Nosetalgia
2014 song by Pusha T ft. Kendrick Lamar
"Nosetalgia" (a portmanteau of "nose" and "nostalgia") is a song by American rapper Pusha T featuring fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar from his debut studio album My Name Is My Name (2013). "Nosetalgia" features production handled by Nottz, Kanye West and additional production by the Twilite Tone. The song features both artists rapping about their experiences and effects of cocaine on their childhoods. On February 3, 2014, the song was officially released as a single in the United Kingdom by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings as the album's fifth official single.
Background
On September 16, 2013, Def Jam released the single artwork, and announced that "Nosetalgia" featuring Kendrick Lamar would be released soon. Later that same day the song would be premiered via Def Jam's website and then on Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show. The song's spare, nimble beat was produced by Nottz and Kanye West. Its production contains a "muggy guitar, rattling clave, dinosaur-plodding drums, and the occasional KRS-One vocal sample of Boogie Down Productions' "The Bridge Is Over". The song also samples Bobby Bland's "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" and Malcolm McLaren & World's Famous Supreme Team's "D'Ya Like Scratchin'?". The following day it would be released to DJs as the album's third promotional single, and then be released for pre-order with the album on iTunes.
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