Interview by TheLionWords:

I know we took forever to drop the second installment of DopeForDummies. Thats my fault it won’t happen again. Lets get right into it.

Push! Montana featuring Maino “Last of the Mohicans” off When Push! Comes to Shove Vol.2

I’M RESPECTED LIKE SONNY FROM BRONX TALE/ BK’S VERSION OF BARKSDALE/ BUT I WAS TOO BRIGHT FOR THAT DARK CELL/ I BOUGHT A BLUE BENZ OFF OF HARD SALES/ I WAS 19 STUNTIN IN MY CL/ CUTTIN THAT COKE WITH THE B-12 / IF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF E-VIL/ IMA BURN THAT PAPER WHEN I REACH HELL/ GOTTA MAKE SURE THE FAM NEVER NEED FOR NUTHIN/ IF U GET IN THE WAY OF THAT, I’M LEANIN SUMTHIN/ DON’T TRUST THESE PART TIME G’Z, WHO WILL KILL BUT AINT WILLING TO BLEED FOR NUTHIN/ I’LL PULL UP LIKE A BARTENDER, WITH ENOUGH HEAT TO LIVE THRU A HARSH WINTER/ 2 ARMS UP LIKE JOEY JIHAD, I’LL SEND U TO ALLAH QUICKER/ I’M THE A-TEAM’S LOST MEMBER/ BUT DUE TO MY FAST PACED LIFESTYLE, MY SIDE CHICKS IS MY WIFE NOW/ SPENDIN ALL MY TIME OUT ON THESE STREETS/ BUT I STILL PROVIDE WHEN ITS TIME TO EAT/ GOTTA LIVE MY LIFE LIKE A ROLLIN STONE, ABOUT 2 MILLION IN MY MOBILE PHONE/ I HAD A DREAM LIKE MARTIN LUTHER, BUT THEY SHOT HIM SO I HOLD THE CHROME/ I’M TRYNA BE LIKE “JAY” AND “BIG POPPA”/ THEY MIGHT “JMJ”, “BIG”, “PAC” YA/ THEY FOULER THAN MJ’S DOCTOR/ BUT KEEP THE FAITH DON’T LET THESE NIGGAS STOP YA/ GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN SOLDIER/ CHROME 50 TO TIP NIGGAS OVER/ I’M LIKE 80 SITTIN IN THAT ROVER/ I’M LIKE JAY AND TWO, I’LL NEVER FOLD UP! DEATH B4 DISHONOR.

How far into the tape were you when you and maino did “Last of the Mohicans”?

IT WAS DONE IN THE LAST SESSION. I CAME UP WIT THE HOOK THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED 2 THE BEAT. BUT I DIDN’T HAVE A VERSE. I SENT IT 2 MAINO WITH THE HOOK ON IT CUZ I KNEW HE WOULD KILL IT. I KNO THE KINDA BEATS AND TOPICS HE WOULD JUST BODYYYY! HE SENT IT BACK AND I WENT IN RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT. AND HISTORY WAS MADE !

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By GOTTI

“FRESSHH” as always, Push! Montana delivers “The Next One” from “When Push! Comes To Shove” Vol. 2. Instead of relegating himself to painting pictures of concrete and corners, Push! takes listeners a little closer to home with his signature force added to each word he speaks.

• …“’My girl trippin’, said ‘Nigga you need to grow up’ /

   I looked at her and said ‘You know what? / Don’t say nothing to me ’til you grow nuts’ / 
  

  ‘Cause you don’t know how it feels to be a nigga / Made small in society, with dreams of being bigger.’”

The way slots in the rap game are filling faster than they’re coming open, it’s challenging for artists to elbow their way onto listeners’ radars. We’re not even talking being able to cash in on the art, especially during a time when 64% of Americans can’t pay for a $1000 emergency. With no guarantees or benefits, rap as a career pales in comparison to the idealized version so many of us grew up seeing and I’m starting to think “making it” requires more stamina than skills.

The ones who separate themselves from the pack are either part of the small few who are uniquely talented or the next subgroup of those able to will their way to the forefront. And even though “XXL cover, I got left out,” Montana has been blessed with both of the aforementioned characteristics so his turn is coming, just like so many of us. And much like us, he just has to find a way make it to the next check.

[Link] Push! Montana – “The Next One”

Everything [is] not all dark clouds. Check out Montana’s “On Deck” Interview on MTV2′s Sucker Free Countdown where he speaks on being from Brooklyn, the blessings he has received career-wise and the game plan for 2011 ’til infinity.

- The Smoking Section

Via AllHipHop.com By DeOnna Hicks

A native of the same borough as many Hip-Hop Hall-of-Famers, Brooklyn resident PUSH! Montana is paving his own way and solidifying himself as more than just a money and drugs rapper, but a musician as well as a businessman. Applying street hustle techniques, pairing them with professionalism and work ethic, was the recipe used to get Montana on major releases, and featured in the most reputable outlets of urban media.

In the process of shooting visuals for every song off of his most recent release, “FRESH Dope.” recoding the P.U.S.H! EP, When PUSH! Comes to Shove, the mixtape and the “Brooklyn Boys” documentary, the rapper behind the popular moniker is well on his way to outranking everyone else in the game baring the name.

AllHipHop.com: I have to know, what’s the deal with the exclamation point in your name? 

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