Pusha T’s ‘My Name Is My Name’ Returns to Vinyl

The album that introduced Pusha T as a solo artist to the world is getting a vinyl reissue. His 2013 debut solo LP My Name Is My Name will return to wax this year in a limited-edition 2LP clear format.

Technically, My Name Is My Name wasn’t Pusha’s first solo release. After the Clipse member signed with Kanye West’s GOOD Music in 2010, he released a 2011 mixtape, Fear of God, and followed it up the same year with a sequel, Fear of God II: Let Us Pray. Those tapes lay the early groundwork for My Name Is My Name, which was primarily produced by Kanye West with assists from an A-team including Pharrell, The-Dream, Hudson Mohawke, and Swizz Beatz. My Name Is My Name also featured a barrage of guest stars, including Rick Ross, Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Future, and Kendrick Lamar. Five singles preceded the drop: “Pain,” “Numbers on the Boards,” “Sweet Serenade,” “Let Me Love You,””Nosetalgia,” and “Who I Am.”

Writing the album, Pusha T drew heavy inspiration from the 1997 Al Pacino-starring film The Devil’s Advocate. “Devil’s Advocate’ is a very dark movie, but at the same time, visually, it’s beautiful,” he told MTV in 2012. “The album is based off of that because I speak about the harsh realities of street life but there’s a lot of glitz and glamour that comes along with that. If you just look at it at face value, you might think, ‘It sounds a bit like he’s glorifying [street life]’, but when you get tuned into the record, you realize that you get both sides of it.”

Pusha T has come a long way since My Name Is My Name dropped nearly 15 years ago. His most recent solo album, It’s Almost Dry, arrived in 2022; last year, he also reunited with Malice for the first new Clipse album in 16 years, Let God Sort Em Out. That record earned four Grammy nominations including for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album. The duo won Best Rap Performance for the track “Chains & Whips.”

Order the clear 2LP edition of Pusha T’s My Name Is My Name here.