Here's what R5 had to say, "
The Clipse
WHO WHAT JIGGA WHAT !? HOW !!?!??! Grammy nominated, Gold album recording artists THE CLIPSE will finally be playing a R5 show(two years ago they canceled at Starlight) For those not in the known THE CLIPSE are a hiphop duo from Virginia Beach who blew up in 2002/03 with their #1 album - LORD WILLIN. You definitely know the two big singles from that album "GRIDING" and "WHEN THE LAST TIME" both produced by Pharell and The Neptunes. After becoming "THE" Hiphop group, selling a shit ton or records, being played on MTV every 5 minutes and appearing in every magazine ever - their label, Arista, messily merged with J Records. This caused THE CLIPSE to be shuffled to Jive/Zomba, an imprint historically unable to market gritty hip-hop.
For a brief moment, they sat idly, intermittently whining about the continual delays for their equally as amazing follow up album "Hell Hath No Fury". While we all waited, they attempted to stonewall Jive into voiding their contract. During that time period hey recorded last year's most astonishing mixtape series, "We Got It 4 Cheap". Which made almost every critic's Top 10 of 2005 list. Including Pitchfork - which ranked it the 15th best album of that year as well as placing two singles #3 and #16 in their favorite singles. With the strength/popularity of the mixtapes - and the new found success of their infamous single - Mr Me Too (which was on MTV like every single hour) they finally got off Jive Records and now teamed up with producer Rick Rubin for their third Album! Get familiar!"
