Biography

Hailing from Virginia Clipse -- brothers Pusha T and Malice -- were one of the rare first artists to associate with the Neptunes The Neptunes Pharrell Williams first met the duo in the early 90s was very impressed by their talents and decided to help them get a gig Hooking them up with the Elektra label an early single flopped and the group seemed done even though an albums worth of material had been recorded Williams was not discouraged and continued to hype the group until Arista finally intervened in 2001 Williams and partner Chad Hugo stepped behind the boards and produced Lord Willin Clipses 2002 full-length debut released through Star TrakArista On the strength of Grindin the album hit the Top Ten of the RBHip-Hop and Billboard 200 charts and eventually went gold The Sony-BMG merger threw the follow-up into limbo and sparked a long bout of legal snags between Clipse and their new parent label Jive While the delay was going on Clipse issued a series of mixtapes and set up their Re-Up label The label disputes were eventually cleared up and Hell Hath No Fury was finally released on November 28 2006 Bradley Torreano Andy Kellman All Music Guide