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Til The Casket Drops
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Album Info
Label: Sony
Release Date: 08 December 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rap
Summary
Pharrell Williams returns to produce (and also guest on) the rap duo's third album.
Also By This Artist: Hell Hath No Fury
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
All Music Guide
There’s plenty of dazzling wordplay related to coke dealing and showing off, but the album carries a more redemptive tone and a higher level of self-awareness.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
Granted, there’s a dropped line or two (see the Katy Perry reference in the frankly appallingly saccharine ‘I’m Good’ and the misjudged Jamaican patois of ‘There Was A Murder’) but this remains an album with few weak points, and plenty of strong ones.
Read Full Review >cokemachineglow
What they have done on its proper follow-up is neither lazy nor hollow, merely undefined, making no clear promises on future plans.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune
Malice and Pusha T are at the top of their game on most of the rest; even when they swagger on “Popular Demand (Popeyes),” the wordplay is so thick and weirdly inventive that it’s difficult to deny them.
Read Full Review >RapReviews.com
Over the course of just under an hour, the Clipse still do a good enough job of selling us their particular brand of music, and whilst this may not be a sure-fire classic, it is still an interesting enough listen to make it one of the more worthwhile purchases of the year.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Brothers Terrence “Pusha T” and Gene “Malice” Thornton--a.k.a. Clipse--spend a surprising amount of their third official album (not counting mixtapes and collaborative showcases) sounding both upbeat and reflective.
Read Full Review >Billboard.com
Clipse fans are no doubt still listening, but they'll need a more cohesive vision next time around.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express (NME)
Never quite hitting the peak of "Hell..." they walk a fine line here between fame-hungry thugs--something that ill-fits them--and existential thinkers with the “intellect of Einstein” and a fondness for sonic dissonance.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
Given the track record Clipse have maintained through this decade with their other two albums and three mixtapes (I’m not counting the official Re-Up Gang album, and neither should you), this is a fine album, but it's still a letdown, plain and simple.
Read Full Review >The New York Times
This is an album animated by letdown, though less effectively than in the past. More than ever Malice is the moral anchor.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
It's understandable if Clipse no longer feel like they have to actually prove shit to anyone, but perhaps that's why Til the Casket Drops awkwardly vacillates between confidence and complacency, between sneering at perceived competition and smarting at perceived and possibly self-made slights.
Read Full Review >Spin
In fact, throughout, older brother gets the best of his carefree little sibling. Breezier doesn't always equal better.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
The wrong turns don’t sink the album but steer it into an awkward middle place unbefitting the talented group behind the wheel.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
Songs like the fluffy synth jam "Champion" make it sound like they spent too much time at Pharrell's beach house.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
For better and for worse, Pusha T and Malice complement their beat selection on Til the Casket Drops. And it all makes for one of the year’s biggest disappointments from two of hip-hop’s best lyricists.
Read Full Review >Slant Magazine
Clipse seemed much more comfortable on Road, nesting inside the work of others. Casket provides no such comfort, finding them without their usual subject matter or a strong musical backbone, resulting in a clear sense of discomfort.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle
With Til the Casket Drops, the Virginia Beach brothers achieve crossover status (hello, Kanye West and Keri Hilson) but lose the fire that defined 2002's Lord Willin' and 2006's Hell Hath No Fury.
Read Full Review >Uncut
They're back to tacky autopilot, forcing Sean C and LV to save face with two rousing contributions. [Apr 2010, p.84]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
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