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Here is another one from Bun B in preparation for his upcoming mixtape, No Mixtape, that drops digitally at midnight on Feb. 1. and will also be available in hard copy.  The Underground King goes in over the Clipse “Champion” beat, and as usual, kills it.  I must say, Bun B has been a beast on the mic for a very long time.  Enjoy.

Download: Bun B-Champion Freestyle

On the set with Clipse at the shoots for “Door Man” and “Freedom.”  If you never got around to listening to this album, please do before I slap you.

Directed by Shomi, from Illusive Media/Re-Up Gang Films, here comes the official visuals to the Clipse’s opening track on “Til The Casket Drops.”

Sidebar: In my opinion, Pusha T delivers one of the hardest verses that the rap industry has ever heard. Plus, “Freedom,” is one my favorite songs on the album, so I am pleased to see that they put a video out for it.

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In the clip there below, The Clipse performs their single on Jimmy Fallon’s late night abomination show.  Til The Casket Drops is in stores now, in case you didn’t know. Props to Yardie.

I would just like to say that, even if you were the worst rapper in the world, if you have The Roots backing you, you will probably sound amazing.  Hats off to one of the greatest bands in the world, I have had the pleasure of seeing them live twice.  If you love hip-hop and have not seen The Roots in concert, please get on it.  Here, the Clipse perform their hit from a few years back, “Grindin’,” freshly redone with a verse from Black Thought, on Jimmy Fallon.

Here comes visuals from Rick Ross’ “Maybach Music 2.5 (Remix).”

The song/video features a verse from one half of the Clipse, Pusha T, and T-Pain on the hook, along with Ross’ verse.

Though I enjoy the Pusha feature on the remix, this version is STILL better, especially for Kanye’s ILL verse.

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A lot of people say KanYe has a habit of murdering people on their own tracks. I am one of those people who strongly agree with this statement. He’s always got that line or two that you remember most about a track he’s just featured on. One of the tracks you can argue Ye outshines on is “Kinda Like A Big Deal.” Hear what the Clipse brothers have to say about it.

“[Pharrell will] love something and I’ll be like, ‘Yo, who is that moving,’ and it’ll be good, but…like, ‘That ain’t disrupting radio,’” Pusha explained. “And then we’ll get into, ‘Yo, it ain’t this record’ or ‘It ain’t that record.’ Then an argument ensues and he’ll tell everybody to get out the studio…and he’ll come back 40 minutes later with something, like ‘If you don’t take this I’m calling Hov, right now, I’ma call him. And he gonna take this, it’s gonna be the biggest record ever… I’m calling Puff.’ He’ll name any name that he just knows will get under my skin when I hear that they got something good that we should have.” – XXL

Above, Clipse make their way to the Streetlevel studios, to talk about music, fashion, their latest album, Til The Casket Drops, working with the Neptunes and more.

The Clipse are among street rap’s elite and inadvertent streetwear style icons so it’s only right that SL sat down with them to talk about their new album, their clothing line Play Cloths, and soaking up game from Pharrell and Nigo.”

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Above, Clipse performs a cut from their recently released album, Til The Casket Drops.

During Power 98’s Winterfest ‘09, in Charlotte, North Carolina, Clipse perform I’m Good.

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In the clip below, Charles Gibson (positively) reviews Clipse’s latest album, Til The Casket Drops, which is in stores now.

Above, the Clipse perform some of their classic cuts, along with telling wild tour stories.

If you haven’t done so already, be sure to pick up their latest album, Til The Casket Drops, which dropped today.

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While in Richmond, Virginia, in accordance to their album promotion, iLLVibes was able to sit down with the Clipse to talk about label frustrations, the origin of their clothing line, Play Cloths, their fashion mentality, sneakers, how he compares Til the Casket Drops to Lord Willin, and much more.

Here is an exclusive interview we held with Malice and Pusha T, when they stopped in Richmond to promote their album. Several months ago, we got to kick it with Virginia’s own Clipse, with Pusha T manning the main part of the interview. Hear him as he discusses his label frustrations, the origin of Play Cloths, his fashion mentality and his thoughts on sneakerheads, how he compares Til the Casket Drops to Lord Willin’, among many other topics.

Sidebar: Remember, Til The Casket Drops hits stores tomorrow. Buy it.

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During the mtvU Woodie Awards, the Clipse, joined by Cam’ron and Rick Ross, performed two cutes from their upcoming release, Til The Casket Drops.

First performing Popeye’s (Popular Demand) with Cam’ron and then performing I’m Good with Rick Ross, the Clipse give a the awards show a great performance.

Til The Casket Drops drops December 8th, so make sure you pick it up.

Previous: Clipse Talk Til the Casket Drops (Video)

With their album finally dropping next Tuesday, Pusha T and Malice sit down with MTV to explain stories behind several tracks.

In the clip above, Pusha T speaks on his favorite track from the album, entitled Freedom. Also, both artists speak on how their mistakes are deeper than rap.

Courtesy of MTV:

The Clipse’s new LP, Til the Casket Drops, is finally coming out next week, and all the brother-duo can do is smile.”I was just vibing out to it,” Malice said of the album recently. “I don’t [usually] listen to [the album]: I do it, I lay it down, I wait for it to get ready, then I go back and absorb it. I feel sorry for a lot of cats. We got that album right now.”

Malice said it was “unfair” to ask him what his favorite song from the LP, was but he did list a few he was partial to; “I like ‘Champion,’ ‘[Popular Demand] (Popeye’s)’ ‘Showing Out,’ and ‘Door Man’ is incredible.”

The Clipse recently released the video for “Door Man,” which they shot in Virginia.

“[That's a] real crazy track,” Malice continued. “It’s everything you want to see, how life is at home for us: getting money, the ‘hood and your homies. We lost a lot of family, so … When I say ‘family,’ I mean people that were down with us, people near and dear to our hearts. Entourage. People who helped build this whole Clipse thing. We been through a lot, but we’re still celebrating — remembering how everything was, how it was supposed to be.”

“It’s almost like ‘America Undercover,’ ” Pusha explained of the clip. “We have that ‘America Undercover’ feel, that type of documentary style.”

Meanwhile, Push says his favorite record is undoubtedly “Freedom.”

” ‘Freedom’ is a redemption song,” he said. “It’s an apology, it gives a rhyme and reason for some of the things and some of the attitudes of the Clipse. It says ’sorry’ just as much as it says we’re better [than other rappers], and we’re still the best … ever.”

Both Clipse members maintain that their mistakes are deeper than rap.

“Nothing musically,” Pusha answered about what they’re apologizing for in “Freedom.” “This is our lives. This music has affected a lot of people and lot of lives around us. Once we get from in front of the camera, there’s a whole world out there that we’re a part of: family, friends, streets. It’s a lot that goes on and a lot that goes on behind this.”

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