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Clipse is finally ready to release their highly anticipated album this summer.
On Thursday, May 29, Pusha T and Malice dropped the official trailer for the duo's fourth studio album Let God Sort Em Out. The album, which is scheduled to arrive in July via Roc Nation Distribution, will feature 13 fresh tracks. It's executive produced by Pharrell Williams and was recorded at Louis Vuitton's headquarters in Paris, France. The album trailer gives fans a glimpse at what to expect from the full-length project that King Push once called a "high taste-level piece of work."
In addition, Clipse also revealed the album cover art created by artist and designer KAWS. The updates about the album arrived a few days after Clipse teased the first single from the project. The duo shared a snippet of their upcoming song "Ace Trumpets," produced by Skateboard P. The snippet plays over a video montage featuring throwback images of JAY-Z, Slick Rick, The Notorious B.I.G., the cast of Paid in Full, and, of course, Push and Malice themselves.
Clipse first announced their plan to reunite on wax last summer after debuting new music during Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer Fashion Show in Paris. Their unreleased song, "Birds Don't Sing" featuring John Legend, played as they walked the runway during the show. At the time, they described the album as "cohesive material" that's on a "level of meticulousness that a Clipse fan looks for."
"I think the album shows the supreme maturation of a rap duo," Pusha T told Vulture last year. "This is smart basketball. It’s fundamentals. And not only that, it’s authenticity. It’s what rap should look like if you’re real about your craft, real about your experience, real about your storytelling. It’s bringing the fans along to see the growth, not trying to fit in or fabricate. It just seems like in other genres of music, they have the luxury of growing. For some reason, we act like we’re not supposed to evolve. This is what the true evolution of the Clipse looks like. It’s just good to be able to show that and still have high-level raps."
Clipse's new song "Ace Trumpets" drops this Friday, May 30. Look out for the duo's upcoming album Let God Sort Em Out on July 11 and check out the album cover below.