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Hell Hath No Fury
by Clipse


8.0

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This long-delayed second album for Virginia brothers Malice and Pusha T was produced in full by The Neptunes.

LABEL:	Star Trak
RELEASE DATE:	28 November 2006
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rap

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Entertainment Weekly

The best hip-hop album of 2006.

100

Observer Music Monthly

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.

100

The Guardian

There's not an ounce of fat here. What's left reaffirms the Neptunes' credentials as fearless sonic innovators - eradicating the memory of Pharrell Williams' underwhelming recent solo album at a stroke - and fast-tracks Clipse into the pantheon of great rap lyricists.

100

MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)

They're unflinchingly unsensationalistic. But it's the beats that turn this into noir worthy of Jim Thompson. [Feb/Mar 2007]

Pitchfork

An album that's sonically deep, dark, and one of 2006's finest.

Stylus Magazine

Fury is a twelve step sequence of poisonous, caustic, and lithe rap.

The New York Times

These clattering and clear-eyed tracks add up to something singular. [27 Nov 2006]

Prefix Magazine

It's impossible to guess what kind of album would've turned out had this seen the light of day two years ago, when it was originally expected. Chances are, though, we wouldn't be talking about intensity or hunger or survival with the same emotion in our voices.

Village Voice

Make no mistake: Hell Hath No Fury is a major event.

Hartford Courant

"Hell Hath No Fury" has nearly redefined its genre; it takes the coke trade's dead eyes and empty hearts, found from penthouse to pavement, and turns them into music.

All Music Guide

A lean, furious, cold-blooded album that is vividly to-the-point.

RapReviews.com

One listen is all that is needed to convince you that the Clipse have dropped one of the best rap albums of the year.

cokemachineglow

The hype was (gulp) correct. Hell Hath No Fury is hot. Dirtily, nastily, pipingly hot. Not Best Rap Album of the Year hot; Best Rap Album in a Few Years hot.

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Fury is as lean and mean sonically as it is lyrically.

Dot Music

If you didn't like the casual misogyny, glorification of crack dealing and unapologetic thuggery of the debut then stop reading now, because "Hell Hath No Fury" makes it sound like "Meat Is Murder" by The Smiths.

New Musical Express

Listen to the beats and you'll find The Neptunes' best work in years. [27 Jan 2007, p.31]

Q Magazine

Pusha T and Malice are deft wordsmiths who deliver lean, whip-smart couplets. [Mar 2007, p.111]

Paste Magazine

This time, believe the hype.

Uncut

Concise at 12 tracks, the stylistic coherence seldom fails to engage. [Feb 2007, p.73]

Blender

It's ghetto viciousness as literary exercise--an episode of The Wire with a better soundtrack. [Nov 2006, p.142]

Drowned In Sound

The Neptunes' pitch-perfect production allied with Pusha-T and Malice's vicious, witty rhymes make Hell Hath No Fury one of the records of the year.

Rolling Stone

So why is it one of the best hip-hop albums of the year? For one, nobody gets the beats -- dry, hard and evil -- that Clipse get from Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.

Spin

On Hell Hath No Fury, Clipse transform cliches into poetry. [Nov 2006, p.105]

PopMatters

Hell Hath No Fury stands as one of the most entertaining releases of the year, patched with glorious lyrical play, blinging exercises in fantasy and a jaunty half-seriousness.

Vibe

Together, they paint devastating emotional portraits, and they sidestep tedium by remaining rap's most lyrically inventive group. [Nov 2006, p.155]

Billboard

At first the beats are jarring. But like the Clipse's debut smash, "Grindin'," once it all clicks, it's unstoppable. [2 Dec 2006]

Los Angeles Times

There's a cold efficiency in how the Clipse delivers songs built on street-corner cockiness and billfold bluster. It's all shamelessly amoral, but the Clipse wouldn't be such savvy hustlers if they didn't know how to sling with style.

Amazon.com

Hell Hath No Fury isn't as well-assembled as Lord Willin' or as spontaneous as Clipse's lauded mix-CDs from 2005 but it is coldly efficient in knocking out 12 songs backed with superbly dark and sparse tracks by the Neptunes.

Mojo

The stark beats are the best Hugo and Williams have built in years. But its themes--dealing, girls--require more lyrical innovation to compel. [Feb 2007, p.105]

The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 122 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Texas Boy gave it a7:
I love the clipse... but i really wished they rapped about something else other than Coke. Its always cocaine this cocaine that with Pusha. And malice is rapping about expensive products. They're like the salesmen rappers. Italian carpets, White Lambo, only 80 grand! And pusha's the illegal salesmen like "peruvian white only 20 grand a Kilo with a discount!"

Shep M. gave it a10:
The Best Rap Album of 2006.... The beats are amazing and it is as spontaneus as Lord 'Willin. The crack/drug life of Clipse can get somewhat annoying, but they are the best writers out right now..VA! They are re-inventing hip hop

Warren K gave it a10:
Fire!!!!!! best Album of 2006. Also most slept on album of 2006 Its a shame the dint get much play. Clipse speak the truth in there verses

ryan m gave it a10:
this is one of the best albums ive heard in a long time. and is probably one of the best produced rap albums of all time. the clipse really put it to another level with their lyrics. in my opinon they are definately head shoulders above most rest of the rappers right now and all the young ones

Kenny M gave it an8:
great rap album....but, sorry, the guys of clipse are no aesop rock, atmosphere, black thought, or el-p....and pharrel is no blockhead.

Michael K gave it a5:
I read all the hype about this album and, not being much of a hip hop fan, thought I'd listen to broaden my mind. Having listened several times I am forced to ask - can anyone tell me the difference between a good hip hop album and a crap one?

darius m gave it a10:
like pharrell said *classic* all u guys giving the album bad reviews, of course you're entitled to an opinion but personally i think you should reassess you music library. if this album isn't a classic ion know what is

Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse

Hell Hath No Fury
by Clipse