''Exclusive Audio Footage'' is the debut studio album from

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hip hop duo

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. 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

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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. In 2022, the album, fully produced by

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, was released on streaming platforms, comprising 20 songs.

Background

''Exclusive Audio Footage'' was meant to be the debut album of

, after the group signed with

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. The album's only single was "The Funeral". It failed to catch success, and its label,

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, decided to indefinitely shelve the album.

was released from its record contract not long afterward. At the time of the album's release,

member

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was known as "Terrar" and

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was known as "Malice". ''Exclusive Audio Footage'' also marked the beginning of the Clipse's recording partnership with

. Most of the album's content is very similar to the Clipse's following albums ''

'' 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.

Track listing

All tracks produced by

. ;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

{{Authority control Clipse albums Elektra Records albums 1999 debut albums 2022 albums Albums produced by the Neptunes