Clipse

Till the Casket Drops

Release Date: December 29, 2009

On the first track on Road To Till The Casket Drops mixtape that came out in advance of Clipse’s third LP, Till The Casket Drops, Pusha T says “they say the third time’s the charm,” and for Clipse, it’d better be. After releasing an excellent debut in 2002 (Lord Willin’) after being jerked around for five years as their “unofficial” debut Exclusive Audio Footage sat on Elektra’s shelves (it’s available widely on the net), Clipse were again caught in label limbo when Jive kept shelving and pushing back their stellar sophomore album, 2006’s Hell Hath No Fury.

 

Then Clipse got dropped, signed to Columbia, cut an official posse record (2008’s Clipse Presents: Re-Up Gang), and began work on Till The Casket Drops, which for the first time, features production work from producers not named the Neptunes. Scott Storch, Rick Rubin, Kanye West, The Hitmen, and Swizz Beatz are slated to contribute beats, and the subject matter will almost certainly pertain to white powder.