comparing the high quality of his rhymes to the drugs (dope) that plagued his family while he was growing up." Pusha T raps about drug mules and Pyrex pots, which he used to turn cocaine to crack. Critical reception "Nosetalgia" was met with critical acclaim from music critics. Emanuel Wallace of PopMatters called it the album's "superlative" track. Writing for The Boston Globe, Ken Capobianco named the song the album's essential track and called Lamar's guest appearance the best one of the album. Louis Pattison of NME called it one of the album's finest moments. Jake Jenkins of AbsolutePunk said, "Pusha and Kendrick are a match made in heaven, and picking who had the better verse here is a near impossible task." Writing for NOW, Max Mertens praised Lamar's verse and named it the album's best song. Jay Soul of RapReviews called the song an immediate standout and an unimpeachable classic. Grant Brydon of Clash said the song showcases Pusha T at his unadulterated finest. Alec Siegel of DJBooth said, "album standout "Nosetalgia" is as raw as it gets. [...] The understated beat with a crying guitar riff and a KRS-One vocal sample, co-produced by Nottz and Kanye West, is about as spooky as the verses provided by Pusha and guest Kendrick Lamar. The two rhyme about their personal past dealings with coke, and Kendrick, as is often the case, highjacks the track." Mike Powell of Rolling Stone gave the song three out of five stars saying, "After years of awkward reinventions, "Nosetalgia" finds Pusha T in something like classic form: mellow but menacing, tracing his coke-dealer creation myth from cold streets back to a baby's crib.” Jabbari Weekes of Exclaim! called the song menacing. Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine called the song a "tedious bit of dealing/rapping parallelism that benefits greatly from the sharp narrative [Lamar] forms." Belgium magazine Le Vif/L'Express named it the 49th best song of 2013. PopMatters choose it as the 41st best song of 2013. Music video The music video for "Nosetalgia" was filmed in Lamar's hometown Compton, California. On October 3, 2013, the minimal, black-and-white music video was released. To start the video, Pusha T walks by himself down a dark block in Compton at night, as the camera swings around from his back to his front, just in time for him to start his verse. The street that Pusha walks down in the