Play Your Part

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Revisit Clipse and Pharrell's "Play Your Part" from 2005's "We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2."

Before Pusha T revamped his career as a GOOD Music artist under Kanye's wing, before Malice found God and added a "No" in front of his name, before Pharrell got lucky, happy, and blurred some lines, there was Clipse. In the early to mid 2000s, the Virginia Beach duo made some of the hardest material their state had ever seen, and today we're throwing it back to one of their finest: We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2's "Play Your Part."

A cypher over Mobb Deep's vicious "Cobra" instrumental, the track finds all parties involved totally snapping. Even Pharrell kills this shit, showing that his recent "Move That Dope" verse wasn't a fluke. 

Chances of a Clipse reunion are looking pretty slim at this point, but hey, we can dream.

Quotable Lyrics:

Oh how lame, these niggas in the game
They fuckin' with my hip-hop, have ye any shame?
Bag it in that Ziploc, move it on the plane
Like green eggs and ham, move it on the train
Move it on the bus, or federal express it
Don't pick it up yourself from those unknown addresses
Acura Legend, graduated to the Lexus
To them SL-5s, to the hues in the necklace
I was Richard Gere, I had bitches breathless
Along come the hate, niggas talkin' reckless

- Malice

About The Author
<b>Feature Writer</b> Ever since he borrowed a copy of "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" from his local library, Patrick's love affair with hip-hop has been on an extended honeymoon phase. He now contributes features to HNHH, hoping to share his knowledge and passion with this site's broad audience. <strong>Favorite Hip Hop Artists:</strong> André 3000, Danny Brown, Kanye, Weezy, Gucci Mane, Action Bronson, MF DOOM, Ghostface Killah <strong>Favorite Producers:</strong> Lex Luger, Kanye (again), RZA, Young Chop, Madlib, J Dilla, Hudson Mohawke
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