Video: Clipse f. Cam’ron & Pharrell, “Popular Demand (Popeyes)”
- story Peter Macia
Killa steps in looking like Rasheed Wallace on vacation and rapping like Purple Haze printed in large type with the Brothers Thornton, but in 2009, if Pharrell’s chorus and lazy horns are the most exciting thing about a Clipse and Cam collabo, you can’t help but shed a lone coke-flavored tear. Directed by Rik Cordero. Til The Casket Drops is out on December 6th.
Video: The Clipse, “Doorman”
Seriously, what kind of asshole would push just to be in VIP? To our understanding that shit is mostly a last exit, accoutrements be damned. This video contrasts a version of grimy realness with another version of ballin-out club tropes, plus Geezy t-shirts and a disclaimer with a moral. For everybody who was grousing about the song yesterday, this video adds a certain amount of weight to it, and no we are not trying to be punny in the least. (via Rap Radar)
The Clipse, “Door Man” MP3
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
If Hell Hath no Fury was the Clipse’s ominous we’re-going-to-stand-in-the-shadows-behind-this-door-and-whisper-threats-to-you album, then Til the Casket Drops is shaping up to be the album where Malice and Pusha repeatedly punch us in the face very publicly. Granted, we still don’t have much to go on, but “Door Man” is a big budget Khaled-era single filtered through the Neptune’s weird sensibilities. Meaning the outer space synths are louder, the noise that sounds like a jug whistle is more prominent and the Thornton brothers’ foreboding is replaced by confrontation. Not the best Clipse single, but an interesting direction anyway.
Download: The Clipse, “Door Man” (via Nah Right)
Clipse f. Cam’ron, “Popeyes” MP3
- story Felipe Delerme
Right after Cam’ron emerged from his self-inflicted exile, around about the time he played us mad times in a row by not showing up for our interview appointments, someone who actually did get a microphone under him got him to admit that he’d thought about retiring. Thankfully, he did not follow through, a decision we’re sure had very little to do with ceding victory to 50 Cent after their dust-up. As far as we can tell, Cam is still very much the king of Harlem and if he wanted to be, probably New York City, but the fact that he’s somehow burrowed himself into the underground makes his appearance on “Popeyes” less the favor to message board heroes the Clipse, than a sensible alliance.
Download: The Clipse f. Cam’ron, “Popeyes”
Video: Clipse, “I’m Good”
- story Matthew Schnipper
The first Clipse albums got serious FADER rotation, but especially Hell Hath No Fury, based on the brick-like density of tracks like “Ride Around Shining” and (from the Barbershop 2 soundtrack!) “Pussy”. Not that there were not lithe moments like “I’m Good” on either, but our expectations are ridiculously high and it felt initially too easy. But maybe it’s time to open our hearts and let a little Clipse shine in. Because really, it looks sweet to drive around in a black BMW convertible and have a pool party on the roof of The Standard or wherever chilling in cardigans and expensive sunglasses with a bunch of models. Maybe this song is alright, actually.
Kanye Joins Clipse Onstage at Diesel Party, Wears Purple Cardigan
- story Hanly Banks
We were pretty bummed when Drake tore his ACL playing ball and had to sit out this year’s free Diesel:U:Music show in NYC last night. Forced to rely solely on The Roots, Passion Pit, Lykke Li, Theophilus London, and Clipse for entertainment, we weren’t sure how our party brains would have survived. Luckily two-time FADER cover star Kanye West stepped in with Clipse on “Kinda Like a Big Deal” to save the game (just kidding, it was great already)! Kinda makes up for the lack of Drake and the fact that we had to wait in line at Webster Hall while spindly models got to walk right in.
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posted on Jul 31, 2009 in FADER TV, FADER TV MUSIC CHANNEL SPOTLIGHT, MUSIC CHANNEL, MUSIC LIVE SHOW tags Clipse, Diesel:U:Music, FADER TV, Kanye West
Clipse f. Rock City, “Warning” MP3
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Kate Cunningham (F36)
The bass on this new leak from the upcoming third Clipse album sounds like heavy farts. Pusha and Malice’s verses sound like they started as freestyles. Rock City still sounds confusing. Less angry/sad Clipse is weird. It’s not that they’ve lost skill (Married to the game/ Ya’ll just common law/ Fiends set fire to the pipe like molotov), but the feverish angst has dissipated, now settled with a supportive label and nothing heavy to rebel against.
Download: Clipse f. Rock City, “Warning”
Freeload: Clipse f. Keri Hilson & Pharrell, “Eyes On Me” MP3
- story THE FADER
We’ll admit to being more than a little skeptical when Clipse said ’Til The Casket Drops wouldn’t be the all-Neptunes affair their prior albums had been, but having now heard three songs and two of them being Neptunes-produced, either our skepticism was well-founded or they were bullshitting. Regardless, we posted tagged up version of this a couple weeks ago, but this is the official jam. Might we also suggest Clipse hand Ryan Leslie a dusty check for the “Something That I Like” beat that Pusha recently guested on? Judging by history, that song won’t be on a Leslie album until 2017.
Download: Clipse f. Keri Hilson & Pharrell, “Eyes On Me” (via Re-Up Gang)
Bonus:
Download: Ryan Leslie f. Pusha T, “Something That I Like”
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posted on Jun 29, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Clipse, freeload, hip hop, Keri Hilson, Pharrell, Ryan Leslie, The Neptunes
Video: Clipse f. Kanye West, “Kinda Like A Big Deal”
- story THE FADER
Hold up, you got Clipse and Kanye in the same room to shoot this video and all you came up with was some gelled lights and a stairwell? Did someone forget to animate a cat into this shit?
Freeload: Keri Hilson f. The Clipse, “Eyes On Me” Produced by The Neptunes MP3
- story THE FADER
“Drop down and get your eagle on!” Oh wait, that’s a different song. And generally just a different era. One where Drake was still a teenage Canadian TV star, Keri Hilson was a songwriter for Ciara, Clipse were languishing and angry and the Neptunes were on the cover of FADER. It’s always trite to pine for a gilded past, but “Eyes On Me” is giving us a rap/R&B collabo hankering. Not to say that this song isn’t good, it is, it’s just not great. I like them fast girls/ who like them fast cars. Cool, good to know. That bubble effect over Keri Hilson’s verse is cool, though. Oh also we heard Mike Jones is jacked now, welcome to the future.
Download: Keri Hilson f. The Clipse, “Eyes On Me” Produced by Neptunes (via Nahright)
