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's third studio album ''

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'', and eighth overall. It reached #22 on the UK Singles Chart and topped the

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for a week. The word "pussyole" is a slang term for someone who is weak and unwilling to back up their friends during confrontation.

Wiley

The song is rumoured to be a diss to former friend

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of the

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crew, with whom he had a conflict, which made Dizzee (who was once a member) leave the crew. Wiley responded to the song in a video circulating on

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, in which he also takes jabs at rappers

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and

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, and then later with the track "Letter 2 Dizzee", from his album '' Playtime Is Over'', to try to end the rift between them. In the clean version, the chorus is removed, because of the repetition of the phrase "Pussyole".

Samples

The song samples the "

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" break from

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' "

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". Because of sample clearance issues, the song was removed from the

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copies of the album in the US.

Track listing

CD: # "Pussyole (Old Skool)" (explicit version) # "Old Skool (Pussyole)" (clean version) # "My Life" (featuring Newham Generals) # "My Life" (instrumental) # "Pussyole (Old Skool)" (instrumental) # "Pussyole (Old Skool)" (a cappella) 7" Vinyl: # "Pussyole (Old Skool)" (explicit version) # "Old Skool (Pussyole)" (clean version)

Charts

References

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