Jun 26, 2025

Their new singer is excellent. A lot of people have complained about Chester being replaced but let’s be honest, most of them probably haven’t listened to a Linkin Park album since the first two.

 

Jun 26, 2025

Chester was one of my favorite vocalists in general but Emily was a great replacement, hope she does well live! Have a good time!

 

Jun 25, 2025

All of the albums during this round have been getting decent or better than decent reviews so I think you should pick the album that’s a little divisive just to spice things up a bit lol

 

Jun 25, 2025

The two new Clipse singles are fire. They lean more toward the sound of Pusha T’s recent solo work which I’ve really come to appreciate over time. Watching one of their recent interview also got me interested in the album.

 

Jun 25, 2025

I thought that was going to be what the forum was gonna be like when I first signed up, I was sorely mistaken

 

Jun 25, 2025

Same, his voice got deeper and grittier. Makes him and Malice easier to differentiate and makes them compliment each other more

 

Jun 25, 2025

"OVO 40 hunched over like he's 80" is still one of the hardest lines I've heard in a diss lmao Pusha is such a pure bred hater I love it

 

Jun 22, 2025

Exactly why I chose it, been awhile since we’ve had some divisive picks here

 

Jun 22, 2025

Ooh I feel like this one will have some discourse

 

Jun 22, 2025

Are you obsessed with being depressed and wanna k--- yourself?

If so its a 10/10

 

Jun 20, 2025

f--- you’re smart

 

Jun 20, 2025

Awesome! Will probably post it late Saturday/very early Sunday because I’ll be busy Sunday during the day

 

Jun 18, 2025

Clipse - h--- Hath No Fury

Favorites: Mr. Me Too, Momma I’m So Sorry, Dirty Money, Nightmares

RIPPER ROO’S RATING: 8/10

These guys have such a signature and nasty rap delivery it’s so awesome. I’ve heard so much hip hop music that it’s not often I get impressed over lines anymore, but on Hello New World when Pusha said, “I found poetry, excuse me, Floetry / Say yes, n----s hear the "yuugh" and they know it's me,” it made me give the stank face. Not only because of how true it is with that being Pusha’s signature adlib, but how it’s also a reference to an R&B duo named Floetry and their song “Say Yes”. Despite this being from 2006, most of the beats still sound great today (except for Trill, I don’t like the beat, hook, or flows on that song).

My main issue with this album that stops me from giving it a 9 or 10 is the hooks. That Slim Thug hook hearing his voice saying Wamp Wamp just sounds so stupid to me and so repetitive. Pharrell’s hook on Hello New World doesn’t work for me, his singing on that track is not good and does not fit the song. And as I mentioned earlier, I dislike Trill as a whole but it contains yet another repetitive and bad sounding hook from Pharrell. The hook on Keys Open Doors is extremely repetitive but at least it doesn’t sound bad. Same with Ain’t Cha. These bad hooks really started to add up but in most cases the songs were saved by the verses and good enough (except for Trill, gotta be the worst song on the album).

I might not be giving this the high score of a 9 or 10, but it’s still a great album. There’s a bunch of bars I could dive into and quote all day, but I don’t feel like it. But despite some of these bad, repetitive hooks I can still see why this album has legendary status even if I didn’t rate it 10/10. This has me looking forward to the new Clipse album even more especially with that new dope single So Be It they just dropped. @AOTWClub

 

Jun 17, 2025

Ya im good with that! I'll add it to the schedule