Beloved rap duo Clipse, consisting of brothers Pusha T and Malice, are putting the finishing touches on their first album in nearly 16 years, LET GOD SORT EM OUT, which will be released July 11. A new single, “Ace Trumpets,” will be out at midnight tomorrow (May 30).
The album was produced by longtime collaborator Pharrell Williams and will be “marketed and distributed in partnership” with Roc Nation. Pre-order is available now, and exclusive merchandise “designed by some of the most influential names in streetwear” will be added in the coming weeks. Artwork and design was provided by artist/sculptor KAWS, who lent a hand on the cover art for Clipse’s most recent album, 2009’s ‘Til the Casket Drops.
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Pusha and Malice were brought together by Williams in their hometown of Virginia Beach, Va., in the mid-1990s, practicing slick punchlines about the drug dealing escapades of their youth over the pop-skewed production of William’s own production duo, the Neptunes. However, Clipse separated in 2009 as Malice turned away from the game toward religion, pressured by a federal investigation into the group that resulted in the arrest of their manager, Anthony Gonzalez.
From there, Pusha became a solo artist, signing to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music the next year. His 2018 album DAYTONA, produced entirely by West, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200, earning Pusha his first Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album.
Having focused on their own projects following the tour in support of ‘Til the Casket Drops, the duo reunited at the 2022 BET Hip-Hop Awards and have played a handful of concerts since then, including at last year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona.
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