Clipse album produced by Pharrell LET GOD SORT EM OUT Discussion thread JULY 11TH

[Theo Penn]

Superior workout music

Walking into the gym listening to Whips n Chains

 

[MeachTheMonster]

This is dope.

Old nikkas such as myself been eating good last couple years

 

[Braman]

Malice outclassed him. I’m sorry

It’s crazy. Malice is smarter, wiser, and has a lot more depth to speak on. There’s a lot of songs on here where Push is genuinely not saying shyt Just flowing

The thought I’ve had the last few days is what if the roles were reversed and we got 3,4 solo Malice albums over Kanye/Pharrell beats. You take the drug twlk but add in spirituality and wisdom. We might have been robbed of a goat

 

[MeachTheMonster]

It’s crazy. Malice is smarter, wiser, and has a lot more depth to speak on. There’s a lot of songs on here where Push is genuinely not saying shyt Just flowing

The thought I’ve had the last few days is what if the roles were reversed and we got 3,4 solo Malice albums over Kanye/Pharrell beats. You take the drug twlk but add in spirituality and wisdom. We might have been robbed of a goat

His verse on so far ahead…..grown nikka rap…

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Chains and whips, sounds like a lost MBDF track….and why don’t Kendrick rap like that all the time??

 

[ItWasWritten]

This is dope.

Old nikkas such as myself been eating good last couple years

RETIRE

 

[S.W.A.G.]

This needed a gym play to feel the full force of it. Similar way I felt to GNX, I knew it was good, but I didn't know how it would stand up as a full play through and whether you could just let it play or skip through it. It seems the iffy bits absolutely smooth out overtime meaning its not just a solid listen but the big moments shine and the dimmer moments still sit well amongst the whole flow of project. Def AOTY territory.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

RETIRE

Young nigggas need to rap better.

Old heads rapping circles around the new gen.

 

[ItWasWritten]

Young nigggas need to rap better.

Old heads rapping circles around the new gen.

I agree , we the same age pretty much by the way

 

[Theo Penn]

EBITDA with the sunroof open

 

[L $ C]

my only complaint is its a bit repetitive like the last pusha album which i also liked but its a solid project. cant expect more from them. they have a small lane but they do their lane really well

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Question. What’s yall fav run of tracks on the album?

All Things Considered through FICO. Or MTBTTF through Inglorious b*stards. Depending on your preference.

 

[L $ C]

This album is amazing.

What I like about this album is it has so many different era influences and genre influences. It has an 80's coke era influence where the beats were simple, but slick. The bars clever, street, but have a lot of intelligence and introspection thrown in. It's got Ye's influences without him contributing; the random samples and the sample application; "the bodies hit the floor" is some Ye shyt if i ever heard it from someone not Ye. It honestly has influences of Outlaw Country music; the raw, I'll deal with folks who get out of line shyt, but simple choruses that express this. Pharell's singing on Whips and Chains, the whole song honestly felt like some Johnny Cash/Bob Dylan shyt. Love that. I've come to realize Push/Clipse resonate with me because they spit in a matter of fact, preachy kinda way. It's genre bending. Even though they're rapping, it's not just rapping if that makes sense.

The beats are Eric B. meets Bomb Squad meets mid 2000s Neptunes, meets MDBTF Ye and somehow the shyt worked.

I been a fan of clipse since "I got caught dealin" and at times I thought they could delve into talking about nothing but drugs too much, but I learned to realize it's just the aesthetic. It's hard to exclude something that raised you, even if it's not a part of your life anymore. Not sure how big drugs played a part in Clipse life, but it's apparent it played a part. I never sold drugs a day in my life, but it was all around my upbringing if I rapped, it would be hard to avoid as a topic that came up repeatedly.

EDIT: I think it's important to note who won't like this album, because mad people are gonna love it, and outsiders won't understand. People who expect something different from Pharrell and people who like Drake/late stage microwave rap.

4.5 outta 5.

people who complain about their lack of growth lyric wise are fair to complain about it, same as people complain about drake, or other rappers with the same subject matter . clipse is that x 10 tho they did a good job on this album of mixing a few topics

 

[TheDarceKnight]

people who complain about their lack of growth lyric wise are fair to complain about it, same as people complain about drake, or other rappers with the same subject matter . clipse is that x 10 tho they did a good job on this album of mixing a few topics

It's fair to complain about it, but a ton of artists talk about the same shyt all the time and don't get nearly as much grief for it as Clipse does. It feels like a double standard at times.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I agree , we the same age pretty much by the way

As a 90s head we been on a hell of a run.

Dope albums from nas, killer mike, Redman, Ghost, Xzibit, snoop, cube, Wu,


even LL had a dope release recently.


Wayne and Will smith let Nas down tho