Clipse Dish On The Neptunes Breakup: ‘It’s Always Still Love’

The Clipse and The Neptunes made magic together, but sadly, that can no longer happen. The Virginia rap duo recently shared their feelings on the production duo’s breakup and the relationship between the two collectives.

“Absolutely miss Chad. As far as, you know, being on the album,” Malice said during their appearance on Popcast. “But I’ll see Chad in the airport, in the street, at Buffalo Wild Wings, you know, in VA. Whatever they got going on, just hope for the best for that […] Whenever we see each other, it’s always still love. Always.”

Pusha T chimed in, saying that despite Chad Hugo missing from the fold, the work continues. “Everybody knows my favorite album is Hell Hath No Fury. Pharrell did that alone. That’s it,” he stated. “Chad’s my guy. I love Chad. Pharrell’s my guy, love Chad, too. We’re brothers, we came up together. But, you know, when you say missing in the music, there is no missing in the music when it comes to the Clipse. And if it’s just P, it don’t matter—we find what we find.”

The Hip-Hop world wept when they learned that Pharrell and Hugo were no longer on speaking terms due to a legal battle over ownership of The Neptunes’ name and trademarks, as they initially had an agreement to split everything evenly. Skateboard P wished his former partner-in-crime all the best in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m very grateful for our time together,” he said.

The legendary producer is handling Clipse’s upcoming album, Let God Sort Em Out, all on his own, and so far they have shared the singles “Ace Trumpets” and “So Be It.” The latter song was incendiary, as Push targeted Travis Scott.

He added more context to his diss in an interview with GQ, recalling how the Houston artist interrupted one of their recording sessions in Paris to play his 2023 album Utopia. Push went on to say that Scott withheld playing Drake’s verse on “Meltdown,” where he dissed both the Daytona artist and Pharrell. Listen to “Meltdown” below.