So we decided to make a song eulogising ourselves. The beat was so dynamic though that it really caused a stir. It was just loud and chaotic and it sounded like the second line that they do in New Orleans funerals where they march down the streets. Though the track and its energetic visuals were met with praise from rap fans, Elektra were having second thoughts and eventually shelved the recording of Exclusive Audio Footage all together, worried that the single hadn't made enough of a commercial dent.
The album debuted at number one on Billboard's hip-hop chart with cuts like catchy single "When the Last Time" , and hometown anthem "Virginia" seeing the brothers quickly garner rap fans attention, as well as features away from the LP on Birdman's "What Happened to That Boy" and, strangely, popping up on Justin Timberlake's first ever single as a solo artist , "Like I Love You".
But it was lead single "Grindin'" that became the definitive Clipse track. When Pusha recalled the moment he first heard it he said:. Things start in the streets and the hustlers of the world resonated with ["Grindin'"] so well that they were just booking us. It was an underground cult kinda thing. Though still riding the high of "Grindin'" at the end of work had already started on their second album Hell Hath No Fury.
I'm glad No Malice and Pusha are still here to walk at all. Editor's Note : Since we published this story, Twitter has pointed out the duo has previously offered up other explanations for their break-up, like this and this , which I don't consider to be contradictory—more like complementary.
Malice was clearly looking for a change for a number of reasons and the above story seems to have been the last straw. Like, man, do you know the tour offers for that? It wasn't hard for Jarren to successfully troll the rap media into thinking he was leaving Funk Volume.
The outspoken producer drops a truth bomb blasting rappers who try to get instrumentals for free. The courts and FBI have pressured 50 Cent to do the unthinkable - admit his cash is fake and quit social media. Best Of.
The duo's story-telling skills combined with the sparse, ominous production of the Neptunes Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo creates a cold-sweat world in which even the live-for-the-moment thrills are tinged by paranoia.
With his solo album, Pusha T reprises some of that ominous feel but also broadens his musical scope to include more atmospheric and playful touches while collaborating with Kanye West, the Dream and his boyhood friend Williams, among others.
In a wide-ranging interview, Thornton recounted the path to the new album and his thoughts about a potential reunion with his brother in Clipse.
Here are a few excerpts:. Q: What was in the water in southeast Virgina in the '90s that enabled hip-hop artists like you, your brother, Pharrell Williams , Timbaland , Missy Elliot and others to develop?
A: I credit Virginia Beach being a military town, and me having a gumbo of different musical influences. I was a heavy fan of Houston music before it hit, of Bay area music. I learned all of this from going to school and meeting kids who had moved here from other parts of the country. We had mom and pop stores that catered to the military guys, and they would put their rims on their Galants, and put huge-ass house speakers in that trunk and they'd rattle with all the tools they'd put in back.
We drew from the same well — an abundance of influences. And I percent blame Teddy Riley. He moved to Virginia from Harlem, and he was at a talent show, and Pharrell and them were discovered there. I thought that was only on 'Magnum PI. I didn't know music was a real industry until Teddy Riley showed me. My brother was always a rapper, writer, a notebook-having guy. He had a crew of rappers, the principal at our high school called it a gang. Tim was the DJ for 20 sets of guys like Pharrell and my brother.
They would all be rapping on Virginia Beach. Teddy was really inspirational in all of that. Q: Detractors might say you make "drug albums," but they're more like character studies with all these layers. How did you develop that approach? It takes a more introspective viewpoint to sit here and talk about the science of it. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age.
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