According to Rolling Stone, Clipse are among the 14 artists who “met the moment,” earning a spot on the outlet’s inaugural “Voices Of The Year” list. “Amid fraught and fractured times, the world is hungry for inspiration, and these musicians, writers, actors, comedians, and broadcasters delivered,” the outlet said. Back in July, after almost two decades, the rapping duo—comprised of brothers, Pusha T and Malice—reunited to drop off their fourth studio album, Let God Sort Em Out.
Upon its release, Let God Sort Em Out put the hip-hop genre at a standstill with all eyes on the Virginia natives. The project would go on to receive critical acclaim and debut at No.4 on the Billboard 200. “…It’s an album of startling maturity and vulnerability from a duo once more accustomed to boasting; and perhaps most of all, it’s a must-listen, endlessly replayable set of songs from two seasoned veterans working in a genre that often prizes youth,” the outlet wrote.
“We’re perfectionists almost to a fault sometimes,” Pusha T tells Rolling Stone
For the two brothers, the project wasn’t just about bringing lyricism back into the genre, but “slamming the door on ageism in hip-hop,” Malice tells RS. He added, “That’s a stigma that probably never should have existed, and hopefully that’s done away with.” For Pusha T, the response to the project is a “testament” to how the two “look at music.” Pusha continued, “We’re perfectionists almost to a fault sometimes, but we know what we want, and I think it translated.”
The elder of the two, Malice, also spoke about reuniting with his brother after taking a brief hiatus to embrace his spirituality. “It’s great to be back with my brother,” Malice says. “The level that he has kept our legacy alive — the professionalism, the taste level, just being top-tier — it made it a real nice place for me to be able to land at. To have him save a seat for me all this time the way he did is an amazing thing.”
