Reissue on fruit punch colored vinyl with handnumbered obi. Limited to 2000 copies.

The contemporary realm of hip hop music can be seen as polarized between two sides; mainstream

versus underground, industry versus independent, at a base level boiled down to catchy sounds and

infective hooks over higher quality lyrical content. These elements don’t need to be mutually exclusive,

but these days it’s rare to find an act that can please all sides of the discussion.
Clipse are one of the few groups that successfully and consistently caters to both sides of rap’s splintered
psyche, simultaneously serving the scene with upbeat bangers that get the club poppin’ & subwoofers
rattlin’ while crafting clever quotable compositions deserving of repeated headphone submersions.
Though their preceding official albums Lord Willin’ (2002) & Hell Hath No Fury (2006) made bigger
splashes commercially, 2009’s Til The Casket Drops is surely no slouch, a gem which deserves to be
revisited with fresh ears – good thing Get On Down has given it the proper treatment it deserves with
this limited vinyl pressing!
Til The Casket Drops was a departure from the duo of Malice & Pusha T’s previous works in that it was
their first LP not completely produced by The Neptunes. However, the celebrated team who brought us
‘Grinding’ & ‘Mr. Me Too’ still helmed 8 of the album’s 13 tracks, thus dominating the soundscapes and
aesthetic of the album anyway. With the remaining beats handled by Hitmen Sean C & LV (Jay-Z, Big Pun,
Ghostface) and Aftermath’s DJ Khalil (Kendrick Lamar, Aloe Blacc, Eminem) clearly Clipse stock hadn’t
lowered in the game. While boasting notable vocal features from Kanye West, Pharrell, Cam’ron, Keri
Hilson, Yo Gotti & their Re-Up Gang affiliate Ab-Liva, Casket Drops leaves ample space for the core
emcee duo of Pusha & Malice to shine in the spotlight, with verses revolving around each other succinctly
in-synch and bonded by an exceptional creative rhythm only biological brothers could share.