Pusha T and Malice have formally reunited as Clipse, that a lot is definite. But whereas there stays no launch date for the brand new Clipse album Let God Type Em Out, the pair have teased the mission for some time now.
The duo ramped up pleasure for the mission on June 20 once they had an official listening occasion for the brand new album, confirming {that a} new Clipse mission is nearly right here. As followers wait with bated breath, here is every thing to find out about Clipse’s first new album in 15 years.
Their First Music Will Be Titled “Birds Do not Sing”
In June, Clipse previewed their first music since 2009 throughout Louis Vuitton’s Males’s Spring-Summer time 2025. The observe known as “Birds Do not Sing” and options an look from John Legend. Whereas the observe hasn’t hit streaming platforms, Malice defined the importance of one among his bars in an interview with Rolling Stone, saying he wrote them proper earlier than his father’s passing.
“I can hear your voice now, I can really feel your presence/Askin’, ‘Ought to I rap once more?,’ you gave me your blessing,” he spits within the music.
Malice explains, “We had been sitting within the automotive. And I requested him, ‘What do you consider me rapping once more?’ He stated, ‘Son, I feel you’ve been too onerous on your self. You continue to should get out right here on this world. You continue to received to care for your loved ones.’ My dad was a deacon within the church, so he was heavy on Jesus. For him to have the ability to say that gave me encouragement. I really feel like some chains was damaged from that dialog.”
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Let God Type Em Out is Fully Produced by Pharrell
Clipse’s first album in 15 years will probably be completely produced by Pharrell. That is noteworthy as a result of King Push infamously hated Clipse’s final album Til the Casket Drops, which was additionally produced completely by The Neptunes cofounder.
“Pharrell producing every thing can be an ode to the kind of music and the kind of albums we wish to make,” Push advised Vulture again in June. “We nonetheless wish to make full our bodies of labor. These are films, man. These aren’t simply songs. This is not only a assortment of joints we went in and banged out.”
Push added in his Rolling Stone interview that Pharrell is pumped to be part of the mission, and at occasions will get a bit forward of himself due to his pleasure.
“Pharrell says, ‘We gonna preserve going!’” Push advised the publication. “Pharrell calls with that vitality each morning, bro. ‘I used to be listening to the album within the truck final night time. I’m going to attempt some new shit tomorrow.’ I’m like, ‘Come on, bro. Get the combo accomplished with this one.'”
There Will Be Loads of Coke Raps
Pusha T has reassured his followers that there will probably be loads of coke raps on Let God Type Em Out. The Virginia rapper advised Vulture that the coke rap complaints which were lobbed at him and the Clipse through the years aren’t correct and that haters who label them that manner, “cannot even assess what’s actually being stated or what is going on on.”
Push additionally allegedly has a coke line involving the Brittney Griner prisoner swap, in accordance with RS.
A number of Options Are Confirmed for Let God Type Em Out
Let God Type Em Out could have a number of options, together with one confirmed from Nas that Clipse had reportedly been chasing for years. The duo claims that the one factor holding up the album’s rollout is a verse from one singular artist.
“I’m so enthusiastic about this new Clipse album,” Push advised the Ghetto Runways podcast in August. “That’s what I’m on proper now. It’s completely completed. Simply ready on a function. Simply ready on a function, bro. Only one function.”
The Album Is Allegedly Due Out Later This 12 months
Clipse knowledgeable Rolling Stone that the album is due out later this 12 months. With solely three months left earlier than 2025, which means Clipse will drop one thing within the subsequent few weeks to kickstart their rollout. Let’s hope that proves to be true, as a brand new Clipse album could be a legendary solution to shut out a blockbuster 12 months for rap music.
