Trouble on My Mind

"Trouble on My Mind" is a song by American rapper Pusha T, featuring fellow American rapper Tyler, the Creator, released as the lead single from his debut extended play (EP) Fear of God II: Let Us Pray (2011), through GOOD Music, Re-Up, and Decon Records. The track, an alternative hip-hop and hardcore hip-hop record, was recorded in 2011, and was written by Pusha and Tyler, alongside its producers, The Neptunes and Left Brain, the latter being a member of Odd Future alongside Tyler around that time. The song was released on the 12th of July, 2011, alongside a music video directed by Jason Goldwatch eight days later. It would later be included in the film Project X (2012), appearing on its soundtrack.

The song was unveiled on July 8, 2011, and previewed via RedBullUSA.com. It would later be officially released on July 12, 2011, through iTunes and Amazon.^[1][2] On July 15, 2011, a behind-the-scenes look at an upcoming music video was released.^[3] The official music video, directed by Jason Goldwatch and filmed in Los Angeles, California, was released July 20, 2011.^[4] The video features cameos from the rest of Odd Future. In the video, Pusha T is dressed in the style of Tyler the Creator, "down to the cutoff shorts, striped knee-high socks, and kitty T-shirt",^[1][5] while Tyler is "dressed like Pusha-gangsta shit".^[6] In 2012, the track was included on the soundtrack of the film Project X.^[7]

Amos Barshad, writing for Vulture, described the song as "the kind of spare, ominous Neptunes beat Pusha's been murdering for a decade-plus. Barshad liked Tyler's feature, through idiosyncratic and technically less proficient than Pusha, it "works great for him".^[1] Meanwhile, Tyler's verses were met with more criticism than Pusha T's.^[2][8]