Clipse Discography Ranking

Clipse is one of hip-hop’s most underappreciated groups. Their glory days were in the early to mid 2000s, in which people like Eminem, Kanye, and Jay-Z were taking rap into a more commercial direction. They obviously couldn’t compete with that for mainstream attention, but for the people that dug right below the radio surface, Clipse was there continuing on the hip-hop spirit of grimy, introspective raps over meticulously looped beats. Just a quick introduction to the duo in case you don’t know, Clipse consists of brothers Pusha T and Malice. Malice left the duo in 2010 after devoting his life to God, and could no longer continue the group in good conscience (he also changed his name to No Malice). Pusha created and thrived in his solo career for the decade plus after that, which is how me and my generation were likely introduced to Clipse. But now, Malice (name changed back) decided to come back to the group, and the duo released their first album in 16 years a couple months ago! Long story short, the album is incredible and has had most hip-hop fans losing their minds. So in honor of this newest album creating such a huge wave, and wanting to get ready for the show in mid-August (which was incredible), I thought this is as good of time as ever to dig into their other three albums. And yes, I only mention the four albums, but they also have a few mixtapes as well under the name Re-Up Gang and an unreleased debut album that’s floating around the Internet, but we’re sticking to the core four albums for this list. Now, let’s dive in!

4. Til the Casket Drops (2009)

It’s no secret that this is the worst Clipse album. In the Apple Music description of the album, it says multiple times how it isn’t on par with their first two albums, but that’s also not the insult that it seems. I think all three other albums are incredible, so one of them just being good makes it feel worse than it is. The album is still pretty solid though. Pusha and Malice are still great rappers, and The Neptunes’s production is still good, but this is also the only Clipse album that isn’t entirely produced by The Neptunes or Pharrell. A little under half of the songs on here are produced by other people, and while the other beats aren’t bad, they’re just not the same. They added features from people like Yo Gotti and Kanye that are both good, but they don’t really add anything to the songs themselves. I’m sure I’d be more positive about this album if I hadn’t been knee-deep in the three other fantastic hip-hop albums, and I still don’t think it’s bad, it just pales in comparison. 

3. Hell Hath No Fury (2006)

From now on, we’re splitting hairs with these albums. All three are classics (well, the newest one only came out two months ago, but it sure seems like that’s going to be a classic project), so I have to nitpick every little thing in these projects in order to rank them. There are just the most miniscule things that I can nitpick on this album compared to the other two. While the hook on “Trill” is incredible, it is a bit repetitive. “Mr. Me Too” is a fantastic hit, but it’s also not as good as the hits on the other two albums above this one. Ok, now let’s talk about everything else, because everything else about the album is incredible! The Neptunes's production is slightly more accessible here than on Lord Willin’, but it’s still so filthy. The accordion melody in “Momma I’m So Sorry” immediately gives me the stank face, and the fact they managed to make the wild percussion on “Wamp Wamp (What It Do)” into a semi-hit is insane! Unsurprisingly, Pusha T and Malice are both operating at top form on this album. They just make rapping sound so easy, which it’s clearly not. Just again, if I have to add a miniscule criticism, this just feels like they’re operating between the rawness of the debut album and the pristine opulence of the newest album. Still, I dislike that I even had to say this much negative about the album in order to justify putting it here, because Hell Hath No Fury is an incredible album!

2. Lord Willin' (2002)

This album is straightforward, but that’s why it’s so great! There’s not much to this album besides that it’s the official debut of two incredible brothers coming together with one of the greatest production duos in music history to create impeccable rap music! The highs on this album are so incredibly high! “Grindin” doesn’t need to be explained. If you’ve heard the song, you know that it’s a forever timeless, classic hip-hop track! But on the album, it comes after “Virginia”, which has my personal favorite Malice verse of his whole career! It’s not the most lyrically dense verse, but every single word is so intricately placed and it balances the authenticity with braggadocio perfectly! Even the song after “Grindin” is “Cot Damn” a perfect hip-hop posse cut that introduces future Re-Up Gang member, Ab-Liva. The production here from The Neptunes is so grimy and so integral to the project. Some songs even feel a bit carried by the beat. For example, even though both Pusha and Malice deliver quality verses, that dirty synth line on “When The Last Time” is irresistible! The whole album is so amazing that even when they purposely try to make a mainstream hit in, “Ma, I Don’t Love Her” with Faith Evans, it’s just as great as everything else on the album! This is just a straightforward, incredible rap album full of incredible rappers and incredible beats!

1. Let God Sort Em Out (2025)

It might be recency bias, but this album is luxury and drug rap at its absolute finest! Even when you look at how the album was created, it’s split perfectly between humanity and overwhelming opulence. Half of the album was created in their home state of Virginia, and then half of it was recorded at the Louis Vuitton headquarters in Paris, France. No, that’s not a joke, half of the album was recorded at the headquarters of one of fashion’s biggest luxury brands, and that’s all due to Pharrell being the creative director of the brand. Pharrell’s production here is amazing, which is a nice surprise with all of the middling beats he’s been putting out the last couple years for other people. But even with Pharrell’s best production in a long time, it’s really Pusha and Malice that are the stars here. Malice coming back to rapping about non-secular things after 16 years and still being this good, along with being the best rapper in 2025 at 52 years old is something special! Not only are Pusha and Malice on their A-game, but they brought in a bunch of legendary artists to help welcome them back. Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator, Nas, and John Legend all have official features, meanwhile Stevie Wonder and Lenny Kravitz are playing piano and guitar on the first two tracks! Speaking of the first track, it’s easily the most personal track Clipse has ever dropped. The song is about their parents passing away within a few months of each other, with Pusha talking about their mom and Malice talking about their dad. Lyrically, it’s one of the most emotional things I’ve heard all year, and when they somehow managed to perform the song live at the show, it was all I could do to start bawling. That’s all I’ll say now, so I have something new to say about the album at the end of the year, but I think this could easily go down as the duo’s best album!