Hell Hath No Fury
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| Studio album by Clipse | ||||
| Released | November 28, 2006[1] (See release history) |
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| Recorded | 2003–2006 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 48:41 | |||
| Label | Re-Up, Star Trak, Jive | |||
| Producer | The Neptunes | |||
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Hell Hath No Fury is the critically acclaimed second album of Virginia hip hop duo Clipse, released on December 7, 2006 in the U.S. and in November of 2006 in some parts of Europe. Like the group's debut album, Hell Hath No Fury is produced by The Neptunes. The guest appearances are limited to members of the Star Trak roster and Clipse's own Re-Up Gang. The album spawned two singles: "Mr. Me Too" and "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)". The album debuted at #14 on the Billboard 200 with 78,000 copies sold in the first week.[2]
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[edit] Overview
The material on Hell Hath No Fury is of a much darker tone than Clipse's debut album, due to the group's problematic relationship with Jive Records. From an interview with AllHipHop, in July 2006:
We were ready to get into the thick of things with the success of the first album … the songs we had done were really hot, but at that point in time we were in a different place, we were happier. Time passed, and we saw it was a big hold up, and the momentum, the people that waited for us, we took too long. We couldn't dare come out in the same mind frame as we did in Lord Willin' - so, now we mad, we angry, we pissed the fuck off.[3]
The group stated in a 2007 interview with Urb Magazine that, sonically, some of The Neptunes' production approach was an agreed stab at revising the textures of experimental 1980s Hip Hop such as Mantronix.
Clipse began recording the album in late 2003. Work on the album was halted in 2004, when Arista Records—their label at the time—was dissolved into its sister label Jive Records, as part of a larger merger between Sony Music Entertainment and BMG. Because of contractual issues, the group was forced to stay with Jive.
While Clipse resumed work on the album, its release was delayed by Jive throughout the rest of 2004 and much of 2005. Additional delays resulted when Clipse sued Jive after the label refused to grant the group a release from its contract. These legal issues would not be resolved until May 2006.[4] Further delays pushed the August 29 release date to October 31 and then November 28.
[edit] Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  link |
| Robert Christgau | (A) link |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A) link |
| The Guardian | link |
| The New York Times | (favorable) link |
| Pitchfork Media | (9.1/10) link |
| PopMatters | (8/10) link |
| Rolling Stone |  link |
| Stylus Magazine | (A-) link |
| XXL | (XXL)[5] |
On Metacritic, the album received an aggregate score of 89/100 from 29 reviews—indicating "universal acclaim".[6] Critics praised the inventiveness of Clipse's lyrics and the exotic elements of The Neptunes' production.
The album was ranked first on Prefix magazine's "Best Albums of 2006"[7] and number nine on Blender magazine's "The 50 Greatest CDs of 2006".[8] Pitchfork Media ranked the song "Trill" at number six in "The Top 100 Tracks of 2006".[9] The album was the sixth in the history of XXL magazine to receive a "XXL" rating. The Sunday Times, which ranked it fourth in its list of the best pop and rock records of 2007, called it a "claustrophobically edgy account of drug-dealing and paranoia, whipped up by The Neptunes into a storm of sonic inventiveness no other hip-hop release in 2007 came close to matching."[10] Pitchfork placed the album at #7 for the best of the year in 2006 and at #52 on the list of the Top 200 Albums of the 2000s, one of the highest rankings for a rap album.[11] In 2010, Rhapsody (online music service) called it one of the best "coke rap" albums ever.[12]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks produced by The Neptunes.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "We Got It for Cheap" (Intro) | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Momma I'm So Sorry" | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Mr. Me Too" (featuring Pharrell) | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)" (featuring Slim Thug) | 4:00 |
| 5. | "Ride Around Shining" (featuring Ab-Liva) | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Dirty Money" | 3:46 |
| 7. | "Hello New World" | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Keys Open Doors" | 3:19 |
| 9. | "Ain't Cha" (featuring Re-Up Gang) | 4:42 |
| 10. | "Trill" | 4:43 |
| 11. | "Chinese New Year" (featuring Rosco P. Coldchain) | 3:54 |
| 12. | "Nightmares" (featuring Bilal and Pharrell) | 4:50 |
[edit] Trivia
A leaked copy of the album contained a vocal snippet from the movie Pulp Fiction added to the end of the first track, "We Got It for Cheap." It was removed from the released version of the album, however.
[edit] Release history
| Country | Date |
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| Ireland | November 28, 2006 |
| Switzerland | November 29, 2006 |
| Sweden | November 25, 2006 |
| Canada | December 8, 2006 |
| United States | December 7, 2006 |
| Japan | |
| South Korea | December 11, 2006 |
| Hong Kong | April 8, 2007 |
| Fiji | February 10, 2007 |
| Australia | February 11, 2007 |
| New Zealand | |
| Jamaica | February 14, 2007 |
| South Africa | February 17, 2007[13] |
| United Kingdom | March 21, 2007 |
| Israel | |
| Costa Rica | March 22, 2007 |
| China | April 6, 2007 |
| France | April 2, 2007 |
| Italy | |
| Greece | March 29, 2007 |
| Germany | |
| Argentina | April 5, 2007 |
| Russia | January 18, 2007 |
| Mexico | January 19, 2007 |
[edit] Charts
| Charts (2006)[14] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 14 |
| U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 2 |
[edit] References
- ^ US. "Clipse | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/clipse. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ^ http://www.xxlmag.com/bloggers/2006/12/clipse-catch-a-brick/
- ^ Kandyba, Slav (August 11, 2006). The Clipse: Lyrical Lazarus. AllHipHop. Accessed June 9, 2008.
- ^ Lopez, Rodrigo (May 9, 2006). Clipse Tour With Ice Cube; Album Release Date Set. AllHipHop. Accessed June 9, 2008.
- ^ Frederick, Brendan (September 25, 2006). Review: Hell Hath No Fury. XXL. Archived from the original on 2010-09-21.
- ^ Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury (2006): Reviews. Metacritic. Accessed April 14, 2008.
- ^ Best Albums of 2006: Picks 10 to 1. Prefix magazine (December 13, 2006). Accessed June 9, 2008.
- ^ The 50 Greatest CDs of 2006. Blender magazine (January/February 2007). Accessed June 9, 2008.
- ^ Dombal, Ryan (December 18, 2006). The Top 100 Tracks of 2006. Pitchfork Media. Accessed June 9, 2008.
- ^ Records of the year. The Times (December 2, 2007). Accessed June 9, 2008.
- ^ The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s. Pitchfork (October 1, 2009). Accessed December 28, 2009.
- ^ Album Guide To Coke Rap Referenced 26 July 2010
- ^ "Home | The Official Clipse Site". Clipseonline.com. http://www.clipseonline.com. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ^ allmusic ((( Clipse > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))). Allmusic. Accessed April 23, 2008.
[edit] External links
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