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Surprise, surprise, Clipse's long-awaited sophomore LP, Hell Hath No Fury, is not coming out on Halloween, as previously reported. Though their show at CMJ's 2006 Music Marathon is still on, SOHH.com reports that the album will not hit stores until "early December." As usual, the problem is not with the duo but with their label, Jive, and in an interview with RollingStone.com-- which reports the album's release date as November 28-- both Pusha T and Malice had a few choice words regarding the situation.

Since it doesn't seem like you'll be hearing their words on record anytime soon, here are those quotes in full. Pusha said, "I hate Jive. I hate them motherfuckers. With all my heart and all the passion and my soul I hate these bitches. It's about the lynching of every staff member up in this motherfucker...You could ask anyone in here to give you a marketing plan on Clipse and they could never do it. It's like damn, 'What do you understand about hip-hop? You ain't had nobody since Spice 1! You don't know the fucking formula. Everybody in here's like 50 years old! Just drop us. Leave us the fuck alone so we can go where there's plenty of people like Clipse.'"

To this, Malice added, "Have you ever heard anyone say that they'd be happy to get dropped?" "Besides fucking Prince?" Pusha asked. Malice repeated, "Besides Prince." Pusha then said, "And he carved his own face, which I won't do. I won't paint on my face. They ain't going to drive me fucking loony."

Pitchfork sincerely wishes Clipse the best, and we hope it doesn't come to lynching. If Hell Hath No Fury ever has a release, let alone in 2006, it will be more than we expect at this point. Still, here's to hoping.