In case this is news to you, Kendrick Lamar will be on Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out album. Ahead of the release, the verse, in part, can be heard from a rooftop preview of the album. Lamar will be on the single “Chains & Whips.”
Clipse and their long-awaited return album are upon us. But could it have been here sooner? Pusha T revealed that the album could have arrived last summer, but Def Jam was apprehensive about dropping the album with a Kendrick Lamar feature.
Speaking with GQ‘s Frazier Thorpe, Pusha T revealed that he and Malice were at a draw with Def Jam, explaining that the verse arrived amid Lamar’s beef with Drake. Def Jam and Universal Music Group (UMG) weren’t in on Drake’s biggest enemies appearing on a song together, despite neither taking a shot at The Boy.
Pusha T revealed in the interview that he thought their views were “stupid.”
“They wanted me to ask Kendrick to censor his verse, which of course I was never doing,” Pusha T revealed. “And then they wanted me to take the record off. And so, after a month of not doing it, Steve Gawley, the lawyer over there was like, ‘We’ll just drop the Clipse.’ But that can’t work because I’m still there [solo]. But [if] you let us all go… ”
As a result, Def Jam dropped Clipse and also released King Push from his solo deal. The duo landed at JAY-Z’s Roc Nation. You can read more about the agreement and the forthcoming album here.