Microphone Check 1:18 pm Fri October 11, 2013  Pusha T On
Fronting, Responsibility And Kanye (Part 1)  Credit Courtesy of
the artist Pusha T.  Originally published on Wed October 16,
2013 2:42 pm    • Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Frannie Kelley With
Pusha T  This week rapper Pusha T released his first solo album
after years of writing and performing as a duo, with his brother
Malice in the Clipse. But he's not all on his own. Pusha is part
of Kanye West's conglomerate — the two of them made Yeezus and
My Name Is My Name simultaneously — and still works closely with
Pharrell, who he's known since they were in high school in
Virginia Beach.  In the first part of an interview with
Microphone Check hosts Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley,
Pusha decries the current state of hip-hop, saying he looked to
rap made between 1994 and 1999 for inspiration while making My
Name Is My Name: "Hip-hop to me right now is really easy
listening. It's very easy listening, like there's nothing
abrasive about it. There's no album