ARTIST: Clipse
TITLE: Lord Willin'
LABEL: Arista
GENRE: Rap
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 177 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 1h 16min 30sec total
SIZE: 96.83MB
RELEASE DATE: 06-09-2003
RIP DATE: 05-03-2007
Track List
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Disc 1/2
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01. Clipse - Intro 2:16
02. Clipse - Young Boy 4:25
03. Clipse - Virginia 3:57
04. Clipse - Grindin' 4:24
05. Clipse - Cot Damn (Feat. Ab-Liva & 5:01
Roscoe P. Coldchain)
06. Clipse - Ma, I Don't Love Her (Feat. 4:17
Faith Evans)
07. Clipse - Fam-Lay Freestyle (Feat. 1:57
Fam-Lay)
08. Clipse - When The Last Time (Feat. 4:14
Kelis & Pharrell)
09. Clipse - Ego 2:48
10. Clipse - Comedy Central (Feat. 4:33
Fabolous)
11. Clipse - Let's Talk About It (Feat. 5:10
Jermaine Dupri)
12. Clipse - Gangsta Lean 5:20
13. Clipse - I'm Not You (Feat. Jadakiss, 4:19
Styles P & Roscoe P. Coldchain)
14. Clipse - Grindin' (Remix) (Feat. 4:20
N.O.R.E., Baby & Lil' Wayne)
15. Clipse - Grindin' (Selector Remix) 3:47
(Feat. Sean Paul, Bless & Kardinal
Offishall)
Disc 2/2
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01. Clipse - Ma, I Don't Love Her (Axwell 5:25
Clipsenism Edit)
02. Clipse - Ma, I Don't Love Her (Axwell 6:16
Vocal Remix)
03. Roscoe P. Coldchain - Delinquent 4:01
Release Notes:
Rap and drugs. The somewhat unholy marriage is now decades deep. Not
surprisingly, the conjunction has produced some dynamic musical results that
have been readily smoked, ingested, and snorted by the mainstream music
listening public. Back in the late '80s, Ice-T was one of the first rappers to
blur the lines between the rap world and the underworld. On his single "I'm Your
Pusher," which tastefully sampled Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman," Ice-T compared
his whole album (Power, 1988) to drug weight, proposing that his music would be
something rap fans would fiend for the same way a smoker fiends for nicotine. In
the early part of the 21st century, after the Virginia-based production team the
Neptunes' had splashed their electro-synth beats everywhere, from songs with
hardcore rapper N.O.R.E. to pop sensation Britney Spears, Pharrell Williams and
partner Chad Hugo created their own label, Star Trak. The first act signed to
the Star Trak label was a pair of Neptunes cohorts known as the Clipse, a
sibling duo of highly skilled VA transplants (by way of the Bronx) with some
obvious nefarious connections to the world of drug hustling. Pusha T and Malice
rocked the rap world in the summer of 2002 with their first single, "Grindin',"
a dark and gritty tale of the street pharmacist's everyday strive to make ends
meet. Over a thunderous throwback knock from the Neptunes, "Grindin'" was one of
the summer of 2002's most prolific anthems and transported the Clipse to the
realm of overnight rap success. Lord Willin' is an oft-scary trip down the
backstreets of Tobacco Road as Malice and Pusha T recount the trials and
tribulations of the drug trafficker-turned-MC. Following in the footsteps of
such rap criminologists as Kool G Rap, Nas, Jay-Z, and Mobb Deep, the Clipse
offer the Virginia hustler's viewpoint with clever, hard-hitting lyrics like:
"...I'm from Virginia where ain't s**t to do but cook/pack it up, sell it triple
price/f**k the books..." and "Virginia's for lovers but trust there's hate
here...." While the two MCs' presence is invariably formidable on virtually all
of the tracks, the Neptunes' pop-ish turn in their beatwork doesn't always do
justice to the depths that the Clipse MCs wish to plunder. The Neptunes'
synth-gloss production style, while generally soulful and rarely without edge,
misses the mark in case of the crossoverish "Ma, I Don't Love Her" featuring
Faith Evans, as the MCs seem thoroughly out of their element. The album also has
a slapped-together, non-cohesive feel that detracts from its more enjoyable
aspects. On the flip side, the follow-up club-banger "When the Last Time" is a
catchier alternative to the crew's lead single and tracks like "Comedy Central"
featuring Fabolous and "I'm Not You" featuring Jadakiss and Styles of the L.O.X.
are also a cut above run-of-the-mill.
All tracks produced by The Neptunes except the 2 Axwell ones.
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