Hell Hath No Fury
by Clipse
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. The New York Times
    90
    These clattering and clear-eyed tracks add up to something singular. [27 Nov 2006]
  2. Dot Music
    80
    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.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    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.
  5. cokemachineglow
    88
    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.
  6. Pitchfork
    91
    An album that's sonically deep, dark, and one of 2006's finest.
  7. The Guardian
    100
    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.
  8. Observer Music Monthly
    100
    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.
  9. AllMusic
    90
    A lean, furious, cold-blooded album that is vividly to-the-point.
  10. Rolling Stone
    80
    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.
  11. Paste Magazine
    80
    This time, believe the hype.
  12. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    The best hip-hop album of 2006.
  13. Stylus Magazine
    91
    Fury is a twelve step sequence of poisonous, caustic, and lithe rap.
  14. Village Voice
    90
    Make no mistake: Hell Hath No Fury is a major event.
  15. Hartford Courant
    90
    "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.
  16. Amazon.com
    70
    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.
  17. RapReviews.com
    90
    One listen is all that is needed to convince you that the Clipse have dropped one of the best rap albums of the year.
  18. Prefix Magazine
    90
    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.
  19. PopMatters
    80
    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.
  20. Los Angeles Times
    75
    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.
  21. The A.V. Club
    83
    Fury is as lean and mean sonically as it is lyrically.
  22. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Listen to the beats and you'll find The Neptunes' best work in years. [27 Jan 2007, p.31]
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  23. Uncut
    80
    Concise at 12 tracks, the stylistic coherence seldom fails to engage. [Feb 2007, p.73]
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  24. Blender
    80
    It's ghetto viciousness as literary exercise--an episode of The Wire with a better soundtrack. [Nov 2006, p.142]
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  25. Q Magazine
    80
    Pusha T and Malice are deft wordsmiths who deliver lean, whip-smart couplets. [Mar 2007, p.111]
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  26. Spin
    80
    On Hell Hath No Fury, Clipse transform cliches into poetry. [Nov 2006, p.105]
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  27. Mojo
    60
    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]
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  28. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    100
    They're unflinchingly unsensationalistic. But it's the beats that turn this into noir worthy of Jim Thompson. [Feb/Mar 2007]
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  29. Billboard
    80
    At first the beats are jarring. But like the Clipse's debut smash, "Grindin'," once it all clicks, it's unstoppable. [2 Dec 2006]
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  30. Vibe
    80
    Together, they paint devastating emotional portraits, and they sidestep tedium by remaining rap's most lyrically inventive group. [Nov 2006, p.155]
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Awards & Rankings

4
#4 Best Album of 2006
22
#22 Most Discussed Album of 2006
36
#36 Most Shared Album of 2006

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 192 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 160 out of 192
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 192
  3. Negative: 14 out of 192
  1. caml
    Nov 25, 2008
    10
    Ridiculous lyrics that really give you a ripe image of gangster glory in your mind. Pusha-T and Malice are, quite honestly, the most Ridiculous lyrics that really give you a ripe image of gangster glory in your mind. Pusha-T and Malice are, quite honestly, the most underrated MCs of our time. And the Neptunes' simple, dark and artistic beats provide the perfect backdrop for the themes of the album.… Full Review »
  2. taykor
    Mar 28, 2022
    10
    One of the best hip-hop albums of the 2000s perfectly embodies what rap is. The braggadocious yet incredibly clever punchlines and wordplayOne of the best hip-hop albums of the 2000s perfectly embodies what rap is. The braggadocious yet incredibly clever punchlines and wordplay throughout the entirety of the album combined with dark, impeccable beats laid down on every track lead to a classic album that isn't necessarily revolutionary, but an album that knows exactly what it is and an album that executes on its plan perfectly. That plan is an album that totally embodies every base aspect of hip-hop perfectly.… Full Review »
  3. slurpeemom
    Feb 7, 2021
    10
    Some of the smoothest, cleanest rhymes I've heard. Eloquent, forceful, perfectly captures a tone. Not a single weak link in the entire album,Some of the smoothest, cleanest rhymes I've heard. Eloquent, forceful, perfectly captures a tone. Not a single weak link in the entire album, and both Malice and Pusha have incredible moments. Truly classic… Full Review »
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