I remember this coming our around Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues which was on HEAVVVVVY rotation. My mom overheard me listening to Exmilitary and begged me to go back to the nice guitar music. I miss my mom
@@ravenitz "banned from using the aux cord" They BANNED his taste. He needs to be comprehensive but they can act like this ? Alright, probably just a joke and all but... Get it ? They're not worth him if they act like this with HIS preferences.
Let’s Argue: Death Grips’ albums would not have been reviewed by Anthony if Death Grips never made any albums and Anthony was a forklift driver at a corn canning factory.
absolute staple of my gym experience, whenever I can't think of anything to put on while working out I just slap this album on and start pumping like I was about to enter the 5th dimension
Listened to the money store + some of ex military at the gym today. I think I’ve seen footage is my most listened to song this year with several other DG songs in the top 20. God tier shit. It literally ruined all the workout music I used to love. Nothing hits hard enough anymore.
I wish Stefan would come out with some new shit. Zach and Andy stay busy and pretty public about what they're doing on instagram, hopefully Stefan doesn't disappear completely if Death Grips is really done.
As much as many of us would like to see "ft. MC Ride" on another artist's track, I can understand and even somewhat expect Stefan to keep a low profile when DG ends it.
It's because it's a mixtape completely filled with samples which I'm sure Death Grips never got or paid permission to use, which would make it a nightmare of paying royalties and take a very long time to get permissions for it to make it on spotify.
Listened to it tripping 5 grams of mushrooms camping and looking at the stars. Had an insane time. So many different perspectives on the sounds. Known For It and Culture Shock will always stand out to me. Finally saw them in ‘15 on the Jenny Death tour. I’ll never forget the noided times, one of my fave bands.
Bro...a couple yrs ago I discovered them and listened to entire projects without knowing when each song would stop and start, while on psychedelics. Bro it's trip in itself
@@joshshrum2764 it's kinda wild to hear this today with the rise of emo trap/SoundCloud rap and think that song came out ten years ago, they were so ahead of their time
You talking about this album like it’s your kid who graduated is about to make me cry. As much as it scares me that they could just call it quits and leave us with possibly the best batting average discography ever. I could really see them coming through with a straight noise and jazz rock piece to blow the pants off of us in like 5 years 😂
This made me emotional, as it reminds me how far I am from when I first heard this, in both good and bad ways. I got into ITAOTS at exactly the same time as DG so I was into the two biggest meme /mu/ bands
I discovered Exmilitary for myself only a few days ago, and having listened to Tyler the Creator, Playboi Carti, 100 Gecs, and many other artists it’s crazy to hear how this album inspired so much great music through the years
I feel this strongly because it was Anthony that got me into Death Grips, and also Anthony that got me into new music actively again after a decade of me being disinterested and blah about music. Thank you Fantano.... sincerely. Here's to many decades of listening and reacting to new good shit. And of course thanks to Death Grips the most.
well they broke up once before and then came back with several releases thereafter and tours. so maybe they found a spark and were able to put the breakup on pause for a few years. we'll never really know what the whole initial breakup was about or why it happened, that much is certain. I do think it was an indication though, that the trio are not all that interested in remaining a cohesive unit and are very much about doing their own thing. I have said to many peers that the final track on year of the snitch was called "disappointed" for a reason however, and that track may have told us all we need to know about where the band is. still though, I cannot help but wonder if the pandemic really interfered with them like is has so many other bands. they are such a force when it comes to their live performances and stage presence. one cannot imagine a death grips release without an accompanying tour. so maybe, just maybe, covid got in the way of another release and they are waiting until they can tour again in order to release it. perhaps this is merely a hiatus. either way, as fans of this group we were completely and utterly spoiled with the consistent incredible releases, and we surely all took it for granted. how many bands have ever released the amount of ingenious material DG has in that time frame? surely every band has one or two stinkers but Death Grips mastered their niche and will eventually be remembered as one of the greatest bands of the last decade and perhaps, one of the greatest ever.
Fantanthony, you got me into death grips via your exmilitary review when it came out 10 years ago. I was just a lil high school boy. Thank you for all the years of great music knowledge
i just cant believe this album is 10 years old, it was there for me in my edgy highschool era when i thought i was the shit listening to Cool Underground Music and it still speaks to me as a lame adult working IT jobs. i imagine my future children will look at this album the same way my dad would play pink floyd and say how its the best music ever. idk what im saying but fuck i love this band
Yep, my Dad would wax poetic about Pink Floyd, Santana, & Peter Frampton. Now that he's gone, & I'm getting deeper into classic rock, I wish I could geek out with him about it...
@@NatalieValentina6 That's pretty bittersweet, but maybe someday down the line you can share it with someone else and in some way keep his spirit alive through your mutual love of music :)
@@LatinaCreamQueen Thanks, that's a lovely sentiment, & I certainly hope it happens that way. It's always cool to be able to share your passions. That's what I enjoy most about YT as a platform, all of my interests have entire niche communities built around & catering to them.
I'm in my early 50s. I just started consuming DG about a year ago. If David Bowie thought a lot of them, I needed to give them a fair shake. I started with Money Store and have gone forward from there. I've heard stuff from Exmilitary along the way, but I did not go back and listen to the whole mix tape as a piece until a few weeks ago. I think I might like it like I like Money Store. Really good. Mind isn't that young any more, still blown.
I'm 48, huge Bowie fan. I had read he was listening to DG around the time he was making Blackstar. So I just started listening to them. I will have to check out money store.
Thanks for making this video. Truly an amazing album. The last few days I’ve been kind of sad because I also feel like Death Grips is over, especially since the announcement of Zach Hill’s new group
Artists can definitely manage their time on multiple projects, Death Grips have done it before and they can definitely continue doing it into the future. We'll likely be waiting a while for any new content but with how incredibly talented the entire band are individually and as a group I have no doubt that whatever we get will be of excellent quality and full of absolute bangers
I came across Death Grips after Spotify played Hacker while I was listening to Kero Kero Bonito. I found Hacker very interesting because I’ve never heard anything like it before. I’m so glad that it did play it because I looked up a review of the trio and thanks to Anthony Fantano I started listening to death grips because of your review and damn if death grips isn’t one of my fav musical artists I’ve ever come across. And I’ve still got more of their music to explore :)
Man I don't know what to comment but it's weird that my man Anthony hasn't changed confessed his love for Spotem'Gottem, the greatest up and coming new hit popular rap artist.
50 years from now every Death Grips project will still sound fresh and unique. They had an all time high quality catalog by the time they dropped Government Plates, and it's grown no less legendary since.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing, what day of the week it was, what time of day it was, and the season. If an album can make you do that, it's as legendary as a pink Floyd album.
Death grips changed my life. The first song I listened to was "on gp" when I was just 15 and it changed my life forever, from the first listen it changed my outlook in music and I started to enjoy music in ways I never thought I would.
My opinion is that this album stands the test of time because Death Grips are artistic in everything they do. They are unashamedly themselves but they also put effort into their music. I feel like this ability to be mentally free to create what you truly want to (rather than what will sell) is admirable and each member brings something unique, stylistic, and artistic to the table. Rides vocals are emotive, the lyrics are strange but poignant. It's like an insight into how someone's mind spins when they have a lot to think about going from one thing to another to another. It all makes sense but you need a little bit to unravel it. This is one of the few records that I remember lyrics randomly when walking around. So much reminds me of it, and this makes me think that the writing and the subject matter of the songs (however vague) are the raw thoughts and feelings that many of us can relate to from day to day. Zach Hill is truly a creative genius. I don't think I need to say much more but these songs are some of the most creative arrangements, variety and quality of sounds and textures, phrases, articulations, use of technology, etc that I have ever heard. From a production point of view I'm in awe of the musicality and technical expertise and freedom. This record feels fresh because the production and ideas were fresh and cannot simply be copied. You can't copy raw talent. Death Grips tapped into something that if anybody else tried to copy them it would fall flat on its arse because it would lack any integrity, any character.
I remember hearing Ex-Military when /mu/ was shilling it before TMS was a sparkle in Zach's eye. I loved it so fucking much. I remember the insane TMS hype. I was honestly disappointed when I first heard it, but I quickly fell in love after 3 or 4 listens. I remember the NLDW fiasco with the label, and the hype surrounding it. Then the album art.... that's when I realized how genius and truly avant garde they were. Again, was disappointed, but quickly fell in love. This is a trend that followed with EVERY LP of theirs, except Year of the Snitch. The others get kinda tired, but Ex-Military still hasn't to me. There are a few tracks that are a bit of a lul, but the hits hit SO. FUCKING. HARD. I know gushing about DG is a meme, but they are legitimately my favorite music outfit of all time. Their entire aura and image is so intriguing and interesting. I can't pick a favorite LP. But Stockton is underrated you fucks.
I remember first hearing this in a listenalong with /mu/. It was just a bunch of guys geeking out to shit we'd never heard before. Looking back I think it was a period where I was having the most fun I'd ever have on the internet
A lot of people were vaping DMT and making industrial hip hop in 2011-2012 but Death Grips were one of the few groups to have the focus to actually record and polish it. Everybody else was just basically screaming into a microphone over a bass synth loop.
Thanks for introducing me to Dead Grips, growing up in the 80's as a Rap fan and at the end of the 80's into Industrial Metal, this was like damn, just what i needed.
I just got into this album last month and it truly blew my mind. Cannot wait to gradually grow into the rest of their discog, ExMilitary feels so fresh and fantastic
I was 19 when this record came out, and Anthony's right: this record came out of seemingly nowhere and just started making waves. 2011 was a really strong, transitional year for hiphop (Goblin/ XXX/ Live. Love. A$AP), but this thing dropped and everything else suddenly looked quaint. By the time The Money Store came out, pretty much all of my mates at uni were hooked.
It just sounds so fucking visceral. Was in lockdown for new years so best we could do was drink at home and put this record on loud, and I was just blown away by the fact some guys could make two little speaker membranes do THAT. After being familiar with the record for like 8 years too it still sounds fresh and vibrant, hits me in the gut every time.
My favorite memory of Death Grips is when sometime back in 2012/early 2013 they were supposed to headline Sacramento's Electronic Music fest, but the day of the fest they announced they were dropping out of tour to complete work on new album. Hella people (including myself) still went to the event thinking they were just fucking with people, but they never showed up. Good times.
I can only imagine how different my musical experience would have been had I discovered Death Grips sooner. I came in around the mid 10’s and it completely changed what I thought hip-hop could be. The idea that Exmilitary could have been my Skyrim background music is surreal. I can’t imagine how insane it must have been to hear back when NOTHING sounded quite like it, at the time.
anthony we understand you're patriotism and the fact you fought in vietnam, but screaming into the mic for 10 minutes about seeing viet cong is very concerning
Join the "I'm getting old" crew. I was about struggling to find something new past my hardcore punk/alt rap/noise Rock when you reviewed this. Prob one of the reasons I keep coming back to the Needledrop.
I remember this coming our around Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues which was on HEAVVVVVY rotation. My mom overheard me listening to Exmilitary and begged me to go back to the nice guitar music. I miss my mom
Mom wasn't rocking with Takyon?!
the contrast 😭😭
I’m sorry your mom became a man, rip
@@SpenceTheHoosier My entire family was not with it 😣
I miss your mom too 🥲
this album got me banned from using the aux cord permanently
10/10
Same but not when I am the driver in my own car.
Your friends are not worth you.
Just saying.
Worth it
@@ravenitz "banned from using the aux cord"
They BANNED his taste.
He needs to be comprehensive but they can act like this ?
Alright, probably just a joke and all but... Get it ? They're not worth him if they act like this with HIS preferences.
@@AMP_7 yeah it was a joke.
I listen to death grips, you think I have friends??
Let’s Argue: Death Grips’ albums would not have been reviewed by Anthony if Death Grips never made any albums and Anthony was a forklift driver at a corn canning factory.
i think he would like them anyways
I... Agree
i disagree
amazing insights
Real talk fr fr
I can't believe you're now 10 years old, Anthony! Time flies so fast!
Big boy Anthony just hit double digits!
Thanks bro bless
My name: AxxL
My job: Superstar
I like: Handsome girls
I have: 2 handsome girlfriends
My dream: Have more subs than my 2 girlfriends
Your name: max
He's a big boy now
Thisthony manytano
i’m so glad fantano is finally finding out about death grips, i have a feeling he’s gonna really like them
yeah i'm sure he'll like the money store
@deez nuts nah. maybe a light 9
He already knew Death Grips, there's a lot of videos about them on his channel actually
@@RicardoP404 no way
@@RicardoP404 anybody else hear that wooosh
Exmillitary is the most album of the decade
Agreed it’s a very album
It’s an EXtremely album
@Average Drew xD?
Actually it's the most mixtape of the decade
It's definitely the most album of the mixtape.
It’s actually pretty crazy how much Fantano reviewing Exmilitary impacted the trajectory of both Death Grips career and his own
If Fantano never reviewed the money store death grips would be WAY more obscure, he basically paved a path for their career.
its a win win
@@hish367 Niggy Tardust from Saul Williams
@@asap.6283 thanks you’re the best
@@Adam-ke7ig crazy how influential fandango is in the industry.
I still listen to this when I'm at the gym/having a psychotic episode at the grocery store.
It's S tier running music, too.
exactly!!!!!
2 very similar experiences
absolute staple of my gym experience, whenever I can't think of anything to put on while working out I just slap this album on and start pumping like I was about to enter the 5th dimension
Listened to the money store + some of ex military at the gym today. I think I’ve seen footage is my most listened to song this year with several other DG songs in the top 20. God tier shit. It literally ruined all the workout music I used to love. Nothing hits hard enough anymore.
An album that only gets better with age
lol love the vids good 2 see you here xD
Lol sup brotha
Ages better than me, I love your videos they are very comforting to watch in this world of suffering.
Nice dood u here
Big daddy Platty also listens to experimental Sacramento based hip hop? 😱🥵😏
Really sweet to hear Anthony Grips talk about his father's cool Indie band
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5:15 "The insanely heavy beat of takyon"
Plays part of song with no beat
I wish Stefan would come out with some new shit. Zach and Andy stay busy and pretty public about what they're doing on instagram, hopefully Stefan doesn't disappear completely if Death Grips is really done.
As much as many of us would like to see "ft. MC Ride" on another artist's track, I can understand and even somewhat expect Stefan to keep a low profile when DG ends it.
@@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield at least we know he’s still alive, he was on andy’s instagram a couple weeks ago
Stefan’s just laying low and supporting his friends
What is Zach doing? I only know the A2B2 thing Andy is doing
@@POZOLEDECARAMELITO He recently made a remix of Danny Elfman's "Kick Me"
The only bad thing about Exmilitary is it's not on Spotify.
i found a podcast that pirates it so i guess that works
It’s all over
@@liquidRkive whats it called???
@@space_1073 its called it
It's because it's a mixtape completely filled with samples which I'm sure Death Grips never got or paid permission to use, which would make it a nightmare of paying royalties and take a very long time to get permissions for it to make it on spotify.
It's definitely one of the albums of the past 10 years.
it made me grit my teeth in front of my dad many times over the years
this album definitely was one of the most albums in this past decade
It did be an album during the last 10 years tho
@@nishi9025 the most best 👎👎👎
Based
This is my favorite Kero Kero Burito mixtape
I thought it was kuri kuri
Sarah killed it on Beware
@@lephoquebleu8302 I loved her flow on Takyon bro
Spread Eagle will always be a banger
Underrated DG cuts imo. Such an odd balance of swagger and aggression.
SHIT IS MINE! IT'S ALL MINE!!
he do be fucking the music with his serpent tongue
I fuck the musiiiic I make it cUuUmmm
On acid it's amazing
Glad you finally caught on to my favorite underground rap group!!
Next: check out The Smiths
It’s sick!!! Hey if you like underground bands check out Nirvana
@Ivory_ Lagiacrus_YT 🤭
If you really want an underground band, check out The Velvet Underground. Cant get more unknown than that.
I got an artist that is so unknown NOBODY even knows they exist except me.
The Beatles
Listened to it tripping 5 grams of mushrooms camping and looking at the stars. Had an insane time. So many different perspectives on the sounds. Known For It and Culture Shock will always stand out to me. Finally saw them in ‘15 on the Jenny Death tour. I’ll never forget the noided times, one of my fave bands.
Bro...a couple yrs ago I discovered them and listened to entire projects without knowing when each song would stop and start, while on psychedelics. Bro it's trip in itself
Wow, Anthony fantano likes death grips, this is crazy and unexpected!
I know right?
what are you talking about? he gave "The Money Store" a strong 0 and calling it one of the worst albums of the decade
@@Lucas-dy5mt facts
Anything that samples Jane's Addiction is a masterpiece.
@JillSandwich does it?
I was literally just listening to Takyon and thinking how relevant it sounds
It perfectly coveys the sound of today.
@@joshshrum2764 it's kinda wild to hear this today with the rise of emo trap/SoundCloud rap and think that song came out ten years ago, they were so ahead of their time
You talking about this album like it’s your kid who graduated is about to make me cry. As much as it scares me that they could just call it quits and leave us with possibly the best batting average discography ever. I could really see them coming through with a straight noise and jazz rock piece to blow the pants off of us in like 5 years 😂
This made me emotional, as it reminds me how far I am from when I first heard this, in both good and bad ways. I got into ITAOTS at exactly the same time as DG so I was into the two biggest meme /mu/ bands
Beware, Guillotine and Takyon are some of the best experimental hip hop songs of all time
I discovered Exmilitary for myself only a few days ago, and having listened to Tyler the Creator, Playboi Carti, 100 Gecs, and many other artists it’s crazy to hear how this album inspired so much great music through the years
I feel this strongly because it was Anthony that got me into Death Grips, and also Anthony that got me into new music actively again after a decade of me being disinterested and blah about music. Thank you Fantano.... sincerely. Here's to many decades of listening and reacting to new good shit. And of course thanks to Death Grips the most.
I released an EP on the same label as this, and it’s so crazy to see one of the artists on an avant garde net label become so huge.
link to ep?
Link/name? Also what's the label?
@@Lomaxxx53 probably deathbomb arc
@@sofianehamdini4391 surprisingly no-Grindcore karaoke.
yoooooo
well they broke up once before and then came back with several releases thereafter and tours. so maybe they found a spark and were able to put the breakup on pause for a few years. we'll never really know what the whole initial breakup was about or why it happened, that much is certain. I do think it was an indication though, that the trio are not all that interested in remaining a cohesive unit and are very much about doing their own thing. I have said to many peers that the final track on year of the snitch was called "disappointed" for a reason however, and that track may have told us all we need to know about where the band is. still though, I cannot help but wonder if the pandemic really interfered with them like is has so many other bands. they are such a force when it comes to their live performances and stage presence. one cannot imagine a death grips release without an accompanying tour. so maybe, just maybe, covid got in the way of another release and they are waiting until they can tour again in order to release it. perhaps this is merely a hiatus. either way, as fans of this group we were completely and utterly spoiled with the consistent incredible releases, and we surely all took it for granted. how many bands have ever released the amount of ingenious material DG has in that time frame? surely every band has one or two stinkers but Death Grips mastered their niche and will eventually be remembered as one of the greatest bands of the last decade and perhaps, one of the greatest ever.
I love you
@@fzxfzxfzx ditto
love the shift from culture shock to 5d
Thru The Walls remains one of the best and most underrated Death Grips tracks.
IF YOURE DELUSIONAL YOUR CALL WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE MOTHERSHIP
airhorn
In my top five favs by DG, totally agree. So overlooked
Cant believe its been 10 whole years since the beginning of the lusty and violent relationship between melon and MC Ride
Deathgrips opened my eyes and ruined my entire life, I still have no one in my life that is close to me almost 10 years after finding them
Nice
can’t wait for the 10th anniversary of the money store
This definitely the best mixtape released in 2011 by the Sacramento based experimental hip hop group called Death Grips.
Fantanthony, you got me into death grips via your exmilitary review when it came out 10 years ago. I was just a lil high school boy. Thank you for all the years of great music knowledge
If death grips is done. They need to do a final re pressing of all their projects. I’m not paying 300 for fashion week
We haven’t heard from them since the beginning of 2020. I really hope they didn’t break up...again.
Band of the decade.
i just cant believe this album is 10 years old, it was there for me in my edgy highschool era when i thought i was the shit listening to Cool Underground Music and it still speaks to me as a lame adult working IT jobs. i imagine my future children will look at this album the same way my dad would play pink floyd and say how its the best music ever. idk what im saying but fuck i love this band
Yep, my Dad would wax poetic about Pink Floyd, Santana, & Peter Frampton. Now that he's gone, & I'm getting deeper into classic rock, I wish I could geek out with him about it...
@@NatalieValentina6 That's pretty bittersweet, but maybe someday down the line you can share it with someone else and in some way keep his spirit alive through your mutual love of music :)
@@LatinaCreamQueen Thanks, that's a lovely sentiment, & I certainly hope it happens that way. It's always cool to be able to share your passions. That's what I enjoy most about YT as a platform, all of my interests have entire niche communities built around & catering to them.
Don’t ever have kids dude.
Why the hell would you want kids!? Lol
I'm in my early 50s. I just started consuming DG about a year ago. If David Bowie thought a lot of them, I needed to give them a fair shake. I started with Money Store and have gone forward from there. I've heard stuff from Exmilitary along the way, but I did not go back and listen to the whole mix tape as a piece until a few weeks ago.
I think I might like it like I like Money Store. Really good. Mind isn't that young any more, still blown.
I'm 48, huge Bowie fan. I had read he was listening to DG around the time he was making Blackstar. So I just started listening to them. I will have to check out money store.
Anthony’s listening to Takyon and gets reminded of his significant other lol
Reminds him of subatomic penetration
can somebody buy me exmilitary on vinyl please pretty please please
Yeah bro I got you ;)
average doge coin investor
Happy to see you’re here, aztro. Love your stuff 💛
There's a pretty good bootleg that goes up on ear candy music every once in a while. It's usually priced at 40 to 60 bucks
I was looking for an aztrosist comment here
10 years ago, the greatest band of the 2010s dropped the greatest mixtape of the 2010s
car seat headrest never dropped a mixtape
@@omerkucuk309 lmao
@@omerkucuk309 lol
You forgot Playboi Carti self titled
@@Cristian-cd2rc no I didn’t
That last point you made is especially crazy about this album. They were prophetic about the Internet age to a stunning degree of accuracy
Thanks for making this video. Truly an amazing album. The last few days I’ve been kind of sad because I also feel like Death Grips is over, especially since the announcement of Zach Hill’s new group
Artists can definitely manage their time on multiple projects, Death Grips have done it before and they can definitely continue doing it into the future. We'll likely be waiting a while for any new content but with how incredibly talented the entire band are individually and as a group I have no doubt that whatever we get will be of excellent quality and full of absolute bangers
Klink is amazing song
AAA OOO AAA OOO
Black Flag samples just hit right
Beware is a song i'll be listening to and thinking about forever
Takyon truly changed how I looked at the rap and hip hop genre.
I came across Death Grips after Spotify played Hacker while I was listening to Kero Kero Bonito. I found Hacker very interesting because I’ve never heard anything like it before. I’m so glad that it did play it because I looked up a review of the trio and thanks to Anthony Fantano I started listening to death grips because of your review and damn if death grips isn’t one of my fav musical artists I’ve ever come across. And I’ve still got more of their music to explore :)
lmao same but I've seen footage
Man I don't know what to comment but it's weird that my man Anthony hasn't changed confessed his love for Spotem'Gottem, the greatest up and coming new hit popular rap artist.
Can’t wait until 2030 when he puts out a video celebrating the 10 yr anniversary of Spotemgotem and Pooh Shiesty linking up
50 years from now every Death Grips project will still sound fresh and unique. They had an all time high quality catalog by the time they dropped Government Plates, and it's grown no less legendary since.
Still my favorite project of theirs, so raw, so cohesive, so boundary pushing to this fuckin DAY
This is gonna sound frickin crazy but whenever I touch a sandwich
I can say that thanks to you my dear Melon, i get really into Death Grips, a big thank you !
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing, what day of the week it was, what time of day it was, and the season. If an album can make you do that, it's as legendary as a pink Floyd album.
Their only 10/10 in my eyes, it's aging amazing
Facts, man. It's aged so incredibly, and every time I hear the Charles Manson intro, I get so excited.
i think bottomless pit is also a ten
notm and steroids are 10s for me too
It seriously did age like a fine wine
Best lyrics
Year Of The Snitch will age extremely well. TPTB as well.
YOTS is my album of the decade that shit is so great.
Jenny Death is still their best album, all the others I've mostly grown out of
Death grips changed my life. The first song I listened to was "on gp" when I was just 15 and it changed my life forever, from the first listen it changed my outlook in music and I started to enjoy music in ways I never thought I would.
I just found this album a month ago and now it is life
Exmilitary will definitely become my best man once I get married.
Married to the money store?
*My wife's boyfriend, when they get married
@Rocco Bontemps 😳😳
My opinion is that this album stands the test of time because Death Grips are artistic in everything they do. They are unashamedly themselves but they also put effort into their music. I feel like this ability to be mentally free to create what you truly want to (rather than what will sell) is admirable and each member brings something unique, stylistic, and artistic to the table.
Rides vocals are emotive, the lyrics are strange but poignant. It's like an insight into how someone's mind spins when they have a lot to think about going from one thing to another to another. It all makes sense but you need a little bit to unravel it. This is one of the few records that I remember lyrics randomly when walking around. So much reminds me of it, and this makes me think that the writing and the subject matter of the songs (however vague) are the raw thoughts and feelings that many of us can relate to from day to day.
Zach Hill is truly a creative genius. I don't think I need to say much more but these songs are some of the most creative arrangements, variety and quality of sounds and textures, phrases, articulations, use of technology, etc that I have ever heard. From a production point of view I'm in awe of the musicality and technical expertise and freedom. This record feels fresh because the production and ideas were fresh and cannot simply be copied. You can't copy raw talent. Death Grips tapped into something that if anybody else tried to copy them it would fall flat on its arse because it would lack any integrity, any character.
I'm going to take a bike ride and listen to the death grips discography.
I remember hearing Ex-Military when /mu/ was shilling it before TMS was a sparkle in Zach's eye. I loved it so fucking much.
I remember the insane TMS hype. I was honestly disappointed when I first heard it, but I quickly fell in love after 3 or 4 listens.
I remember the NLDW fiasco with the label, and the hype surrounding it. Then the album art.... that's when I realized how genius and truly avant garde they were.
Again, was disappointed, but quickly fell in love. This is a trend that followed with EVERY LP of theirs, except Year of the Snitch.
The others get kinda tired, but Ex-Military still hasn't to me. There are a few tracks that are a bit of a lul, but the hits hit SO. FUCKING. HARD.
I know gushing about DG is a meme, but they are legitimately my favorite music outfit of all time. Their entire aura and image is so intriguing and interesting.
I can't pick a favorite LP. But Stockton is underrated you fucks.
Andy spammed it all over the internet. Proof that hardcore shilling works
I remember first hearing this in a listenalong with /mu/. It was just a bunch of guys geeking out to shit we'd never heard before. Looking back I think it was a period where I was having the most fun I'd ever have on the internet
The raw energy that can only come from an artists first few works is more interesting to me than when they develop and refine their craft
the samples on klink make me so happy... the black flag riff makes it sound so sweet. thanks for introducing me to this melon.
A lot of people were vaping DMT and making industrial hip hop in 2011-2012
but Death Grips were one of the few groups to have the focus to actually record and polish it. Everybody else was just basically screaming into a microphone over a bass synth loop.
Just started listening to death grips a month ago and it feels like this music could have been released yesterday
They ain’t done! 2023 tour
IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES
honestly every album they make is next level and puts to shame anyone in there genre
Thanks for introducing me to Dead Grips, growing up in the 80's as a Rap fan and at the end of the 80's into Industrial Metal, this was like damn, just what i needed.
Death grips is done, Alive grips is born!!!
I just got into this album last month and it truly blew my mind. Cannot wait to gradually grow into the rest of their discog, ExMilitary feels so fresh and fantastic
Thank you, Anthony.
I was 19 when this record came out, and Anthony's right: this record came out of seemingly nowhere and just started making waves. 2011 was a really strong, transitional year for hiphop (Goblin/ XXX/ Live. Love. A$AP), but this thing dropped and everything else suddenly looked quaint. By the time The Money Store came out, pretty much all of my mates at uni were hooked.
RIP Mr Grips, all we can do now is reminisce
It just sounds so fucking visceral. Was in lockdown for new years so best we could do was drink at home and put this record on loud, and I was just blown away by the fact some guys could make two little speaker membranes do THAT. After being familiar with the record for like 8 years too it still sounds fresh and vibrant, hits me in the gut every time.
Melon pls review my karen song before it becomes irrelevant
I started Death Grips. Glad Fantano is catching up.
If it wasn’t for Fantano, we wouldn’t have found Death Grips
For real, even his neutral-negative reviews have led me onto music that I have positive reviews on.
the bowie and pink floyd samples will forever kill my ass
We get it bro you like Death Grips
My favorite memory of Death Grips is when sometime back in 2012/early 2013 they were supposed to headline Sacramento's Electronic Music fest, but the day of the fest they announced they were dropping out of tour to complete work on new album. Hella people (including myself) still went to the event thinking they were just fucking with people, but they never showed up. Good times.
Zach Hill is now in a group called Undo K from hot.
I still remember when Death Grips sounded completely bizarre and borderline unlistenable.
I CLOSE MY EYES AND SEIZE IT
I CLENCH MY FIST AND BEAT IT
I LIGHT MY TORCH AND BURN IT
I AM THE BEAST I WORSHIP
I can only imagine how different my musical experience would have been had I discovered Death Grips sooner. I came in around the mid 10’s and it completely changed what I thought hip-hop could be. The idea that Exmilitary could have been my Skyrim background music is surreal. I can’t imagine how insane it must have been to hear back when NOTHING sounded quite like it, at the time.
anthony we understand you're patriotism and the fact you fought in vietnam, but screaming into the mic for 10 minutes about seeing viet cong is very concerning
The whole rant praising the military industrial complex was weird as well
he shouldnt be allowed to say 'gook'
Am i the one who feels that death grips really honestly peaked with ExMil and the Money Store?
the mcrib was big on this record
Join the "I'm getting old" crew. I was about struggling to find something new past my hardcore punk/alt rap/noise Rock when you reviewed this. Prob one of the reasons I keep coming back to the Needledrop.
Best DG release.
Beware is unmatched
when this showed up on my notifications i read the title as “existence is meaningless”
Melon dosent seem like he’d like death grips, he seems more like a drake kinda guy
i’m feeling a light “no shit” on this one
The start of something beautiful
Have your glasses been a snapchat filter this whole time? Ex Military fuck yeah
This video remains me of this super underground industrial hip-hop group called Death Grips, y’all should check them out!!!
Every track is a hitter, I’m not that big a death grips fan but I can play this front to back
Hi! Zach here. No, death grips isnt done yet we will release new music early 2022 so keep an eye on that. Lots of love -death
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Dont give me hope
Why am I crying jesus christ. So many drunken nights blasting DG. I absolutely can't wait for the next record!