Clipse - Lord Willin [TRUSTED]

: The track "Virginia" is considered one of the best "hometown anthems" in the genre, blending pride with a bleak look at the local drug culture.

Before Lord Willin’ , The Clipse were known mostly as the charismatic voices bouncing off Pharrell Williams’ and Chad Hugo’s four-bar loops. They had a false start. Their original debut album, Exclusive Audio Footage , was shelved by Elektra Records in 2000. Disillusioned but not defeated, the brothers followed their production mentors to Arista, where they were given the creative freedom to reinvent themselves. Clipse - Lord Willin

But the crown jewel, obviously, is That beat—a finger snap, a trash can lid, and a keyboard stab—changed the science of beatmaking. It proved that a track could have zero bass and still shake the subs in a ’64 Impala. : The track "Virginia" is considered one of

“My experience with the kitchen, watching the water bubble / The only life that I knew, seemed to be trouble.” Their original debut album, Exclusive Audio Footage ,

While Lord Willin’ clocks in at a lean 50 minutes, it contains zero filler.