East Coast hip hop legends Clipse have spoken to ClashMusic about their ‘coke rap’ tag.
Emerging from the East Coast hip hop scene at a time when California was exerting a stranglehold over rap, Clipse never stood much of a chance. Together with The Neptunes, the group set about carving out a new and utterly unique sound.
Over a colourful tapestry of samples the rap troupe has struck gold with a series of singles. However their slick sound led to some labelling Clipse as ‘coke rap’ – controversially, the tag stuck.
“Honestly? I was pissed by it” raged Malice. “Our canvas may have been coke but we tried to explain what could happen in this situation, what does happen in that situation. It was never coke rap – that was just a starting point, but nothing more.”
Continuing, the MC explained that there was far more intelligence to Clipse than many give them credit for. “It’s definitely thinking man’s hip-hop” he claimed. “We’re not going to leave you at a dead end.”
“It’s gonna take you somewhere, it’s gonna paint a picture; it’s gonna have a beginning, middle and an end. Other cats that I hear on the radio are only concerned with a feel-good thing and say whatever you want as long as you can swagger it out. But that’s not us.”
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Clipse have completed their new album ‘Til The Casket Drops’ which is due to be released later this year.
