The veteran MC’s subsequent album, “Dynamic Duos,” will arrive in September.

Erick Sermon is applauding Clipse for reigniting the dialog round age and artistry in Hip-Hop, crediting the Virginia duo’s return as a cultural shift that challenges the style’s long-standing ageism.

“Y’all have to thank the Clipse,” Sermon mentioned in a current video. “The Clipse came at the right time for Raekwon to come, for Ghostface to come we needed the Clipse to do what they did at 52 and 48 years old it doesn’t matter the age if you make great material…”

Erick Sermon offers his flowers to the Clipse and says Let God Sort Em Out album have rejuvenated hip hop because it dropped and says Ageism in hip hop must cease

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The Clipse reunion album, Let God Sort Em Out, launched in July, marked their first full-length venture in 16 years. Produced solely by Pharrell Williams, the album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Independent Albums chart. Critics praised the duo—Pusha T and Malice—for his or her “lyrical versatility” and “inspired” manufacturing, noting how they blended their signature grit with a extra seasoned perspective.

Sermon mentioned their return helped open doorways for different veteran MCs like Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Nas all of whom have launched current albums by way of Mass Appeal.

He additionally criticized the style’s tendency to label older artists as “old school,” a time period not often utilized in different genres. “We’re the only genre to talk about age, they don’t say old school Madonna, old school Paul McCartney, old school Barbra Streisand or old school Cher,” he mentioned.

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Public Enemy additionally addressed ageism on their newest venture, Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025, launched earlier this 12 months. Chuck and Flavor Flav used the album to problem the notion that Hip-Hop has an expiration date, asserting that have must be celebrated, not dismissed.

Sermon additionally introduced his subsequent album, Dynamic Duos, will arrive in September.

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