With an unconventional pairing of technical rap flows and abrasive noise, experimental trio clipping. approached hip-hop production from largely uncharted territory. Though the group would morph into something new with almost every subsequent release, they held onto their core of experimental and often-confrontational energy on independent cassette releases as well as more widely distributed albums like 2016's Sub Pop-issued Splendor & Misery.
Clipping. were formed by producers Jonathan Snipes (Captain Ahab) and William Hutson (Rale) in 2009. The project initially existed as ...