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'Shooter' is built around a percussion track made from recordings of guns, a production choice that turns the weapon itself into rhythm. The track sits at the violent centre of clipping.'s aesthetic: a collision between the literal and the metaphorical, where the sound design refuses to let you forget what you're hearing. The lyrics move through a series of street scenarios rendered in dense, rapid-fire rhyme, each image sharpened by the group's commitment to specificity over generality. The song's power lies in its refusal to soften or allegorise. clipping. treats the subject matter as material to be examined rather than celebrated, the gun-percussion a formal statement about how violence saturates the spaces they're documenting. The repeated chorus works as a warning rather than a boast, and the verses layer detail upon detail, building a texture that feels claustrophobic and precise. It is uncomfortable by design, which is precisely the point.
"Shooter" is a track by clipping., from the album Wriggle (Expanded), released 11th May 2021. The track is 3:29 long. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below.
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