Key Takeaways:

• Clipse highlighted “Shook Ones” and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… as foundational to their hip hop worldview.
• The duo carried out at ONE Musicfest over the weekend.
• Their comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out, is up for main Grammy Award consideration in 2026.

You can’t speak hip hop with Clipse in the event you don’t know these two classics. On Sunday (Oct. 26), REVOLT caught up with Pusha T and Malice at ONE Musicfest, the place they named two pivotal releases each rap fan ought to know.

“[If] you weren’t outside when ‘Shook Ones’ dropped, you can’t talk to me about hip hop. You can’t talk to me about nothing,” Pusha T stated. Although the Virginia native did not specify if he meant Part I or Part II, the latter has been freestyled over dozens — if not a whole bunch — of occasions.

Malice added, “If you weren’t outside when Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… dropped, you can’t tell me ‘bout nothing,” referring to Raekwon’s debut studio album. See the complete clip under.

Despite the rain on Day 2 of music-fest-2025-lineup-atlanta”>ONE Musicfest, Clipse gave followers an ideal efficiency. Their set included “So Be It” and “Ace Trumpets” off July’s Let God Sort Em Out, together with older gems like “Mr. Me Too.” Other performers on the invoice included Doechii, Ludacris and extra.

This 12 months has been a notable one for Clipse, who dropped their first album in practically 16 years. Let God Sort Em Out was govt produced by Pharrell and boasts options from Kendrick Lamar (“Chains & Whips”), John Legend (“The Birds Don’t Sing”) and Tyler, The Creator (“P.O.V”).

The brothers are hoping to maintain their momentum going into subsequent 12 months, having submitted the LP for each Album of the Year and Best Rap Album on the 2026 Grammy Awards. “The Grammys is definitely the high-water mark for musical achievement. And this is what you do it for,” Malice advised Billboard. “So, it would definitely mean a lot, for sure.”

Pusha T added that bringing dwelling the coveted golden gramophone could be a “well-deserved full-circle moment” for Clipse. Check out the remainder of their Grammy submissions under.