Let God Sort Em Out

Clipse raps about life like the recording process is a religious experience. Let God Sort Em Out is yet another example of the pair’s reverence for the rap game and its possibilities.

The album’s potential top-shelf contenders form a tight three-way tie between ‘Mike Tyson Blow to the Face’, ‘Chains & Whips’ with Kendrick Lamar, and ‘F.I.C.O.’ alongside Stove God Cooks. Clever use of a cappella negative space and boom-bap-style drums (‘M.T.B.T.T.F.’), lyrical density (‘Chains & Whips’) and boots-on-the-ground storytelling (‘F.I.C.O.’) make this trilogy stand as not only as some of Clipse’s strongest material, but also as some of Pharrell’s finest production in years.

Pusha is more thoughtful and Malice is more cocksure. Through the alchemy of Pharrell Williams the result is their finest work to date.

“Let God Sort Em Out” is as tightly wound as it is stylish, subzero cool and relentless.

Let God Sort Em Out, their first LP in 16 years, might be their richest to date. [Sep 2025, p.50]

Here, the duo still sounds like the mortal threat they represented in younger days, but integrates refinement, spirituality, and reflection on hard-learned lessons under that lens, communicating from a place of wisdom without losing any of their time-tested fury.

This is an album that underscores several of them [important truths]: Whatever the year, Pusha and Malice are richer than you, smarter than you, and much better at making rap music than you’ll ever be.

Let God Sort Em Out coasts on the history they share with each other and with us, settling for good enough.

‘Let the Lord Sort ’Em Out’ isn’t a total misfire: it’s composed, thoughtful and often impressively lyrically detailed. But after 16 years, Clipse didn’t come back knocking down doors and shocking the world.