The Clipse and Pharrell are full steam ahead in rolling out their forthcoming album Let God Sort Em Out. The trio previewed Kendrick Lamar‘s highly anticipated verse on “Chains & Whips” this week.
Footage surfaced of the Virginia legends hanging on a rooftop in Paris rapping along to the record in front of a crowd of people. K. Dot’s verse covered a few topics, such as Hip-Hop being dead “again,” him giving all of his money to Rakim, the West Coast being on top, his experiences in therapy, and more. “I’m not the candidate to vibe with/ I don’t f**k with the kumbaya sh*t/ All that talent must be God-sent/ I sent yo a** back to the comics,” he rapped.
There wasn’t anything in particular that sounded targeted at Drake, which caused people to question why Def Jam and Universal Music Group were so opposed to clearing the song. Veteran journalist Rob Markman, who heard the song early, labeled the verse as the Compton rapper’s “State Of The Union” as opposed to being a diss. Nonetheless, as Push told GQ, his label and their parent label were concerned about the optics of two of Drizzy’s foes linking up amid the ongoing defamation lawsuit. Check out a preview of the verse below.
One rapper that Pusha T has held no punches about is Travis Scott. In the Clipse’s recent single “So Be It,” he went full throttle at the Houston star. “You cried in front of me, you died in front of me/ Calabasas took your bi**h and your pride in front of me/ Heard Utopia had moved right up the street/ And her lip gloss was poppin’, she ain’t need you to eat/ The ‘net gon’ call it the way that they see it/ But I got the video, I can share and A.E. it/ They wouldn’t believe it, but I can’t unsee it/ Lucky I ain’t TMZ it, so be it, so be it,” he rapped.
He explained his issues with the Utopia artist to GQ, which stem from him playing the fence while his rapper friends went to war with one another. It’s no secret that Push holds Pharrell dear, so when Scott interrupted their recording session in Paris to play his July 2023 LP Utopia without playing Drake’s verse on “Meltdown,” the Daytona rapper took that personally since both he and Skateboard P ended up receiving shots.
“He don’t have no picks, no loyalty to nobody,” Push stated. “He’ll jump around whatever he feels is hot or cling onto whatever he feels is hot. But you can play those games with those people…We’re not in your mix. Keep your mix over there.” Listen to “Meltdown” below.
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