The 44-year-old rapper’s album is expected to hit #1 on the charts.
It’s only been two days since Pusha T dropped his project, titled It’s Almost Dry, and his sales forecasts are already out. According to HitsDailyDouble, the album should bring in 50,000 to 55,000 units within the first seven days. Of that, between 4,000 and 6,000 will be nothing but album sales.
The project, his first since 2020, consists of 12 tracks and features artists such as Jay-Z, Lil Uzi Vert, Kid Cudi and more.
Discussing the motivation behind the title, Pusha told Rolling Stone, “I always create a masterpiece and in terms of creating a painting… And masterpieces are something to wait for. Also in drug culture, a lot of times people are waiting for the product and it’s not dry yet. You can pick it up when it’s dry.”
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The album was composed by two of the music industry’s most prominent producers, Kanye West and Pharrell. During The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Pusha T compares the two musicians and explains the impact they had on the process.
The rapper told Fallon: “You’re just a pusha-t rap fanatic. He just wants me to rap all day and then he just wants to take it from me and edit it and do whatever he wants with it, right? On the other hand, he claims Pharrell is more of a composer, saying, “He wants to make sure every verse, every hook, every cadence, every flow, everything — he likes to call them ‘sticky moments’ — and just stays with you.” all the time, throughout the song.”
The tour for It’s Almost Dry begins in May and is scheduled for 12 dates.