Clipse have dropped an early preview of Kendrick Lamarâs guest verse on their upcoming song âChains & Whipsâ.
The highly anticipated song, which will feature on their reunion album Let God Sort Em Out, was played by the brothers when they hooked up with Pharrell Williams on a rooftop.
On the track, Kendrick can be heard addressing the state of Hip Hop, spitting: âLetâs be clear, Hip Hop died again / Half of my profits may go to Rakim / How many Judases done let me down? / But fuck it, the West mineâs, we right now.â
The Clipse were forced to part ways with Def Jam over Kendrickâs appearance on the album.
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Speaking to GQ, Pusha T described how their relationship with the storied label crumbled over Lamarâs feature on âChains & Whipsâ.
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He said: âThey wanted me to ask Kendrick to censor his verse, which of course I was never doing. And then they wanted me to take the record off. And so, after a month of not doing it, Steve Gawley, the lawyer over there was like, âWeâll just drop the Clipse.â But that canât work because Iâm still there [solo]. But [if] you let us all go⌠â
It was also revealed that Def Jam were concerned about the optics of two of Drakeâs arch rivals teaming up on a track while his lawsuit against UMG was ongoing.
The brothers paid a large sum to get out of their contract with Def Jam and keep their album intact.
Their manager, Steven Victor, said to Billboard: âThey said, âFind another deal, and letâs figure out a business.â They didnât drop us. They were like, âPay us this moneyâ â which was an exorbitant amount of money, a shit ton of money â âand weâll let you out the deal.â Thatâs what happened. We paid them the money, an insane amount of money. It wasnât, like, $200,000. It was a lot of money for an artist to come up with. They bought themselves out of the deal.â
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Victor then confirmed that the dollar amount was in the seven figures range.
Clipse subsequently signed with Roc Nation to release Let God Sort Em Out.
