CLPPNG

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CLPPNG
Clipping CLPPNG.jpg
Studio album by
clipping.
ReleasedJune 10, 2014
Genre
Length55:31
Label Sub Pop
Producer William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
Clipping. chronology
Midcity
(2013)		CLPPNG
(2014)		 Wriggle
(2016)

CLPPNG is the debut studio album by American hip hop group clipping. It was released on June 10, 2014, through Sub Pop as the follow-up to their debut mixtape Midcity . [1] The album has guest appearances from Gangsta Boo, King T, Cocc Pistol Cree, Guce, Mariel Jacoda and Tom Erbe.

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [2]
Metacritic 73/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 9/10 [6]
Fact 3.5/5 [7]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME 8/10 [11]
Pitchfork 5.6/10 [12]
Uncut 8/10 [13]

Composition

Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! writes that the album sees the group continue their combination of musique concrète and gangsta rap, while deeming it more accessible than their earlier work. [14] Fred Thomas of AllMusic deems it a harsh album that fuses "noise frequencies, brutally dark beats, and MC Daveed Diggs' unhinged, often ugly lyrical flow." [15] "Intro" features rapping over a beatless backdrop of feedback reminiscent of Merzbow. [15] "Dream" features a "ringing bell, white noise and tape hiss", [14] while the next track "Get Up" is built solely around the sound of an alarm clock. [14] [15] The album also features a performance of John Cage's Williams Mix (1951–1953), recorded with Tom Erbe. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by clipping..

CLPPNG track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Intro" (Not featured on vinyl release due to extended intro on "Body & Blood." [16] )1:04
2."Body & Blood"4:28
3."Work Work" (featuring Cocc Pistol Cree)3:41
4."Summertime" (featuring King T)4:02
5."Taking Off"4:49
6."Tonight" (featuring Gangsta Boo)4:35
7."Dream"5:29
8."Get Up" (featuring Mariel Jacoda)2:55
9."Or Die" (featuring Guce)4:05
10."Inside Out"3:36
11."Story 2"2:11
12."Dominoes"5:58
13."Ends" (Not featured on vinyl release. [16] )5:25
14."Williams Mix" (featuring Tom Erbe)4:22
Vinyl edition (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
13."Run Out"4:50
Japanese edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleLength
15."Brian" (featuring Brian Chippendale)3:55
16."God Given Tongue" (featuring Bryan Lewis Saunders)8:05

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [17] 22
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [18] 46

References

  1. ↑ "Official clipping. Bandcamp".
  2. ↑ "CLPPNG by clipping. reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Reviews for CLPPNG by Clipping". Metacritic . Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "CLPPNG – clipping". AllMusic . Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Price, Joe (June 3, 2014). "clipping. – CLPPNG". DIY . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (June 9, 2014). "clipping.: CLPPNG". Exclaim! . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ Pattison, Louis (June 16, 2014). "CLPPNG". Fact . Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (June 6, 2014). "Clipping: CLPPNG – review". Financial Times . Archived from the original on July 1, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  9. ↑ Carroll, Jim (June 20, 2014). "Clipping: Clppng". The Irish Times . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ "clipping.: CLPPNG". Mojo (248): 88. July 2014.
  11. ↑ Homewood, Ben (June 9, 2014). "Clipping – 'CLPPNG'". NME . Archived from the original on June 13, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  12. ↑ Raymer, Miles (June 13, 2014). "clipping.: CLPPNG". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  13. ↑ "clipping.: CLPPNG". Uncut . 2014. Subversive commentary hits home with industrial force.
  14. 1 2 3 4 Quinlan, Thomas (June 9, 2014). "clipping. CLPPNG". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  15. 1 2 3 Thomas, Fred. "CLPPNG Review by Fred Thomas". AllMusic.
  16. 1 2 "Clipping. - CLPPNG". Discogs . June 10, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Clipping Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Clipping Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
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