Envelope Please...
Open Mike | Montreal | 01/04/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"... and the winner for rap album of the year goes to... 'Hell Hath No Fury', The Clipse. Is this for real? This album is so solid it frightens me. There's something so eerily perfect about The Clipse. The brothers Malice and Pusha T are unbelievable MCs, I mean they just manhandle the mic. Since their lyrical content is on par with what most popular rappers are barking about (drugs), the topics are accessible to mass audiences digging all that Rick Ross rap yet equally enjoyable for fans interested more in flow than in floss. The Neptunes always bring out their biggest guns for these guys - Lord Willin was among the first albums that launched the Neptunes into stardom - and there are no complaints on that end. The overall pace of the album is a little faster than their last LP, but it's standard stand-out production by the Virginia duo.
I haven't heard anything this consistently good in a long, long time. Maybe Ghostface's last album was the last time I heard something this phenomenal, but that's neither here nor there: bottom line is that this album is so important right now, so good, so worth your money."