Pusha T: Diss Tracks Are "Dead to Me"

"it's not the same ransom anymore. Back in the day, to me, I felt like it could be career ending. Now it's not - it doesn't hold as much weight. You still get another shot at it, it seems like."

"I'm somewhere right now where I don't even want to make music with other people, nevertheless [have] anybody else in my music or be the focus of my music. What we're doing right here [with Clipse] is, to me, so next level. I feel like the taste level is above everything else. Even being caught up in the world of it - I don't like even the world of the people, of the back and forth - if I don't see eye to eye with you, there's probably things I don't want to be there about, you know what I'm saying?"

"A wise man once told me, 'Don't argue with fools/ 'Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.'"

Pusha T regards diss tracks as having lost their former sting and career-ending impact. He describes the current landscape as noisy, with opportunities for rebuttal that diminish decisive outcomes. He states that he has moved past that chapter and prefers not to collaborate or make others the focus of his music. He emphasizes that current Clipse work represents an elevated, next-level taste. Malice reinforces restraint with a Jay-Z reference about avoiding fruitless arguments. Pusha T's past catalog includes prominent diss records such as "The Story of Adidon," "So Be It," "Chains and Whips," and attacks on Lil Wayne.

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