Clipse surprised fans in Los Angeles at the Novo on Saturday when they brought out Kendrick Lamar. The trio performed “Chains & Whips” from Clipse’s long-awaited album, Let God Sort Em Out, which arrived last month. As fan-filmed clips reveal, Pusha T and Malice were in the midst of performing …
Read More »Clipse Step Into the Surreal With New 'Chains and Whips' Music Video
Clipse have dropped a mesmerizing and unsettling new video for “Chains & Whips,” the standout track with Kendrick Lamar from the hip-hop duo’s long-awaited new album, Let God Sort Em Out. Directed by Gabriel Moses, the visual is largely filled with somewhat ordinary scenes that are rendered with strange, stretched-out …
Read More »See Clipse Go Hard With Six-Song 'Tiny Desk' Concert
The reunited Clipse continued their promo tour in support of their new album Let God Sort Em Out with a visit to NPR’s Tiny Desk on Friday. The duo of Pusha T and Malice were joined by an NPR-enlisted backing band that included the Lox drummer Daru Jones, keyboardists Darryl …
Read More »Clipse Are Still Rap's Sharpest Duo After All These Years
It’s good to have these guys back. In the first decade of the 2000s, there were few hip-hop acts with standards as exacting as the Clipse’s. While others originated the idea of making music about moving weight, Gene and Terrence Thornton, a.k.a. Malice and Pusha T, elevated it to a …
Read More »Clipse's Kendrick Lamar Reveal Solves Their Mystery Verse Saga — Sort Of
Yesterday, Clipse made waves when GQ revealed that they have left Def Jam Recordings amid a spat over Kendrick Lamar’s appearance on their upcoming Let God Sort Em Out project. The Virginia duo discussed the situation further during a recent Rolling Stone interview in Manhattan. Before we knew that Roc …
Read More »Clipse Set Summer Release Date for New Album, 'Let God Sort Em Out'
Clipse’s long-awaited fourth studio album, Let God Sort Em Out, is coming on July 11. The Virginia duo of brothers Malice and Pusha T announced the project on Instagram, ending the long wait for fans who’ve been awaiting a follow-up to their 2009 Til The Casket Drops album. Let God …
Read More »How Pusha T and Malice Resurrected the Clipse After 14 Years
I n Norfolk, Virginia, a medium-size city teeming with unassuming single-family homes and townhouses, Pusha T’s contemporary pad looks airlifted from the Hollywood Hills. With a waterfront view, large glass windows inviting in natural light, and state-of-the-art interior design, it’s as if the architects asked him for inspiration and the …
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