Exclusive Audio Footage

Exclusive Audio Footage
Studio album by Clipse
Released	April 28, 1999 (intended) May 2, 2022 (official)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	60:04
Label	Elektra
Producer	The Neptunes
Clipse chronology
Exclusive Audio Footage (1999) Lord Willin' (2002)

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Exclusive Audio Footage is the debut studio album from Virginia hip hop duo Clipse. The album spawned one single and music video "The Funeral", which hit airwaves in 1999. Promotional CD and vinyl copies exist and the LP has been leaked online on several occasions. In 2004, counterfeit vinyl pressings of the album were released. The album artwork is taken from the 2002 Lord Willin' photo shoot because of the promo CDs and vinyl of the album not containing any visible artwork, over time and through other bootleg copies the image was used as the album's default cover.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022, the album, fully produced by The Neptunes, was released on streaming platforms, comprising 20 songs.^[2]

Background

Exclusive Audio Footage was meant to be the debut album of Clipse, after the group signed with Elektra Records. The album's only single was "The Funeral". It failed to catch success, and its label, Elektra, decided to indefinitely shelve the album. Clipse was released from its record contract not long afterward.^[3] At the time of the album's release, Clipse member Pusha T was known as "Terrar" and No Malice was known as "Malice".^[4][5]

Exclusive Audio Footage also marked the beginning of the Clipse's recording partnership with The Neptunes.^[6] Most of the album's content is very similar to the Clipse's following albums Lord Willin' and Hell Hath No Fury, focusing on the duo' drug-dealing pasts, though it was much more "theatrical" and "movie-esque" than either of its following albums.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks produced by The Neptunes.

Exclusive Audio Footage — Streaming track listing.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prayer"	1:03
2.	"Hear Me Out"	2:55
3.	"Power"	3:58
4.	"Interlude"	1:18
5.	"You Don't Even Know" (featuring Kelis and Pharrell)	4:06
6.	"Breakfast in Cairo" (featuring Kurupt and Noreaga)	4:10
7.	"Interlude 2"	1:40
8.	"Hostage" (featuring Tammy Lucas)	4:25
9.	"Wild Cowboy" (featuring Markita)	4:16
10.	"Got Caught Dealin'" (featuring Pharrell)	4:17
11.	"Interlude 3"	0:14
12.	"Taiwan to Texas" (featuring Pharrell)	4:08
13.	"Interlude 4"	0:15
14.	"Stick Girl"	4:00
15.	"You Can't Touch Me" (featuring Lee Harvey and Nako)	4:54
16.	"Feel Like Me" (featuring Pharrell)	3:43
17.	"Bodysnatchers" (featuring Pharrell)	4:50
18.	"Diana Ross"	4:23
19.	"Watch Over Me"	4:02
20.	"Interlude 5" (featuring Nicole Wray)	2:17
Total length:		60:04

Notes

• On some editions of the album, there is a twenty-first/twenty-second track titled "Got Caught Dealin' - Part 2" featuring Pharrell, this track along with "The Funeral" and the original "Got Caught Dealin'" were all released as promo CD singles throughout 1999.

References

1. "Clipse – Exclusive Audio Footage". Record Report. The Source. No. 119. New York. August 1999.
2. Elibert, Mark (May 2, 2022). "Clipse's Long-Lost Debut Album 'Exclusive Audio Footage' Officially Released Over 20 Years Later". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
3. Steiner, B.J. (August 20, 2023). "Clipse Drop Their Second Album Lord Willin' - Today in Hip-Hop". XXL. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
4. "Clipse's Malice Changes Name To 'No Malice'". Billboard. March 6, 2012.
5. Fuertes-Knight, Jo (October 9, 2013). "The Evolution of Clipse".
6. Tardio, Andres (December 18, 2013). "Pusha T Announces "King Push" Album Plans With The Neptunes". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
7. "Features: Clipse" (Print interview). Format Magazine. Retrieved February 1, 2008.