{"id":55963,"date":"2025-07-11T04:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T04:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55963\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T04:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T04:53:11","slug":"clipse-let-god-sort-em-out-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/55963\/","title":{"rendered":"Clipse: Let God Sort Em Out Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best beats on LGSEO are the ones that just do old Neptunes at half-speed. You know, the click-clack of the percussion on \u201cAll Things Considered,\u201d the blast of apocalyptic synths with an eerie Hell Hath No Fury edge on \u201cLet God Sort Em Out\/Chandeliers,\u201d which gets cut off for a tediously triumphant beat switch so Nas<\/a> can do Nas. Also, \u201cE.B.I.T.D.A.,\u201d which is a little funky, with its spaced-out In My Mind<\/a> sparkle. The whimsical touch of the beat opens up Clipse\u2019s imagination. \u201cI\u2019m sleepwalkin\u2019 y\u2019all don\u2019t dream enough\/My third passport I ain\u2019t seen enough,\u201d raps Push. One of the elements that separated the duo from the million rappers getting off coke punchlines on Smack DVDs was that their realism was matched by the head-in-the-clouds spirit of a kid looking through the bins at a record store for the first time. The cosmic Neptunes beats were big in getting them there, but Pharrell\u2019s newfound opulence flattens that side of them.<\/p>\n

In the past, Pharrell\u2019s personality came through in beats that could be funny, like the tongue-click of \u201cDrop It Like It\u2019s Hot,\u201d or weird, such as the droning hyphy of \u201cMr. Me Too.\u201d Now, he has this efficient professionalism, a way of making music that aims to satisfy Clipse fans who are just happy to see him and the boys back together again. Let God Sort Em Out coasts on the history they share with each other and with us, settling for good enough. Every now and then on the album, you\u2019ll hear this tag telling us that the music is \u201cculturally inappropriate.\u201d I wish it actually was.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s clear is that Pharrell\u2019s heart isn\u2019t in it, the same way Pusha and Malice\u2019s hearts aren\u2019t in their disses. \u201cYou cried in front of me, you died in front of me\/Calabasas took your bitch and your pride in front of me,\u201d raps Pusha, seemingly disgusted at the thought of Travis Scott<\/a> on \u201cSo Be It.\u201d But Clipse are a feeling, and I don\u2019t feel that they really care that much about what Travis, or Kanye, or, uh, Jim Jones<\/a> have going on.<\/p>\n

This is all a distraction from what Pusha and Malice actually do well: rap. It\u2019s no question that they\u2019ve still got love for the form and that their brotherhood is tied deeply to the genre. I think of \u201cM.T.B.T.T.F.,\u201d one of the rare Pharrell beats with oomph, where they both whip out an a capella flow that channels everyone from Biggie<\/a> to Kool G Rap. It\u2019s high on their usual lyrical theatrics, but they\u2019re not trying too hard to grab headlines. \u201cYou niggas is screenwriters, we dreamwriters\/Took chains and touched change like King Midas,\u201d raps Malice from the gut. Just Pusha and Malice getting sinister and mythic over a hard beat. I\u2019ll take that.<\/p>\n

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