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In this thread we talk about Death Grips. Death Grips is awesome, and one my favorite new musical acts since the release of their first mixtape "Exmilitary" in 2011. I hope you like Death Grips too.  Okay, no bullshit: What's Death Grips? Death Grips is, in a nutshell, what your 85 year old grandmother from Arkansas hears whenever you put on your favorite rap album in the car. To her, it's loud, obnoxious, vulgar, and strange. That is what Death Grips is like, except Death Grips is also high on meth and attacking you with a box-cutter. The main vocalist is MC Ride, who some speculate is in his late 30's, while I believe he's at least 5 thousand years old and has been wandering the far places of the earth.  The drummer is Zach Hill, who is probably the most well-known member of the group due to his previous work on Hella.  So what do they sound like? Their first release, Exmilitary, was a free EP put up in 2011. It's sound is loud, jarring, and addictive. It's pure anger and unrivaled fury quickly earned the attention of music review sites, who lauded it as unlike anything they'd heard before. My favorite track off Exmilitary is probably Takyon, but the whole album is fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89F5fpvwPr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiMtCJw_RVc Their first studio album, The Money Store, is more harmonic, if you can believe such a thing, while still having the surge of berserker anger which brought them attention in the first place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgxi-h1PoI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIrKSqb4H4A I love this group. How about you? 
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TheQat posted:Surprising everyone, they signed a major label deal with Epic (I think) in 2012. Surprising no one, they got kicked off the label by releasing No Love/Deep Web (successor to The Money Store) before even letting the label hear it--with a picture of the album title inscribed in Sharpie on someone's dick as the only album art, no less. There are a lot of rap groups that have the "I don't give a gently caress" motif, but I think Death Grips really, for all intents and purposes, truly does not give a gently caress.
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Apr 22, 2013 15:03
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The Gunge posted:Nice. Tomorrow is arms day, I will report back with a Sick Pump Brah. Be careful if you get too into it you could easily go into a berserker frenzy and begin trying to eat the other gym-goers alive.
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Apr 22, 2013 21:21
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Did That on Television posted:I think black husserl nailed it in the hip-hop thread when he said death grips sound like saul williams' niggy tardust from 2007, which is what i thought too when i first heard them a couple weeks ago. i like them though, and don't get how people don't consider it hip-hop. I admittedly have trouble categorizing them accurately, as do a lot of people. Clearly the closest relative of Death Grips is Hip-Hop, but especially on tracks like "Guillotine", there's something else to it. It's not quite metal, it's... I think it's just anger. Pure anger. It really is honest to god one of those things you have to experience, you're unable to describe it. I had never heard any A$AP Rocky stuff before, but listening to Long. Live. A$AP., I knew exactly what I was getting into. It was great, sure, but nothing on it really shocked me. Death Grips always surprises me, even on my 100th listen.
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Apr 23, 2013 12:45
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Dangerous Person posted:Death Grips was one of those concert experiences where I actually thought I was going to die at one point. I was front and center, getting rammed into the stage. For a good ten minutes I wound up laying in front of Zack's drums shirtless while MC Ride spazzed around a foot away from me. Moving to LA in Autumn I think, at the top of my to-do list. 
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Apr 27, 2013 03:51
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Someone asked me why I liked Death Grips because "it sounds like someone gave a schizophrenic homeless man a microphone and played it over dialup tones" and I told them they answered their own question.
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Apr 27, 2013 05:46
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I'd be satisfied if they just played Takyon on repeat for like 2 hours to be honest.
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Apr 27, 2013 20:23
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dsipal posted:If anyone here wants to listen to more hip hop with an abrasive edge, check out clipping. You can get their album free here (or give them a kind donation): http://clppng.bandcamp.com/album/midcity stop spamming this poo poo in my loving thread please
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Jun 2, 2013 20:42
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I love hip hop, but I admittedly am not as knowledgeable in it as I should be. Death Grips is honestly the only interracial "rap" (debatable, I know) group I can really think of, and that's super interesting to me.
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Jun 2, 2013 23:00
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Bliggers- posted:Death Grips are opening for Bjork this sat at Ottawa Bluesfest and next week at Echo Beach in Toronto, I'm hyped. That's an incredibly bizarre opening act for Bjork but it's kind of perfect because of that. Also I have difficulty watching that Zach Hill drumming video, just cause it looks so goddamn painful. Ouch.
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Jul 13, 2013 11:33
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I don't think I'd have to, although it's funny to think about, in a way it makes perfect sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZnjcFQUqJI
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Jul 13, 2013 11:48
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Bliggers- posted:However, Mykki Blanco played earlier in the day (Bjork refused to play the festival unless Blanco and Death Grips were also on the bill) That is so goddamn cool. Way to go, Bjork.
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Jul 16, 2013 12:17
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I wish Stefan was my bf
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Mar 28, 2014 22:59
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Intel&Sebastian posted:No matter what happens, I'm just glad one of Zach Hill's wacky outings finally took off big. His half of that Speakerboxx/Love Below style split album was so drat good and I never hear anything about it. I still rock Hold Your Horse Is though
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Mar 29, 2014 19:36
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Intel&Sebastian posted:Oops, I guess I consider Hella the "main" Zach Hill band so I meant like....everything other than Hella he's up to. I mark out for all Hella releases. Both Hella and Death Grips have been extremely influential on contemporary music so Zach Hill certainly is doing something right. Mad respect.
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Apr 2, 2014 00:30
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VikingSkull posted:holy poo poo, never heard of these guys until I saw this thread word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MHhLDCJ57E
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Apr 2, 2014 01:20
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WASDF posted:I wouldn't say this post is an extremely accurate one. I agree actually I exaggerated
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Apr 2, 2014 03:16
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Faux-rear end Nonsense posted:Whoever described this sound as something that makes you want to split your forehead open on a cinderblock was spot on. I've had No Love & Ex-Military on repeat the last few weekends with a few Js & exercise and I think that's the way to get a Stefan physique. Got the other 2 lined up,might save them for later. It really is amazing. Do you like The Money Store?
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Apr 20, 2014 01:42
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I feel privileged to be a fan of this group. It's so good.
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Jun 9, 2014 19:25
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:So I was listening to Death Grips in the shower, and when I got out there was a spider in the sink. I trapped it in an airtight plastic bag and left it to suffocate. epic for the win
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Jun 13, 2014 15:25
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Is NOTM really growing on any of you too? I listened to it when it came out and thought 'this seems really good but it might take a while for it to click' and it clicked. It's great.
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Sep 21, 2014 17:29
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If Jenny Death is not released before January 1st 2015 I propose we all commit ritualistic suicide in protest
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