“The Birds Don’t Sing”
Clipse was fashioned in 1994 by two brothers: Gene Thornton Jr, aka Malice, and his youthful brother Terrence Thornton, aka Pusha T. FFrom the start, they’ve labored with producer Pharrell Williams, initially as a part of the acclaimed manufacturing duo, The Neptunes. However there was a 16-year hole between their third album, which got here out in 2009, and their most up-to-date album, Let God Sort Em Out, which got here out in July 2025. This November, they had been nominated for 5 Grammys, including Album of the Year. They had been additionally nominated for Greatest Rap Track for “The Birds Don’t Sing.” It’s a track that they made after the dying of each of their mother and father within the span of just some months. For this episode, I requested Pusha T, Malice, and Pharrell in regards to the making of that track, which additionally options contributions from John Legend and Stevie Wonder.
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Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
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“The birds don’t sing, they screech in pain.” – Werner Herzog
