Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
 

1. Death Grips Is Online
2. Flies
3. Black Paint
4. Linda's In Custody
5. The Horn Section
6. Hahaha
7. Sh*tshow
8. Streaky
9. Dilemma
10. Little Richard
11. The Fear
12. Outro
13. Disappointed

Discuss.

Just different enough to warrant a worthy release in their canon.

Is it good for someone that doesn't like Death Grips? Could this change my mind?

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No.

This album bangs. I want to listen to it a few times before I vote.

Good to know

You don't like Death Grips? Get a life bruh.

I wasn't a fan the first tme I heard them. That could change tho.

What'd you hear? They certainly have a trademark sound but their discog is still pretty diverse. No Love is my favey but you might want to check out Powers That B in full.

It was a few tracks in plug but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I liked them if I gave them a listen again.

The Money Store > Government Plates > Powers That B > No Love Deep Web > Exmilitary > Bottomless Pit

Not including the new one since I haven't listened to it as much yet. It's great though.

You gave it a 1?

Well I'm glad we agree on their worst now.

No Love Deep Web>Powers That B>Exmilitary>Steroids>Year of the Snitch (tentative)>Interview 2016>The Money Store>Fashion Week>Bottomless Pit

It took me awhile to thoroughly enjoy Bottomless Pit but I ended up buying it on Vinyl and it sounds incredible. Still the "worst" in their discography.

Steroids > Fashion Week > Interview 2016

It was an assault on my ear drums.

Go listen to a Christopher Cross album, then.

No Government Plates love?

I have no clue who that is.

Almost put it at 2nd then opted for Powers That B and forgot to put it in.

Consider it a rec for your fragile ears.

I remember when they released Government Plates out of the blue, no promotion or anything and it was unheard of. Then literally ONE month later Beyonce dropped her s/t album and she got the credit for starting this "trend" of dropping records out of the blue. Fuck Beyonce.

I thought you were a fan of Nails though?

Please elaborate on what "Nails" to which you are referring.

I used to be into metal, not so much anymore. #Evolution

I've given it about half a dozen listens since it leaked on Thursday.

Death Grips is Online is an amazing song, one of DG's best. They're basically perfect when it comes to album openers.

Black Paint is also really great. It's the missing link between JD's "rock" tracks and Bottomless Pit's noisy pop tracks.

But after that... I find the rest of the album either average or just flat out bad. Some of DG's worst material is on here (****show, Little Richard, The Fear, Horn Section, Linda). The rest of the other tracks have some good ideas, but don't come together or are watered down by bad ideas.

Another thing about the album as a whole is it lacks that trademark Death Grips' accessibility. I know that's an odd way to describe their music, but the one common thread between all of their releases is that buried underneath the aggression, noise and experimentation is a nugget of a hook or catchiness in their music. And that's what makes Death Grips interesting and fun. Year of the Snitch mostly lacks that infectiousness. It just feels weird for the sake of being weird, and it actually makes it a boring album as a whole.

Compare some of the tracks on this album to something like Birds from GP. I would say even today, Birds is still one of their weirdest tracks to date. But, I can remember the little synth fills throughout Birds, or the "I got tomorrow coming" hook and I probably haven't heard that song in months. I listened to YOTS 30 minutes ago, and there's 3, maybe 4, hooks that I can recall. Everything else is lost in the ether.

5/10 for me.

Steroids>Ex>TMS>JD>BP>NOTM>GP>NLDW>YOTS>FW>Intervi ew

The only track I don't really like is The Horn Section. And my only major gripe with the whole album is that the production sounds kind of muted. On the other hand, The Fear, Dilemma, Streaky, Hahaha, and Black Paint are especially good tracks.

Also Ki I think it depends what you're already into. If you like hip hop, if you like punk, if you like experimental or electronic you might be into DG; there's pry some song of theirs you'd enjoy but it might not be worth digging through their discography to find it.

8/10 for now, it will probably go up later. It's definitely not my favorite DG album but it's still a great album. "I don't know dude I just- I just drink blood dude"

TMS > ExM > JD > GP > YOTS > NOTM > BP > NLDW > Steroids > FW > Interview

The only track I'm not really a fan of is "Ha Ha Ha" because of the lyrics, but the music itself on that song is still pretty good. Aside from that my only complaint is the sort of muddy mixing on some vocals. This is one of my favorite releases by them already, I was really hoping they would commit further to the digital hardcore side of their sound (very satisfied there), but they went so far as to incorporate psychedelia into their music too. It's gotta be their strangest release yet and I love it.

That's a bold statement. Pretty sure Niggas on the Moon was some pretty out there strange shit.

I would argue it's the most experimental yet in terms of their own sonic diversity, but not when comparing to all music. Also, nice trick there.

fuck ass bitch :wave:

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I didn't even realize it came out that way.

8/10, firmly dat good **** and a welcome album to the DG cannon.

Best Tracks:
Flies
Death Grips Is Online
The Horn Show
Hahaha
The Fear

Other bangers too but I don't want to list 3/4 of the album.

Streaky's the best song hands down.

Are you kidding me? THE FEAR!

^

Other choices are good though. The only bad track is Little Richard. Just a swing and a miss on that one.

Get Gots the best though.