In an attempt to appease Jive's need for a radio single, Pharrell accidentally tossed a rock at the throne of Def Jam president Shawn Carter (more on that below).
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Predictably, as is the nature of today's hip hop climate, the Clipse immediately recorded a series of mixtapes with their rap partners in their newly-formed Re-Up Gang (which officially consists of Pusha T, Malice, Sandman, and Ab-Liva), which were titled We Got It For Cheap, and they became immediate hits, so at least they were able to keep their names in the spotlight. Typically, this business move by the label had some repercussions. Pharrell Williams (of production giants The Neptunes) handled all of the production exclusively, as Chad Hugo was apparently outside getting the newspaper, and while most labels would have been thrilled to be able to market an album entirely produced by The Neptunes, Jive Records immediately pulled the "there isn't a radio single on this album" card and shelved the fucker, where it almost met the same fate as the Clipse's actual first album, Exclusive Audio Footage. Pusha and Malice followed up on their new found fortune and fame by describing some of the lesser-popularized lessons that are taught on the streets, and the paranoia that accompanies in the sidecar. However, Pusha T and Malice decided to take the "artistic growth" route, and the recording sessions for Hell Hath No Fury were dominated by some of the darkest tracks of their career, which caused a lot of magazine critics to compare this disc to the HBO series The Wire, which is a brilliant piece of work in and of itself. The first two singles, the minimalist brilliance that is "Grindin'" and the club hit "When The Last Time" (relatively speaking I've never actually heard that song in the club, but I assume it was played at least once), pushed the album toward a gold RIAA plaque, and Jive was excited for the brothers to hit the studios again to record more coke raps to club-banging instrumentals. Their official debut, Lord Willin', was met with both critical and commercial acclaim, based on some strongly produced Neptunes tracks and the polished coke raps of the duo, who came off as vivid storytellers from them corners who weren't so wound up in their business that they couldn't see the humor in everything they did. When you release an album to a fickle hip hop audience and it manages to sell over half a million copies, you would think that the record label would do their damnedest to rush a follow-up effort to the shelves, right? Normally, that's exactly what happens, but in the case of the brothers Thornton, professionally known as the Virginia rap duo Clipse, Jive Records shelved the masters for their second released (and third recorded) album Hell Hath No Fury, primarily because Pusha T and Malice refused to play by the rules.
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