2018Released
2:50

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In 2015 Meek Mill accused Drake of not writing his own raps, alleging Drake employed Quentin Miller as his ghostwriter. The pair then exchanged a series of diss tracks aimed at each other. Here, Pusha T fires a number of direct shots at Drake, which include the ghostwriter accusations. The lyric pennin' equal the Trumps winnin' The bigger question is how the Russians did it It was written like Nas but it came from Quentin. In the same way that Donald Trump allegedly had outside help from the Russians in becoming President, Pusha claims that Drake gets assistance from ghostwriters.

Infrared light has longer wavelengths than those of visible light, and is therefore generally invisible to the human eye. However, using special kinds of film or devices, we can see things we wouldn't normally see. Pusha uses infrared light to illustrate the way he sees such rappers as Drake who he believes aren't real.

Drake and Pusha have been trading shots at each other for years on different tracks. "Two Birds, One Stone," for instance finds the Toronto MC calling out the Virginia Beach native for relying on his drug dealing past for much of his content. Explaining to Genius' On The Record why he mentions Quentin Miller during this song Pusha pointed to Drake's disses on "Two Birds." He said: "You know I heard it, I felt like, 'Okay.' I can't have an argument about how real I am. It all depends on what you know, what you claim to be, you know what I'm saying?"

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Infrared.
A♯Key
MinorMode
5/4Time Signature
112BPM

Album

The album Infrared is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Infrared.
Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings
© 2018 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
℗ 2018 Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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