describing the ugly nature of social injustice in America, ironically calling the nation “gorgeous” because of it.
Recorded during his self-imposed exile in
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Pusha T (Ft. Kanye West) – Dreamin Of The Past
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On “Dreamin Of The Past,” Pusha T and Kanye both reminisce over luxurious moments from their life that past versions of themselves never thought they would experience. The title
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Pusha T (Ft. Rick Ross) – Hold On
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On “Hold On,” Pusha T and Rick Ross offer their verses as encouragement for people in disenfranchised environments who have to survive by hustling on the streets—both legally and
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Kanye West – Guilt Trip
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According to S1, this song was originally intended for the Watch the Throne album, but Kanye wanted to save it for something else. It also had a Jay Z verse on it.
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Pusha T – If You Know You Know
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On the opening track of his 2018 album, DAYTONA, Pusha T touches on a subject that he has been talking about most of his career: crack/cocaine. King Push brags about how he is on
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Kanye West – Dark Fantasy
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Preceded by the darkest period of Kanye’s life, which culminated in the infamous Taylor Swift incident, this conceptual album digs deeper into the dark side of fame.
This track
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Kanye West (Ft. Big Sean, Charlie Wilson, Common, Kid Cudi & Pusha T) – G.O.O.D. Friday
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“GOOD Friday,” which contains Kanye’s label’s name (Getting Out Our Dreams = G.O.O.D.), features some of the label’s premier talents. Kanye, Common and Cudi have a limited presence
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Pusha T – Santeria
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On “Santeria,” Push discusses the tragic murder of his friend and road manager De'Von “Day Day” Pickett. Santería—“The Way of the Saints”—is a Yoruba religion that uses mediums and
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Pusha T – The Games We Play
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Similar to the intro of DAYTONA, Pusha goes into further details about drug dealing on “The Games We Play.” King Push talks about his wealth and celebrates his success while
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Kanye West (Ft. Pop Smoke) – Tell The Vision
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“Tell The Vision” is an alternate version of Pop Smoke’s posthumously released 2021 track of the same name, which featured vocals from Kanye and frequent collaborator Pusha T, and
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Kanye West – Yikes
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“Yikes” is a song about drugs, specifically about addiction and intoxication.
Ye alludes to hallucinogens and prescription opioids, and describes the highs that these can induce
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Pusha T – Diet Coke
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“Diet Coke” is the lead single for Pusha T’s fourth studio album, It’s Almost Dry. It was first previewed after a snippet surfaced of Push and Kanye West recording a music video
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Pusha T (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Nosetalgia
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This track illustrates the balance of the drug game. On one side you have Pusha T who’s sold cocaine half his life and on the other you have Kendrick Lamar, the kid who had to
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Pusha T – Infrared
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Infrared light is light that is usually invisible to human eyes, but using special kinds of film or devices, you can see things you wouldn’t usually see.
In this way, Pusha T can
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Kanye West (Ft. Pusha T, Stalone & The World Famous Tony Williams) – South Carolina (Donda Original)
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This version of “Donda” was played at Kanye’s first and second listening parties at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. However, the back-and-forth verse between Kanye
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Kanye West (Ft. Lil Yachty & Rooga) – Ok Ok
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Teaming up with fellow Chicago native Rooga, Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign, and Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty, the quartet reflects on how they have personally felt betrayed and/or
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Kanye West (Ft. Playboi Carti) – Junya
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“Junya” is a tribute to elusive Japanese fashion designer Junya Watanabe.
Watanabe, a protégé of Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo, is best known for his work with CDG as
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Pusha T (Ft. Jeezy & Kanye West) – Amen
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Amen is the newest drop from Pusha T which features Kanye West & Young Jeezy. The cut was released on Monday, August 15th, 2011. Things are looking better for Pusha T with each new
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Pusha T (Ft. A$AP Rocky, Kanye West & The-Dream) – M.P.A.
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Kanye and Pusha T collaborate once again on “M.P.A.,” an acronym for Money, Pussy, Alcohol. On the set of the video, Push explained that the song “sort of describes my perspective
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Kanye West (Ft. The World Famous Tony Williams) – Donda
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“Donda” is the title-track of Kanye West’s tenth studio album Donda, and it serves as more of an interlude on the record, allowing room for Kanye’s late mother Donda West to
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Kanye West (Ft. Sampha) – Saint Pablo
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Initially titled “Closest Thing To Einstein,” the final track “Saint Pablo” addresses Kanye’s deepest thoughts and insecurities, namely the $53 million dollars of debt he mentioned
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Kanye West – After You
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[Verse 1] / Yeah, this shit is everything / Said he wanted diamonds in the wedding ring / [?] in my Hedi jeans / [?] with the [?] / I got [?] / Made whole lot of money though / I
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Kanye West (Ft. Nas & Really Doe) – We Major
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A cut off of Kanye’s Late Registration best known for Nas' verse. This helped close the gap between Jay-Z and Nas' feud, since Kanye and Jay are closely associated. Jay even called
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Pusha T (Ft. Kanye West) – What Would Meek Do? (Demo)
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This track is the demo version for Pusha T’s track “What Would Meek Do?” off of his May 2018 album DAYTONA.
This original version of the song is very similar but with a slightly
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Pusha T (Ft. The-Dream) – Exodus 23:1
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Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
—Exodus 23:1
Paralleling Biggie’s “What’s Beef?,” Pusha separates the true
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Kanye West – Lord I Need You
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On “Lord I Need You,” Kanye reflects on his strained relationship with estranged wife Kim Kardashian in light of the couple’s separation.
In the bittersweet song, Ye accepts the
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Kanye West (Ft. Rooga & Shenseea) – Ok Ok pt 2
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“Ok Ok pt 2” is a remix of “Ok Ok”, which is the eighth track on the album. This version replaces the second verse by Lil Yachty with a verse sung by Jamaican dancehall artist
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Pusha T (Ft. Lauryn Hill) – Coming Home
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“Coming Home” is a collaboration between Pusha T and Lauryn Hill recorded in late 2015. The song was put up for auction by Music Mafia in mid-2018 before leaking online on June 13
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Zane Lowe (Ft. Kanye West) – Kanye West. Zane Lowe. Full Interview
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[Zane Lowe:] / Grab a seat, grab a seat. So, you remember this place? Graduation? (It’s cool, yeah). I was also thinking about some of the other things we’ve done as well with the
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Pusha T – Numbers on the Boards
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“Numbers on the Boards” was the second single from My Name Is My Name. This intense, wordplay-dense track is a fan-favorite from MNIMN. Push says he wanted it to sound like a “
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