ls se sont fait encenser par tous les magazines pendant à peu près trois ans. Puis, ils nous ont donné deux mixtapes absolument impeccables. Enfin, ils ont sorti Hell Hath No Fury: le meilleur album de 2006. Alors pourquoi est-ce qu’il faut avoir un phallus pour apprécier la musique de Clipse? Moi, au lycée, je connaissais des meufs qui écoutaient du Mobb Deep et du Smiff N Wessun. Mais maintenant, c’est avec mon crew de branleurs que j’analyse les éloquentes confessions d’ex-dealers signées Pusha T et Malice pendant que toutes les filles s’évertuent à faire des danses chelou. Tu sais comment on appelle une party où il y a trop de gars? Une soirée saucisse. Et comme Malice le confirme, c’est désormais ce qu’est devenue la haute sphère éthérée de l’excellence rapologique.
Vice: Tu te rends compte que le public cible du rap commercial c’est les gamines de douze ans?
Malice: Absolument. Et je ne vois vraiment pas comment je pourrais faire de la musique pour adolescentes. Tout ce que je sais faire c’est du Clipse. J’ai une petite filleelle aime Nick Cannon, «Chain Hang Low» de Jibbs, «Chicken Noodle Soup», la snap music. Moi, je respecte ça parce qu’elle aime ça. Elle a dix ans et ma musique à moi, elle en a juste rien à foutre. Ça lui arrive de rentrer du marché et de dire: «Papa, il y a ta chanson à la radio» ou «Papa, ta vidéo joue», mais tu ne vas jamais l’entendre chanter «Wamp Wamp (What it do What it do)».
Et ta femme, qu’est-ce qu’elle pense de ton groupe?
Elle, son truc c’est le gospel. Elle ne connaît rien au hip-hop. Quand je la sors en boîte, elle me fait des vieilles phases à la «Yo, on fiche le camp». Elle passe ses journées à écouter Yolanda Adams et Kirk Franklin à tue-têtegenre elle réveille les voisins. Elle ne check même pas les vidéos de rap. Tout ce qu’elle regarde, c’est des westerns en noir et blanc trop bizarres.
Elle a écouté ton nouvel album au moins?
T’es fou? Je te dis, avec elle, c’est pas de ça qu’on parle. Elle est avec moi depuis toujours. Quand je vendais du crack à longueur de journée, elle était là. Elle a tout vu. Maintenant, la meuf ne veut plus rien savoir.
Ta grand-mère vendait aussi de la drogue, n’est-ce pas?
Ben, c’est-à-dire qu’elle était un peu le pilier de la famille. C’était la personne la plus importante pour nous. Et elle m’a même dit qu’elle n’avait pas apprécié que je parle du business dans notre premier album. T’imagines, une vieille dame de 70 ans n’a pas trop envie qu’on se souvienne d’elle comme ça. Donc je me suis excusé sur «Momma I’m Sorry». À la base, elle est de Norfolk, en Virginie, puis elle a déménagé à New York. On avait des cousins et des oncles plus vieux qui étaient des pures cailleras là-bas. Genre, je me rappelle avoir lu dans le New York Times qu’un de mes cousins s’était fait tiré dessus. Ils étaient dans la drogue à fond, ils faisaient plein de thunes. C’était pas ma grand-mère elle-même, tu vois. Elle avait un peu d’argent et elle faisait bosser les hommes de la famille. C’est pour ça que je considère que c’est chez elle que je suis devenu dealer. On jouait à cache-cache et on tombait sur des balances et des résidus. On ne savait même pas ce que c’était jusqu’à ce qu’on en voit dans les films et qu’on se dise: «Yo, on a tout ça à la maison!»
Ok, est-ce que tu connais UNE meuf qui aime ta musique? Ta maman?
Ma mère détestait le rap. Elle n’y comprenait rien. Elle me faisait toujours des réflexions du genre «Si t’apprenais tes leçons par cœur aussi bien que ce stupide album de Biggie, tout irait bien». Il y a un an, Pusha lui a acheté une Jaguar. Maintenant, c’est la plus grande fan de rap du monde.
MACHO Le chef d’œuvre Hell Hath No Fury est disponible en France. En import.
COMMENTS
Subject: u Date: Apr 17 2007 06:31:15 PM Author: me
its like woosabey bitch, no girls allowed n 2 the g
Subject: Are you serious? Date: Feb 22 2007 07:32:14 AM Author: Meel
If "Hell Hath No Fury" is "arguably the best" album of 2006 then Hip-Hop is dead. When you have two phenomenal albums released in the same year in The Roots' "Game Theory" and Lupe Fiasco's "Food & Liquor," how can the Clipse album even be considered one of the best albums of 2006. It's this lack of recognition for non-mainstream rap that continues to destroy the image and culture of Hip-Hop.
Subject: There is more than.. Date: Feb 18 2007 06:50:10 AM Author: Don Jesus
How little Vice shows understanding on non-mainstream culture.
Subject: ? Date: Feb 15 2007 12:41:51 PM Author: thepoontang
I'd have to agree with jerk store that Jurassic 5 is complete garbage, but there are a lot of underground cats doing their thing nowadays, just like Clipse is doing theirs.
Subject: fuck you mike Date: Feb 14 2007 12:40:07 AM Author: jerk store
mainstream hip hop is better than it's ever been. Actually, nevermind. Mainstream rap is better than it's ever been. Fuck hip hop, I'll take Clipse over garbage like Jurassic 5 or whatever anyday. Even DJ Shadow's realized that all that underground hip hop shit is fucking gay.
Subject: . Date: Feb 13 2007 10:01:11 PM Author: mike
clipse is terrible.
fuck mainstream rap. its all garbage.
Subject: up Date: Feb 13 2007 09:15:51 PM Author: kL
a cheap cut and obviously bullshit
Subject: clipse is weak Date: Feb 13 2007 07:14:10 PM Author: ivan
listen to mf doom for some real lyric driven hip hop
Subject: pm yawn Date: Feb 11 2007 05:24:30 PM Author: Jay Swift
Just like disco in 1978 eh, and you had first hand experience of this or did you read it somewhere ? Flid
Subject: where's faggy? Date: Feb 10 2007 12:22:46 AM Author: 'Today's Special' makes me cum
You wiped all the comments a while ago... cool, cool, whatev. And then I come on here, and you deleted the comment that asshole Sudburian made about fucking a fat chick.
WTF!
He was a douche among douches, true. But if you delete him, how are people (who don't reside in So-On) supposed to get their info on how shit Sudbury is?
Geez, Vice. Get some balls.
Subject: hotter Date: Feb 09 2007 11:02:30 AM Author: reeree
than haterville. clipse is sumthin nice. nicer than jeezy,nicer than fifty. and you know, kinda mobb deep nice come to think of it.
Subject: Clones - greatest album of every world Date: Feb 09 2007 04:52:04 AM Author: Danny Boa
how come everyone who's so "check my record collectin" demonstratively into this album is The White Man with an MP3 rager - Andy Capper, my friend Chris, the guy from Entertainment Weekly. yeah its a great album, I like it. Okaaaaay its very good. its a fine album, it's fair. OOH THEY GOT STEEL DRUMS IN THAT SONG OOH BEST HIP HOP TRACK OF THE NOUGHTIES BOYE. "Wamp Wamp What It Do What It Do ha ha, yeah yeah! Wamp Wamp What It Do What It Do! YESSSSSSSSS. I love saying Wamp Wamp and yo I use to crawl around the floor looking for lost rocks so I can totally empathise with these guyssss hey Wamp! Wamp! What It Do What It Do!" hah hah whatevs, I may be british but Wamp Wamp is smashing! I think I heard Mister Me Too in Skins last night.
well anyway despite those 4 cringable albums in a row this earth shatteringly great album proves that Little Skateboard P is the real deal, he's like Marley Marl Mannie Fresh and Dr. Dre all rolled into a Pez Dispenser... that lyric about him laughing while he's getting off the plane with Puffy is FawRESH... I can just picture it, and you know what haters? that picture is painted by Leonardo Da Hip HOP
Subject: The Clipse. Date: Feb 08 2007 08:00:23 PM Author: E-Man
they're aight. i got the new album and its ok. pharell makes them sound cheap.
Subject: clipse is not amazing Date: Feb 08 2007 05:30:39 PM Author: Pisa
"God you're a retard. Who mentioned anything about them being underground hereos? Mention one rap group in the game right now that are on their level, album wise? And don't even mention Outkast, cause their last album wasn't even trash worthy but shit worthy"
shut the fuck up. when you mean rap you mean mainstrean. clipse is mediocre. thats it. there is nothing more to it. they are barely lyrical
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good writing done dere son straght up lyrical gangstanastitty Guape son Guap son!!! what what wop wop!!1
Subject: wrong-o Date: Feb 08 2007 02:33:10 AM Author: a girl
im a chick
clipse is the shit
theory: disproven
Subject: drugs Date: Feb 07 2007 06:00:16 PM Author: drugs
they talk about drugs too much.
Subject: clipse Date: Feb 07 2007 02:37:51 PM Author: guy
"put a couple average rappers in a bathing ape sweatshirt and all of a sudden they are underground heroes. fuckouttahere" steve
God you're a retard. Who mentioned anything about them being underground hereos? Mention one rap group in the game right now that are on their level, album wise? And don't even mention Outkast, cause their last album wasn't even trash worthy but shit worthy
Subject: for real Date: Feb 07 2007 01:09:27 PM Author: the Kop
let people opine. These dudes fucking suck. There are still free non-credit english classes at Queens college if they are interested.
Subject: say it again Date: Feb 07 2007 12:41:03 PM Author: coop
clipse are the shit
R-E U-P G-A-N-G
now if they would just stop beefin with lil wayne then the 3 best rappers out right now could put some shit together. Lets not forget that Lil wayne was on the album remix of Grindin'
Subject: clipse? lyrical? Date: Feb 07 2007 09:45:45 AM Author: steve
put a couple average rappers in a bathing ape sweatshirt and all of a sudden they are underground heroes. fuckouttahere
Subject: huh? Date: Feb 06 2007 03:41:13 PM Author: pm
i'm so wrong, you become a pissweak girl & can't argue with me? where's the logic in that?
Subject: i represent the "pre-teen public" Date: Feb 06 2007 01:40:44 PM Author: irony
Clipse is alright
Subject: Hiphop IS alive Date: Feb 06 2007 01:40:09 PM Author: C
PM, you're so fucking wrong it's not worth arguing with you.
Subject: HAHAHAHA!!! Date: Feb 06 2007 12:17:54 PM Author: pm
HAHAHAHAHA!!
all the comments were deleted!!! how fucking weak is that? can't let people criticize the shitty music that vice is trying to foist on the pre-teeen public now can we?
look, hip hop is now what disco was in 1978. bloated, mudane, industry vampire, pop-culture, BULLSHIT! wake up & recognize! it's almost like talking about house music with a straight face at this point.
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This guy is like when you just moved to a new town and you did some weird remix of Eric B and Rakim that everyone loves and just as it comes on and everyone cheers, he points to you all carpe diem and you think to yourself, “I am at the pussy zenith of my life right now.”