Hell Hath No Fury
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| Studio album by Clipse | |||||
| Released | November 28, 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | 2003–2006 | ||||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, gangsta rap | ||||
| Length | 48:41 | ||||
| Label | Re-Up, Star Trak, Jive | ||||
| Producer | The Neptunes | ||||
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Hell Hath No Fury is the second album of Virginia hip hop duo Clipse, released on November 28, 2006. 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" (featuring Pharrell Williams) and "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)" (featuring Slim Thug).
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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.[1]
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.[2] Further delays pushed the August 29 release date to October 31 and then November 28.
[edit] Reception
On Metacritic, the album received an aggregate score of 89/100 from twenty-nine reviews—indicating "Universal acclaim".[3] 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"[4] and number nine on Blender magazine's "The 50 Greatest CDs of 2006".[5] Pitchfork Media ranked the song "Trill" at number six in "The Top 100 Tracks of 2006".[6] 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."[7]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks produced by The Neptunes.
| # | Title | Featured guest(s) | Time |
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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" | Pharrell Williams | 3:41 |
| 4 | "Wamp Wamp (What It Do)" | Slim Thug | 4:00 |
| 5 | "Ride Around Shining" | Ab-Liva of Re-Up Gang | 3:56 |
| 6 | "Dirty Money" | Pharrell Williams (background vocals) | 3:46 |
| 7 | "Hello New World" | Pharrell Williams (background vocals) | 4:12 |
| 8 | "Keys Open Doors" | 3:19 | |
| 9 | "Ain't Cha" | Re-Up Gang | 4:42 |
| 10 | "Trill" | Pharrell Williams (background vocals) | 4:43 |
| 11 | "Chinese New Year" | Roscoe P. Coldchain, Pharrell Williams (background vocals) | 3:54 |
| 12 | "Nightmares" | Bilal, Pharrell Williams | 4:50 |
[edit] Charts
| Charts (2006)[8] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 14 |
| U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 2 |
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ allmusic ((( Clipse > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))). Allmusic. Accessed April 23, 2008.
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