Pusha T and Kanye West have a very complicated relationship, and one that isn't very amicable right now. Still, that doesn't mean that they can't look back on their extensive history, even if some of these reflections indicate more contentious moments. For example, Push and his brother No Malice spoke to Rolling Stone ahead of their upcoming reunion album as Clipse. During this conversation, they recalled pulling up to Wyoming in the late 2010s to work with Ye on his upcoming material, which included a self-titled 2018 album, Pusha's own solo LP, and the Chicago artist's 2019 project Jesus Is King.
Furthermore, this was the first time that Clipse worked together in almost ten years, but according to Pusha T, it was frustrating. Kanye West would allegedly "nix" Pusha's ideas, but there was a lot of back-and-forth inspiration. One instance was when he and No Malice recorded over the "Follow God" beat, a song that eventually became a solo cut on Jesus Is King. "He gave us the beat. Forgot about the beat. We working on the records," Pusha explained. "We laid [vocals] to it," NM recalled. "Kanye was like, ‘I need that back,’" the "Nosetalgia" spitter added.
Pusha T & Kanye West Performing In 2009
Of course, we all know that Clipse eventually reunited on Jesus Is King's "Use This Gospel" alongside Kanye West and Kenny G. As for their next moves, Pusha T and No Malice are just waiting on one feature for their new album Let God Sort Em Out before it drops later this year. "I’m so excited about this new Clipse album," Push told the Ghetto Runways podcast recently. "That’s what I’m on right now. It’s absolutely finished. Just waiting on a feature. Just waiting on a feature, bro, just one feature."
Meanwhile, Pusha T recently explained why Kanye West still collaborates a lot despite his volatile and bigoted ways as of late. "I believe that there’s a level of visibility that comes along with being next to somebody like Ye,” he told Complex. “At the end of the day, it’s a level of musicality and genius-level production that comes along with being next to him. So you get a lot of things that I think artists are looking for these days in being next to him. It’s all about the music for me and just making music at a certain level. I’ve been in this game a long time, so it’s about a certain type of hip-hop that I want to make. And truthfully, Ye definitely knows what I like to make, and I only want to be a part of things that I want to do."