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Pusha T- DAYTONA: Album Review

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After a last-minute name change and controversial album cover, rapper Pusha T released his long awaited third studio album, Daytona, on Friday. The album, originally slated to be titled King Push, clocks in at a brief seven tracks and 22 minutes, with only two guest verses, Rick Ross and Kanye West. The day before the release of Daytona, the cover art for the album was revealed as a tabloid photo of Whitney Houston's hotel bathroom cluttered with drugs, according to XXL Mag, fitting with Pusha's lyrical content of drug dealing and excess. This was reportedly Kanye West's choice, paying $85,000 to license the photograph. Many online questioned weather or not the artwork was in bad taste. The content of Daytona is par for the course for Pusha T. Since beginning his rap career in the early 2000's with his brother Malice, the duo Clipse have always detailed the life of selling drugs; the dark side, as well as the luxury and status it brings. While the content remains the