“This is culturally inappropriate.”
That’s the tagline that you’ll hear throughout the Clipse‘s first album in 15 years. “We know when we’re being ignorant,” said Malice during an interview with Elliott Wilson after being asked what the phrase meant. And some of the lines you’ll read on this list are just that: ignorant.
There’s no shortage of references about drug dealing and subliminal shots. They talk about things like needing more space to turn coca leaves into a paste so that it eventually can be made into cocaine. Pusha T delivers maniacal bars like a comic book villain with a knack for dark humor while his older brother toes the line of good and evil with the demeanor of a serial killer. In short, the Clipse delivered a masterclass in barology that has become a lost art in today’s mainstream rap landscape.
With rap features from Tyler, The Creator, Kendrick Lamar, Stove God Cooks, Re-Up Gang affiliate Ab-Liva, and the legendary Nas Escobar, Let God Sort Em Out spans multiple generations of rap over the course of 13 tracks and each guest held their own as they were given the task to match wits with the two best siblings to ever pick up a microphone.
The task was painstakingly impossible, but I was somehow able to pick out 25 lines to wax poetic about and rank. I’m sure I’ll change my mind on a couple of these after it’s been published, so please be polite when hopping in my mentions.
Check out the 25 best lines on Let God Sort Em Out below.
