CLPPNG
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{{Infobox album
| name = CLPPNG
| type = studio
| artist = clipping.
| cover = Clipping CLPPNG.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = June 10, 2014
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 55:31
| label = Sub Pop
| producer = William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
| prev_title = Midcity
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Wriggle
| next_year = 2016
}}
CLPPNG is the debut studio album by American hip hop group clipping. It was released on June 10, 2014, through Sub Pop as the follow-up to their debut mixtape Midcity.{{cite web|url=https://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/clppng|title=Official clipping. Bandcamp}} The album has guest appearances from Gangsta Boo, King T, Cocc Pistol Cree, Guce, Mariel Jacoda and Tom Erbe.
{{Music ratings
| MC = 73/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/clppng/clipping|title=Reviews for CLPPNG by Clipping|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=January 22, 2015}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/clppng-mw0002666976|title=CLPPNG – clipping.|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 9, 2016|last=Thomas|first=Fred}}
| rev2 = DIY
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2014/06/03/clipping-clppng-album-review|title=clipping. – CLPPNG|work=DIY|date=June 3, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2019|last=Price|first=Joe}}
| rev3 = Exclaim!
| rev3score = 9/10{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/clipping-clppng|title=clipping.: CLPPNG|work=Exclaim!|date=June 9, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2019|last=Quinlan|first=Thomas}}
| rev4 = Fact
| rev4score = 3.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/06/16/clipping-clppng/|title=CLPPNG|work=Fact|date=June 16, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2019|last=Pattison|first=Louis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214223253/http://www.factmag.com/2014/06/16/clipping-clppng/|archive-date=December 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}
| rev5 = Financial Times
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/20305ce4-eb8e-11e3-8a5f-00144feabdc0.html|title=Clipping: CLPPNG – review|work=Financial Times|date=June 6, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2019|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701192957/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/20305ce4-eb8e-11e3-8a5f-00144feabdc0.html|archive-date=July 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}
| rev6 = The Irish Times
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/clipping-clppng-1.1838299|title=Clipping: Clppng|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2019|last=Carroll|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Carroll (journalist)}}
| rev7 = Mojo
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=clipping.: CLPPNG|journal=Mojo|issue=248|date=July 2014|page=88}}
| rev8 = NME
| rev8score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/15377|title=Clipping – 'CLPPNG'|work=NME|date=June 9, 2014|access-date=September 9, 2016|last=Homewood|first=Ben|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613060149/http://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/15377|archive-date=June 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}
| rev9 = Pitchfork
| rev9score = 5.6/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19431-clipping-clppng/|title=clipping.: CLPPNG|work=Pitchfork|date=June 13, 2014|access-date=September 9, 2016|last=Raymer|first=Miles}}
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10score = 8/10{{cite journal|title=clipping.: CLPPNG|journal=Uncut|date=2014|quote=Subversive commentary hits home with industrial force.}}
}}
Composition
Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! writes that the album sees the group continue their combination of musique concrète and gangsta rap, while deeming it more accessible than their earlier work.{{cite web |last1=Quinlan |first1=Thomas |title=clipping. CLPPNG |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/clipping-clppng |website=Exclaim! |access-date=December 16, 2022 |date=June 9, 2014}} Fred Thomas of AllMusic deems it a harsh album that fuses "noise frequencies, brutally dark beats, and MC Daveed Diggs' unhinged, often ugly lyrical flow."{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Fred |title=CLPPNG Review by Fred Thomas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/clppng-mw0002666976 |website=AllMusic}} "Intro" features rapping over a beatless backdrop of feedback reminiscent of Merzbow. "Dream" features a "ringing bell, white noise and tape hiss", while the next track "Get Up" is built solely around the sound of an alarm clock. The album also features a performance of John Cage's Williams Mix (1951–1953), recorded with Tom Erbe.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = clipping.
| all_lyrics =
| headline = CLPPNG track listing
| title1 = Intro
| note1 = Not featured on vinyl release due to extended intro on "Body & Blood."{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5762314-Clipping-CLPPNG | title=Clipping. - CLPPNG | website=Discogs | date=10 June 2014 }}
| length1 = 1:04
| title2 = Body & Blood
| length2 = 4:28
| title3 = Work Work
| length3 = 3:41
| note3 = featuring Cocc Pistol Cree
| title4 = Summertime
| length4 = 4:02
| note4 = featuring King T
| title5 = Taking Off
| length5 = 4:49
| title6 = Tonight
| length6 = 4:35
| note6 = featuring Gangsta Boo
| title7 = Dream
| length7 = 5:29
| title8 = Get Up
| length8 = 2:55
| note8 = featuring Mariel Jacoda
| title9 = Or Die
| length9 = 4:05
| note9 = featuring Guce
| title10 = Inside Out
| length10 = 3:36
| title11 = Story 2
| length11 = 2:11
| title12 = Dominoes
| length12 = 5:58
| title13 = Ends
| note13 = Not featured on vinyl release.{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5762314-Clipping-CLPPNG | title=Clipping. - CLPPNG | website=Discogs | date=10 June 2014 }}
| length13 = 5:25
| title14 = Williams Mix
| length14 = 4:22
| note14 = featuring Tom Erbe
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Vinyl edition (bonus track)
| title13 = Run Out
| length13 = 4:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition (bonus tracks)
| title15 = Brian
| length15 = 3:55
| note15 = featuring Brian Chippendale
| title16 = God Given Tongue
| length16 = 8:05
| note16 = featuring Bryan Lewis Saunders
}}
Charts
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{{Album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|22|artist=Clipping|accessdate=February 1, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
{{Album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|46|artist=Clipping|accessdate=February 1, 2020|rowheader=true}} |
References
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External links
- {{official website|www.clppng.com|clipping. official website}}
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