clipping. is a rap trio from Los Angeles formed in 2010 by William Hutson (… Read Full Bio ↴clipping. is a rap trio from Los Angeles formed in 2010 by William Hutson (Rale), film soundtrack composer Jonathan Snipes (ex-Captain Ahab) and vocalist Daveed Diggs.
Lyrically, clipping.’s music attempts to reshuffle and repeat accepted rap scenarios, while eliminating a traditional single-point perspective. Diggs’s writing is heavily citational, like a rough-edged collage, gluing together half-glimpsed images and misremembered references, many of which might feel familiar, and some of which assuredly do not. But even while he consumes and regurgitates established styles, his self-erasure is incomplete; Diggs’s dense, often motormouthed flow remains wholly his own.
Individually, the members are known outside of the group for their extra-curricular artistic projects. Diggs is a stage actor, while Snipes composes music for film, and Hutson is an established noise music artist. Snipes and Hutson have collaborated on many projects, including the score to the documentary Room 237, which was released by IFC in 2013.
In February 2013, clipping. released their debut album, Midcity, on their website. The project was created entirely in-house, with the trio writing, producing, engineering, mixing and mastering all of the material themselves. There was no budget, no outside promotion, no hype-machine, no blog or label interest. In fact, clipping. had no expectation that anyone would bother listening to the album, let alone enjoy it. Nevertheless, reactions were largely positive— despite the uncompromising nature of the production, and its obfuscatory lyrical content— and within five month’s of Midcity’s release, clipping. signed a deal with Sub Pop Records.
CLPPNG, the band’s label debut, was written and recorded between February and October of 2013. Highly well-received, CLPPNG is an album that demonstrates the variety of sounds available when the ‘rules’ of a genre are willfully questioned.
http://www.itsclippingbitch.com
Lyrically, clipping.’s music attempts to reshuffle and repeat accepted rap scenarios, while eliminating a traditional single-point perspective. Diggs’s writing is heavily citational, like a rough-edged collage, gluing together half-glimpsed images and misremembered references, many of which might feel familiar, and some of which assuredly do not. But even while he consumes and regurgitates established styles, his self-erasure is incomplete; Diggs’s dense, often motormouthed flow remains wholly his own.
Individually, the members are known outside of the group for their extra-curricular artistic projects. Diggs is a stage actor, while Snipes composes music for film, and Hutson is an established noise music artist. Snipes and Hutson have collaborated on many projects, including the score to the documentary Room 237, which was released by IFC in 2013.
In February 2013, clipping. released their debut album, Midcity, on their website. The project was created entirely in-house, with the trio writing, producing, engineering, mixing and mastering all of the material themselves. There was no budget, no outside promotion, no hype-machine, no blog or label interest. In fact, clipping. had no expectation that anyone would bother listening to the album, let alone enjoy it. Nevertheless, reactions were largely positive— despite the uncompromising nature of the production, and its obfuscatory lyrical content— and within five month’s of Midcity’s release, clipping. signed a deal with Sub Pop Records.
CLPPNG, the band’s label debut, was written and recorded between February and October of 2013. Highly well-received, CLPPNG is an album that demonstrates the variety of sounds available when the ‘rules’ of a genre are willfully questioned.
http://www.itsclippingbitch.com
Williams Mix
clipping. Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by clipping.:
'96 Neve Campbell Don't know what you thought this was But you gonna have…
A Better Place If ever you find yourself beaten and broke And can't feel…
Air 'Em Out (Ride on, ride on, ride on) (Ride on, ride on, ride…
All Black Warning: mothership reporting Cargo number 2331 has command…
All in Your Head Th-th-th-this some motherfucking scripture right here, ya he…
Aquacode Databreaks Dolphin, Starfish, Pink Sharks, Octopus The CK discoteque, w…
Attunement A meditation Turn the lights off Come on and rock, rock Bac…
Baby Don't Sleep What the fuck is you thinkin' Better yet where the fuck…
Blood of the Fang By the Christians, it is written That in the black Myrthian…
Body And Blood Cleavers up, bring 'em here Femurs all swing on the ceiling…
Body for the Pile And it's stains in the wainscotting Cracks in the baseboard …
Bout.That This is for the quarter water, penny candy, poor ventilation…
Break the Glass It's too cold, be cool, ice cold Kill up a few…
Bullshit Patron bottle empty on the Floor of the Maybach Leaking liqu…
Chapter 319 Screwed up clique Make the dollars fold Got to hurt them boy…
Check the Lock Hood used to check for him when he'd pull up…
Club Down Turn the lights off, they done shut the club down Shut…
Collect You have received a collect call from (It's clipping, bitch)…
Dominoes Khakis and house shoes, pork pie hat ace, deuce Gold thin-ri…
Dream Lungs full of pine tar, kush walks the city Scape of…
Dreams Lungs full of pine tar, kush walks the city Scape of…
Eaten Alive Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Don't you step a foot up…
Ends Ok, Watch them birds fly south for the Winter (Winter) Reup…
Enlacing Get your ass down to the floor You're so gone Ten toes…
Face Tree hugging the wall-ass bitches fuck with a baller Hard as…
Fat Fingers Donald, Donald You'll never have dinner with the president Y…
Five Where is the guillotine? Let 'em eat yellow cake Shooter wit…
Get Up Game don't wait (heavy. wait.) Eyes heavy, but it's time to…
Get Up feat. Mariel Jacoda Game don't wait (heavy. wait.) Eyes heavy, but it's time to…
Get.It Bitch, where your clothes Why they ain't on the floor? Playe…
god given tongue One time I was staying at this Homeless shelter Hope Haven…
Guns.Up It's over You're gonna love us once we dead and gone We…
Haunting After I had moved into my apartment two weeks I awoke…
He Dead Protect your body They want to take your body They want to…
Hot Fuck No Love So, uh, what kinds of stuff are you into? That's a…
Inside Out Wa-lah! Pullin' rabbit food out of parker Carrots catch the …
Interlude 01 The enemy, called the first shot on the first ship…
Interlude 02 Foxtrot, Uniform, Whiskey, Romeo Whiskey, Charlie, Oscar, X-…
Interlude 03 Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Yeah, here we go What if everythin…
intro Mack like you don't remember the cash and the money The…
La Mala Ordina The bags on the table ain't for weight They for body…
Long Way Away It's a long way away It's a long way away And I'm…
Looking Like Meat Hands up if you hungry Hands up if you want some Hands…
Loud As the speakers clip Turn that bitch up I'm just trying to…
Make Them Dead "Fear, hate, anger, murder, and illness" Starve in the fash…
Nothing is Safe Everyone safe and sound, this how family do Only homies arou…
Or Die Guns on the table, mama in the back room Bitches in…
Or Die feat. Guce Guns on the table, mama in the back room Bitches in…
Pain Everyday Death wasn't really the worst part Time spent floating abov…
Possession "I know it's simply crazy Dr Huxman But I can't get…
Run for Your Life Way too Hollywood to be in Hollywood (shh) You done did…
Say the Name Candlesticks in the dark Visions of bodies being burned Can…
She Bad It's two-hundred years of rust on a gate It wind up…
Shooter Don′t move nothin', statue Shooter ′bout to go nuts, cashew …
Something Underneath Raise up out the dirt And the rain beat down, down,…
story Kimberly couldn't believe what she was seeing Video was grai…
Story 2 Godsmack is how the wind feels On the face of Mike…
Story 5 On the day when Grace was born There was a war…
Story 7 Kimberly couldn't believe what she was seeing Video was grai…
Story Two Godsmack is how the wind feels On the face of Mike…
Summertime Set's up high, bitches and whips topless No ceilings, they p…
Summertime feat. King Tee Set's up high, bitches and whips topless No ceilings, they …
Taking Off Ski mask on with a burner cell phone Desert Eagle 50…
The Breach Generally operating normally A small anomaly has become evi…
The Show See how the bone exposed? Nice blood bouquet, trace of marro…
Tonight It's Clipping bitch Turnt than a motherfucker Bought that h…
Tonight feat. Gangsta Boo It's Clipping bitch Turnt than a motherfucker Bought tha…
True Believer Gods Flesh is hanging in sun Purple sky and this war Women s…
Wake Up The chance that he ever reaches any place Suitable to suppor…
Work Work Holler out your city if you ride for it Let em…
Wriggle Can you do the chickenskin swim? Can you do the chlorine…
Wytchboard "You're doing it" "No you are, stop it" "H, E, I, S,…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
Daniel Sousa
To alleviate the confusion, this song is a recreation of a piece by John Cage, an experimental 20th century composer, which also went by the same name. The original was done with 8 tape recorders, and the 'score' of this piece was simply a guide to show you how to cut and splice your samples of tape. Because the score is just a blueprint, you can make many different versions of 'Williams Mix' by cutting up different samples. Erbe was one of the first people to recreate Williams Mix, and he did it again with this track, only using clipping. samples instead. It may sound cacophonous, but he was actually following the score so there is actually a semblance of structure.
That being said, it's still a rough listen but it's cool!
AL.
Cool information!
Ewan Goodwin
where can you find the directions to make your own williams mix
Oliver Gostovich
Honestly, I love anything clipping. does.
This song... Sorta confuses me. I understand what's going on though. These are samples from all the songs on the album. I just don't understand why? But I don't understand why people are hating on this sooooo much!
Starchild
Is this what Im going to hear when I descend into hell
Chant
What the fuck? Clipping did a cover of a John Cage piece? Wow.
Joey Ouyang
play this and the original at the same time lol
Mooph
Have there been multiple versions of this song? The one I have from the CD is different.
Unkraut
yeah, mine's different, too, maybe a nod to aleatoric music
Tom Erbe
yes.