"Trouble on My Mind" | ||||
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Single by Pusha T featuring Tyler, the Creator | ||||
from the album Fear of God II: Let Us Pray | ||||
Released | July 12, 2011 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
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Length | 3:33 | |||
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"Trouble on My Mind" on YouTube |
"Trouble on My Mind" is a song by American rapper Pusha T,released as the lead single from his debut EP Fear of God II:Let Us Pray . It was produced by longtime collaborators The Neptunes along with Odd Future's Left Brain and features a guest appearance from fellow American rapper and Odd Future's frontman Tyler,the Creator.
The song was unveiled on July 8,2011,and premiered via RedBullUSA.com,and officially released on July 12,through iTunes and Amazon. [1] [2] It was included on the soundtrack of the film Project X . [3]
On July 15,2011,a behind-the-scenes look at the video was released. [4] The music video,directed by Jason Goldwatch and filmed in Los Angeles,California,was released July 20,2011. [5] The video features cameos from the rest of Odd Future. In the video,Pusha T is dressed in the style of Tyler the Creator,"down to the cutoff shorts,striped knee-high socks,and kitty T-shirt", [1] [6] while Tyler is "dressed like Pusha-gangsta shit". [7]
In response,Tyler's verses were met with more criticism than Pusha T's. [2] [8]
Amos Barshad,writing for Vulture ,described the song as "the kind of spare,ominous Neptunes beat Pusha's been murdering for a decade-plus. Barshad liked Tyler's feature,through idiosyncratic and technically less proficient than Pusha,it "works great for him". [1]
Country | Date | Format | Label | Ref |
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United States | July 12,2011 | Digital download | GOOD Music | [9] |