The genius of Lord Willin’ is that it never glorifies the violence. It glorifies the craft , the paranoia , and the survival . It’s a business meeting set to a drum machine.
Malice often explored the spiritual and personal toll of the lifestyle they described. In the posse cut "I'm Not You," he famously raps about the internal conflict of supplying "poison" to his "kin" while crying for them. Brotherly Chemistry: Clipse - Lord Willin
While The Neptunes were busy giving pop and R&B the funky, space-age bounce of "Hot in Herre" and "Rock Your Body," Pharrell and Chad Hugo stripped things down to nothing for Malice and Pusha. The result? An album that sounds like it was recorded in a concrete bunker made of uncut bricks. The genius of Lord Willin’ is that it
