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On November 16, 2023, IDEA GENERATION and Tres Generaciones Tequila hosted an event with rappers Pusha T and No Malice of the CLIPSE.
The legendary duo and IDEA GENERATION Founder Noah Callahan-Bever sat down together in Washington, D.C. in celebration of Clipse's upcoming performance at the Kennedy Center. In front of a live audience, Clipse and NCB discussed their lengthy careers, the many challenges they faced and how they continued to persevere, the chaos of working with Kanye West, whether rappers should be active past 40 years old, and the possibility of a new Clipse album. The room was packed with fans sipping on Tres Generaciones Tequila, and the after party was jumping thanks to DJ Rick Geez.
Special thanks to our partners at Tres Generaciones for bringing this experience to life. More about Tres: https://www.tresgeneraciones.com/
0:00 Intro
2:00 Grandma's influence
3:40 First falling in love with music
4:40 Relationship as brothers
5:30 Early music attempts
8:40 Birth of the Clipse
11:00 Playing music for A&Rs with the Neptunes
14:00 Clipse wasn't ready for the world
16:30 "Grindin'"
19:00 Touring for Lord Willin'
23:00 Label disputes
26:00 Mixtapes / The Blog Era
30:00 Their music making process
35:00 No Malice leaving music
38:00 Pusha working with Kanye West
41:00 Reuniting to record "Use This Gospel"
43:10 Clipse new album?
43:50 Should rappers rap after turning 40? André 3000 response
46:00 Competing with the youth