Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
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Recoil as you might from an album that rarely raises its sights above the jazz talc trade, Hell Hath No Fury is as lyrically kaleidoscopic as it is conceptually monochrome. Track after track flays the central theme, but with such consistently inventive language it seems almost churlish to dwell on its moral bankruptcy. And dwell they don't: Clipse here posit an antidote to all those bloated, cameo-packed hip hop opuses with a 12-track LP clocking in at 48 minutes, while the Neptunes provide their tightest set since Clipse's debut - tingly techno-tinged soundscapes as atmospheric as the brothers' monolithic narratives.The bouncy 'Ain't Cha' is perhaps the most immediate track on offer, but 'Keys Open Doors', with its unsettling synth backdrop, ramshackle rhythm and threatening tone, best...
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