USSInsiders
Banned
Any of my nikkas still playing this?
Every body went hard #pause on every single song.
We Got it For Cheap Vol. 2
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Any of my nikkas still playing this?
Every body went hard #pause on every single song.
Big Mel
@bigboss
I hated these tapes. I don't find the Clipse interesting enough to listen to them over other peoples beats.
USSInsiders
Banned
Damn really? One of my favorite hip-hop tapes/albums of all time tbh.
That's cool though.
Big Mel
@bigboss
You aren't alone. The tapes are wildly popular. I think the Clipse are absolute trash mcs vocally. They have pipsqueak voices.
USSInsiders
Banned
That's a valid point, but they were just very unique with the way they conveyed things lyrically, Pusha's voice was definitely squeaky as hell when he first came out though. The tape was more than the Clipse though blood, you had Liva and Sandman with some crazy verses too. Liva is insanely underrated, at least as far as his work on that tape.
USSInsiders
Banned
zen zuzuzenzenzen. zen zen zen. zenzenzenzenzen.
"told me to put my first quarter in the ceiling....he meant quarter million, you nikkas thinking like children"
"1000 grams wrapped neat in saran, label me landlord I keep keys in my hand"
"I'm vicious with the verse, I'm a genius like Rae, you nikkas seeing nothing on the Zenith like Ray, black hand white keys, you've seen this I'm Ray"
"I'm vicious with the verse, I'm a genius like Rae, you nikkas seeing nothing on the Zenith like Ray, black hand white keys, you've seen this I'm Ray"
I've never noticed this part before. The imagery "More white in the hood than the KKK"
USSInsiders
Banned
"More white in the hood than the KKK"
TBH that verse is one of my favorite hip hop verses of all time.
Pusha's flow and lyrics were just too much, aside from the bite/allusion to INS's verse on Triumph, but regardless, that boy
that song.
USSInsiders
Banned
I'm a huge Styles P and Jada fan, but tbh, that was the dynamic of the Clipse that was so unique. They were so damn subtle with shyt, it wasn't even metaphors per se, it was just if you didn't listen close you'd miss how clever they were.
It's crazy too if you think about it because honestly Pusha was so unrefined and shytty when he was younger, by the time he hit HHNF and this tape especially, his technicality was so much better than Malice's.
Honestly though Liva was crazy on this tape too. His details and flow were ridiculous.
I remember when I first heard it though I thought Sandman and Liva were one person cause they sounded the same to me.
HARLEM AL
Your broad loves me.....
man I forgot about this shyt.
*Puts mixtape on Iphone*
*Puts mixtape on Iphone*
Yep, just that extra edge.
Like that line above "black hands, white keys" the image is vivid breh. Then "you've seen this, i'm Ray." Extra imagery (Charles' black hands on the white piano keys) and extra meaning (Pusha is the Ray Charles legend of the shyt). So rare. Followed by another dope punchline.
Liva is under-rated. he has a dictionary flow that just sounds beautiful at times. He paints them pictures. I actually think he in particular was instrumental in the Clipse stepping it up. He needs to get writing for Kanye or something.
Like that line above "black hands, white keys" the image is vivid breh. Then "you've seen this, i'm Ray." Extra imagery (Charles' black hands on the white piano keys) and extra meaning (Pusha is the Ray Charles legend of the shyt). So rare. Followed by another dope punchline.
Liva is under-rated. he has a dictionary flow that just sounds beautiful at times. He paints them pictures. I actually think he in particular was instrumental in the Clipse stepping it up. He needs to get writing for Kanye or something.
