How do I allow the album Let God Sort ‘Em Out to strengthen my appreciation of Hip Hop?
- Listen to the intro track Birds Don’t Sing
- Follow it up with the next song Chains and Whips
- Play POV as you continue to appreciate the bars you already heard in the album
- Continue on to the leading hit So Be It
- You likely reached the 5th song All Things Considered at this point
Listening to Birds Don’t Sing
Birds Don’t Sing is the collaborative project between Clipse, John Legend, and Voices of Fire.
It’s a gospel feeling single.
It has birds functioning as an illustration for the external voice that many people genuinely wonder about.
People will care about if their feelings are validated outside of their own opinion.
Birds are animals that we humans don’t typically consider their actions much.
But did you ever think that those chirps we hear are more than just a harmonious sound that represents singing?
They might be acknowledging the pain you felt at one point in time.
Tapping into the proven sound in John Legend was a well addition. He has a singing style that’s heard when it’s shared.
He’s telling us as the listeners that the birds don’t sing. Instead they screech in pain. It sounds bleak but truthful and honest also.
It makes you think about ourselves as humans wanting to care more about what birds mean behind what they do.
Do they care about the sounds we make to interpretation? Do birds like hearing when we sing ourselves?
Just a couple that come to mind. I’m not sure myself, but it would be an interesting thought to entertain.
I’d imagine it going like that scene in Shrek with Fiona singing to the birds on her way back to the castle.
Following up with the song Chains and Whips
Chains and Whips can be appreciated as a moment in hip hop because of the way it was revealed.
It’s a song that gained even more popularity than usual since it was debuted at the 2023 Louis Vuitton Paris show.
We’ve mentioned how fashion and music go hand in hand.
So to have it at an event like this, becomes an incredible co-sign to the validity of the song.
It just hits different when you get it released on the album.
It was an even better surprise to get Kendrick Lamar on the song too.
He actually surprised fans at the Novo to perform the song.
It’s showing how more buzzing co-signs inevitably staples you as a person that belongs in hip hop.
It’s tough to think this song came out last year in 2025!
Definitely would be considered a highly anticipated moment in American hip hop history.
This is actually a continuation of a legendary group that formed over 16 years ago and weren’t dropping projects since then.
Many think the video is paying homage to the song “Grindin” that they dropped in 2002. I wouldn’t put it past them.
They’re excellent thinkers and would likely provide fan service for everybody that was in tune with them before the hype of this song.
There was even more hype surrounding this song because of Kendrick’s known situation that involved UMG.
It was alleged that his bars that actually made the final cut of the mastered version.
That alone makes you think more on who would be offended off his lyrics alone.
There’s so many that share how they’re drawn in off the hook and bridge of this song.
You can locate it on their official lyric sheet.
I’ve listened and could only believe that part is so enjoyable because of the imagery it produces.
I’m literally picturing a slave getting questioned by others about an interrogation they just went through.
If we’re talking about most anticipated guest verses on a song for the entire year, this song has to be in contention.
POV continues to build the appreciation of bars already heard on Let God Sort Em’ Out
POV becomes the next song that plays with another Guest Feature from Tyler The Creator.
It expands on the lyrical themes established by Clipse.
It plays as expected with that feature alone because it’s anticipated that the rap content would be about Fly Things.
An expensive rap talk that could motivate the average hustler. It’s highly mature in consideration.
You look at how this specific song can contribute to the popularity of the entire album. It’s easy to see why.
Many have it as one of their favorite songs on the album. It works because it’s really on brand with Clipse’s style.
The rollout included the releasing of this track title and gaining audience interest again off the features alone.
The expectations of Clipse’s rapping ability wasn’t ever in question though.
They went through plenty of interviews leading up to the rollout and continued it even after release.
I recognize it as a stand alone track that’s noticeably one of the highest points of the album.
Off first impression of this song, it was satisfying expectations because I can appreciate Tyler when he raps more.
That was safely expected and strongly delivered. It was something I noticed even after the first listen.
Let me add something with that said. The verse that arguably stood out the most was Malice’s.
As much I can appreciate a verse from Tyler, if you really shift focus to Malice on this record and appreciate lyricism on a faster pace, it’ll be easy to see why his verse on here stands out so well.
Hip Hop Heads definitely got a gem in this song because it modernizes a sound that was booming even in the early 2000s.
I feel it provides hope to skeptics that questioned the direction of where hip hop would go as a sound.
So Be It Continues The Success of Let God Sort Em’ Out
It’s easily noted that this album was labeled Clipse’s Comeback Album. This song was the second single.
I appreciate as someone that follows figures in hip hop.
So to see a single where it’s exclusively Clipse rapping, it allows them to showcase their rapping ability as just the duo alone.
It’s one of their strongest songs on the album when you consider that the video on YouTube gathered over 22 Million views to date.
Add in the fact that Pharrell actually produced the track too! It was just another telling tale sign to expect the record to be fire.
Having that producer on your song which in this case proved to be successful for them in the past continued to prove that making that move works for the better.
It ties in for what we expect Clipse to do. Have that mature presence in rap that helps gangsters grow up.
I actually wouldn’t have opposed throwing Tyler on this song either.
As a whole, the song itself works incredibly well with just Clipse.
You look at So Be It being a song that actively supports what the overall message of Let God Sort ‘Em’ Out to be.
I’ve seen breakdowns that say the album title breaks down to a defensive saying with churches that deal with violence.
So Be It feels even more as a religious difference that’s being discussed. Lyrics support my belief in this even further.
We have to look at the entire album to better appreciate this single though. It’s had a recent win at the 2026 BET Awards. In a loaded category for Album of The Year that also had the likes of:
- Am I the Drama? — Cardi B
- Don’t Tap the Glass — Tyler, The Creator
- Everything Is a Lot. — Wale
- Hearts Sold Separately — Mariah the Scientist
- MUTT Deluxe: Heel — Leon Thomas
- The Fall-Off — J. Cole
- The Romantic — Bruno Mars
You think about some of the theories people have about minuscule gestures that’s shared in Clipse’s work.
Eventually you propose your own ideas.
It has me thinking more about checking out more of their older full projects to appreciate this specific song even more.
There feels like a message that’s been getting preached that maybe I wasn’t too aware of when it was more active.
The intentionality becomes more clear as you get further in the album and feel this particular record.
We’re approaching the anniversary of when it was released July 11th.
I say it passed the test of time for replay ability and can’t help but validate its recent award win as a valid win.
Another aspect of this win I feel has to be accredited to knowledge that Pharrell would have a hand in their best selection.
You’re positive that you’re gonna get a song or numerous on the same project that raps about getting fly and moving in a grown up gangster way.
It feels really representative in a way that it’s connected Virginia legends with accolade status that’s solidifying their place in hip hop history.
Moving Forward with the All Things Considered Record on Let God Sort Em Out
On the Let God Sort ‘Em Out it continues the flow of the project with a song called All Things Considered.
It’s a production that Pharrell once again slid on. You can find it as track 5 on the entire project.
This far into the album is what I consider to be plenty of time to be won over for the authentic feel of hip hop that’s actually a cultural fusion of different eras of rap.
Final Thoughts
Basically it’s a recommendation to listen to at least the first 5 tracks on the Let God Sort ‘Em Out Album by Clipse. The track list goes:
- Birds Don’t Sing
- Chains and Whips
- POV
- So Be It
- All Things Considered
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