Trouble on My Mind

"Trouble on My Mind" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Pusha T, released as the first single from his debut EP Fear of God II: Let Us Pray. It was produced by longtime collaborators The Neptunes and features hip hop collective OFWGKTA's frontman Tyler, The Creator. The song was unveiled July 8, 2011 and premiered via RedBullUSA.com, it was officially released on July 12 through iTunes and Amazon.

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Critical response

Rolling Stone praised the production saying, "The sinister, bass-heavy track is the ideal backdrop for verses in which both rappers go into full-on supervillain mode, reveling in nihilistic one-liners and the menacing sound of their own voices."^[2] Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media wrote his review also praising the production claiming "His (Tyler, The Creator) chief attribute is his demonic gargle of a voice; his chief detriment is his constant reliance on laughably vivid playground taunts. Here, he's reduced to supporting player, backing up a ferociously locked-in Pusha. Pusha, for his part, seems determined to erase the flat, directionless mixtape Fear of God from memory. He doesn't say much, but he sounds absolutely cold doing it. And the real star, perhaps unsurprisingly, turns out to be the Neptunes' hard-as-fuck beat, a callback to a time when they still kept their Tritons set on "kill.""^[3] DJ Booth.net stated the song is a cross-generational collab well worth its prodigious online buzz.^[4]

Music video

On July 15, 2011 a behind the scenes look of the video was released.^[5]. The music video, directed by Jason Goldwatch and filmed in Los Angeles, California, was released July 20, 2011. The video features appearances from Tyler, The Creator's OFWGKTA. Rolling Stone commented that "Pusha T remains one of the sharpest, most subtle emcees in hip-hop, but he can't help but be upstaged in the video by the wildly charismatic Tyler, who mugs for the camera at every opportunity."^[2]

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