Pusha T has confirmed that the long-awaited new album from the Clipse is finally finished.
Speaking with journalist and broadcaster Ari Melber at Miami Art Week, Pusha said: “We always take long, people be mad. [But] it’s okay ’cause it’s done. I’m telling y’all, it’s done. I promose you. It’s in my phone.”
He also shared more details about the project, which is tentatively titled Let God Sort Em Out.
“It’s been 15 years since we dropped an album. We’ve been at it since ’98/’99 but I think people are gonna witness greatness […] You will get to see how street Hip Hop matures,” he declared.
“This is a chemistry, this is a brotherhood. And when I say that, I mean Pharrell as well. He produced it from top to bottom.
“We’re very precious with this music, we’re very very meticulous about everything that we do when it comes to that.”
The Clipse recently announced that they have signed with Def Jam to release the album.
While Pusha T is already signed to the company as a solo artist, the duo have opted to ink a deal with the storied Hip Hop label after their prior albums were handled by a variety of labels including Jive and Arista.
The deal was announced back in October by Malice, who posted a picture on Instagram of himself in Def Jam’s offices standing in front of a TV that said: “Def Jam welcomes Clipse.”
The veteran rapper also captioned the image: “A picture’s worth…”
Not much is known about the album other than that is produced by Pharrell (without his estranged Neptunes partner Chad Hugo) and features guest appearances from the likes of Nas and John Legend.
The Virginia Beach duo also shed light on Let God Sort Em Out in an interview with Vulture earlier this year, with Pusha T saying: “I think this is where you get the difference between taste and filler. This music is curated. This is a high taste-level piece of work.
“You can only have that level of taste when you have the fundamentals down to a science. I think it’s been definitely missing.”
Malice added: “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.”
