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LP / Format
Sub Pop / Label
Industrial Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
Noise
, Abstract Hip Hop
, Hardcore Hip Hop
/ GenreDaveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes, William Hutson, Cocc Pistol Cree, Casey Anderson, +7 more... / Writer
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Critic Reviews
90
Clipping lives up to hip hop tradition and pushes "noise hop" unorthodoxy on their sophomore album.
8y
90
CLPPNG may be one of the most exciting and electrifying rap albums of the year, but their extension of the Bomb Squad aesthetic is also definitely not for the faint of heart.
12y
90
Never does this album sound more genuine than when it's low-key, because it's then that Clipping. foregoes the satire--the very lifeblood that runs through CLPPNG's veins.
11y
88
There isn’t really anything on CLPPNG as grating and challenging as “Get Up,” but that song is a clear enough indicator that producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes are not making music for the faint of heart or tender of ear.
12y
85
Instead of becoming rap pariahs with topsy-turvy beats and art-school interpretations, they’re involving themselves in the traditional, helping push the frontier of a bustling genre.
12y
80
CLPPNG makes a sterling argument for the intersection of noise and hip-hop tropes.
12y
80
Clipping and Clppng are examples of hip-hop’s great possibilities. When you’re producing sounds as vital, pointed and intense as this, why fret about genre semantics?
5y
80
While it aims to push boundaries, ‘CLPPNG’ does so in a way that demonstrates a love for the music and culture that forms its source material.
11y
80
It is replete with sheet-metal distortion, 808s that bang like helicarriers under missile fire, and ferociously-spit double-time lyrics.
12y
80
Shattered remnants of familiar sounds surface far more frequently on this follow-up, but this isn't about dumbing down. 'CLPPNG' is anything but subtle, but it’s a lot more settled than Midcity.
12y
80
Clipping's nightmare is riveting, particularly during its sweat-inducing peak 'Get Up', which uses an alarm clock as a beat underneath breakneck verses.
12y
80
On CLPPNG, the songs that come between these bookends are more diverse, fully-realized, and at times accessible than those found on Midcity.
12y
70
An uncharacteristically difficult end to a record that’s not quite a paradigm smasher, but a must-hear for anyone who likes their hip-hop weird and with teeth.
11y
70
Even ‘CLPPNG’’s conspicuous low points pale alongside these dizzy peaks.
11y
70
CLPPNG is all about the warped sounds coming from the trio’s twisted minds, not outside influences.
12y
56
Overall, CLPPNG is chock full of ideas, and if its failure is due to overambitiousness, well, there are worse ways to fail.
11y
50
Even when the songs sound coherent and have some interesting moments, the jarring beats still come on as incessantly aggressive with no actual power, inspiration, or deeper statement driving the noise.
12y
40
The record lacks vision, direction, clarity. It spreads itself too thin; its intentionally stark contrasts in mood don’t so much construct a narrative as emphasise the band’s creative disunity.
11y
When I've heard "Visions of Bodies Being Burned" the first time I was pretty blown away, That album is very experimental and creative while also being super catchy and memorable, And in my opinion they really perfected the balance between these two aspects on that album. It was one of my favorite experimental hip hop albums back then and I still love this record a lot to this day.
I feel like this album is definitely a harder pill to swallow, It has a decent amount of bangers but a ... read more
This is what parents think Hip Hop sounds like when they listen to Eminem
This is thankfully no-where near as noisy as their previous album, which definitely makes for a more enjoyable listening experience. This has some of the hardest sounding beats I've ever heard with some of the weirdest experimentation as well. It isn't exactly what I expected, but it certainly passed my expectations, that's for sure.
'Body & Blood' is almost like a dark, industrial dance beat, with what I can only ... read more
This was a recommendation from goated Rob stone thanks goat 👍
1 . Intro . Diggs flow on this is actually insane it’s just amazing great intro (that harsh noise clip that plays in the outro jump scared me though ngl )
2. Body and blood beat is pretty great and I like the chorus and the sample but it drags on for too long they could’ve cut it at three or two minutes in my opinion
3. Work work . It’s cool nothing too crazy it’s decent but it also doesn’t need to ... read more
Albüm bir sürü ufak karakterin hikayesini anlatıyor. Deneysel hiphopun özgün işlerinden birisi. Ayrıca Daveed çok iyi iş çıkarmış flowları, sözleri çok akıcı ve iyi. Ayrıca sadece bazı düetleri sevmedim onun dışında sorunum yok.
I'm not doing a full review for this one, its just the clipping. near perfect just has two pretty bad songs.
favourite: Body & Blood
least favourite: Williams Mix
Clipping never fails to feature people no one has ever heard of over production that (affectionately) sounds like tinnitus.
The beats are now better and the rapping is really good now. It has a similar sound as midcity, but more polished and with more interesting instruments than just pure noise. It's also really funny at points... Including williams mix, which is really funny and still enjoyable. Not listening to that one again though, even in album context. Just like get money (outro) ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Intro 1:05 | 83 |
| 2 | Body & Blood 4:28 | 94 |
| 3 | Work Work 3:43 feat. Cocc Pistol Cree | 87 |
| 4 | Summertime 4:02 feat. King T | 84 |
| 5 | Taking Off 4:47 | 87 |
| 6 | Tonight 4:34 feat. Gangsta Boo | 68 |
| 7 | Dream 5:27 | 76 |
| 8 | Get Up 2:56 feat. Mariel Jacoda | 89 |
| 9 | Or Die 4:06 feat. Guce | 84 |
| 10 | Inside Out 3:35 | 91 |
| 11 | Story 2 2:12 | 97 |
| 12 | Dominoes 5:58 | 84 |
| 13 | Ends 4:20 | 89 |
| 14 | Williams Mix 4:18 feat. Tom Erbe | 61 |
Total Length: 55 minutes
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2mo
i wonder if daveed raps over trap beats with the same bpm as these industrial ones and then they get swapped out later
