radiosurgery I was introduced to him by him being on Broadway. I've always lived rap, but nowadays, it's all the same. Found out he was in a rap group called Clipping, and became addicted. Hamilton did boost him and Clipping in popularity.
HAS ANYBODY REALIZED THAT WITH THE COVER, THIS VIDEO, AND THE FACT THAT SPACE TERMS AND PLANETS ARE REFRENCED IN BOTH SINGLES THAT THIS COULD BE A RAP CONCEPT ALBUM ABOUT SPACE ISOLATION OH BOY
I know there's a lot of fans that have definitely experienced this, but god damn was it cool to see him blow up when people started to recognize him from Hamilton and the TV shows he started being in. Its a good feeling to see someone that you've respected and appreciated musically do so well in life. I remember meeting him at a show in DC way back in 2014 and he was such a humble and down-to-earth dude after the show. Chatting with him felt like chatting with an old friend.
I don't even listen to much hip hop but this is real fucking music. This is like some futuristic sci fi sounds and the flow is so fresh and alive. Real art, no gimmicks, no fronting, just cool ass sounds and good vibes.
These guys are very left-field for me. It's great. The only weak thing about concept albums is because it's difficult to take particular songs out and enjoy them on their own as it's meant to be listened in one go. I'm just like you, don't listen to hip-hop much but these guys are awesome.
100% agreed. Ive never really been into hip hop too, and the reason for that is that I had never heard any song, which might work, or at the very least could be intriguing as a musical piece, but clipping. (along with Death Grips before them) have actually turned me quite a lot. I decided to try them out right after I watched their Amoeba "Whats in my Bag?" ep, and I checked out There Was An Addiction To Blood. The intro felt intriguing to me, but "Nothing is safe" actually made me question my decision to check them out, despite me somewhat enjoying it, mostly due to Daveeds impressive rapping and lyrics (with lyrics basically Always coming in Last for me, when it comes to priorities in music). However, while I did not enjoy the track for the first couple of times I listened to it, "He Dead" kept me to listen through the entire album, and by the time it ended I was quite pleasantly surprised. Needless to say, I became an avid listener, but after "Visions of Bodies Being Burned" is when I became a real fan of the band, and recently I started to try out more of their stuff, and I havent yet warmed up to their debut, but the one time I listened through "Splendor & Misery" (while reading the lyrics along) has made me appreciate lyrics so much more than I have ever before, even though it was pretty hard from me to decipher what is going on (Ive never really been into poetry, or rather euphemistic poetry/lyrics). TL;DR I was not a fan of hip hop, because I didnt consider it Actual music, but clipping. presented itself as another proof for the opposite.
i rarely listen to hip hop, let alone rap, but clipping has such great beats and lyrics with so many meanings - daveed and the group itself is so underrated and ive fallen in love with their music
I feel that Daveed is obviously being at least a little influenced by his time with Hamilton into doing something a bit more narratively cohesive and theatrical.
Hey jarrick idk if u remember me but I had a channel a few years back called ken t. Tv or something like that and u was one of my most loyal subscribers but I got caught up with school and stuff and stopped I look totally different now cuz I lost a whole lot of weight but anyways I just wanted to tell you I have a new channel and I make a lot of lofi, old school, experimental and some trap beats on it I would appreciate if u check it out.
musically it's pretty different and seems kinda out of place on the album but the sci-fi literature references put a lot of context on the rest of the album. there are lines in the other songs about the protagonist rapping alone in different rooms in the ship. I think the video and song capture this pretty well with the noises from the ship. he demonstrates that he knows about concepts like the ansible and ekumen (the ansible is an instant communication device and the ekumen is an interplanetary union, both from ursula leguin's universe) which are both from the future. in the beginning of the album it seems more like he's been quickly uprooted and it's hard to tell whether he's from the past and taken to the future or from the future and just abducted. it shows that he's learned about the new universe he's in. he's also bragging through those references, showing that he has not only learned about them but mastered them. that's why it's towards the end of the album, setting up for his liberation on the last song. all i mean is it's a good and important song for the story.
eloy.silva I agree to some exstent. I think the video represents the album perfectly. The song in my opinion was put on the album afterwards as a single or hit. When i listened to the album i got a feeling of time being represented by music genras, This concept being the only way this song fits in with the flow of the album. I also noticed a love story threw the whole album between cargo 2331and the mothership. This concept was taking from me for the momment this song was playing. Maybe im missing the underline meaning
I hate how in interviews they always ask about Hamilton not his other stuff and rarely his amazing music and his fast he raps like Hamilton is my favorite thing ever but it doesn’t define him come on give him the recognition he so deserves and make him the most popular rapper in the world! His voice is perfect for it
I would always like the video first before it starts. Because If I don't, I would instantly get sucked into Daveed Digg's voice that I forgot on what the heck was I suppose to do--
so here's what i'm getting from the video so far... he takes medication, raps, shit floats, more meds he takes it, longer shit stays air born, something happens to the lights along side everything and him, he wakes up, starts rapping again and now even the table is air born, forces table down and everything's back to the ground and daveed just walks away trying to comprehend what the hell his medication does to him and everything around him. seems like the video in a nutshell and i still don't get it
This is truly good. I'm thinking a Clipping/Mike Patton collaboration would explode the musical universe. Brains would be splattered allover the place. Just a thought.
I went ahead and listened to the pre-order stream of the entire album (If you pre-ordered on Sub-Pop's store you can get it by signing into your account) and let me just say this album is different from anything they've done. It's a very different album just in general, in the vacuum of music. I love clipping but I'm really not sure how I feel about this album. I'm sure I'll love eventually, but this one's gonna be a grower, guys. Really curious to see others' reactions.
I personally love the concept. It definitely doesn't have many "songs" in the way that they can exist outside of the album, but the album as a whole is really quite beautiful
Just listened to the album twice in a row and it's SUPER conceptual. Get ready for some crazy space Sci-fi type beats. I think I appreciate it more the second time but I want to listen to it a shit ton more before I decide my thoughts on the album. But I'm pretty sure I'll love it by the time the vinyl arrives, hopefully anyway.
there seems to be a huge space vibe from the past two singles they released and the cover art for the album. i wonder if it might end up being a concept album about a person in space or just a simple coincidence
'Splendor & Misery is an Afrofuturist, dystopian concept album that follows the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship, and the onboard computer that falls in love with him.'
![clipping. - Shooter [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nm65PCbUMZI/mqdefault.jpg)
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![clipping. - Inside Out [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1tFXIy7OWos/mqdefault.jpg)
Daveed Diggs is probably the most underrated rapper out there right now. Every single song is bars.
Forreal. Clipping needs major exposure.
+Zoe Emma Marie Problem is they are just industrial and experimental and dark enough not to get a lot of mainstream exposure
radiosurgery And non of subpop's artist aren't popular. The most is Clipping.
+Zoe Emma Marie I just can't believe I was just introduced to them with their Wriggle EP.
radiosurgery I was introduced to him by him being on Broadway. I've always lived rap, but nowadays, it's all the same. Found out he was in a rap group called Clipping, and became addicted. Hamilton did boost him and Clipping in popularity.
never thought there would ever be an industrial hip-hop space opera
John Adams get your pitchfork-ass outta here
john adams doesn't have a real job anyway
Hip hopera
As a true lover of concept albums, my absolute favourite being Pink Floyd's The Wall, this album blew my FUCKING MIND.
You got good music taste, the devil and god are raging inside me is probably one of my favorite albums
HAS ANYBODY REALIZED THAT WITH THE COVER, THIS VIDEO, AND THE FACT THAT SPACE TERMS AND PLANETS ARE REFRENCED IN BOTH SINGLES THAT THIS COULD BE A RAP CONCEPT ALBUM ABOUT SPACE ISOLATION
OH BOY
I bet you're fucking pumped now lol.
Lo and behold, it was a concept album portraying the Middle Passage as a scifi transport of human cargo.
@@pennyisdreadful haha just came to comment this lol
*YOU DONT SAY*
@@aNi-fc6bq this comment was from way before the album released. chill lol
He rhymed ASCII with nasty. My hero.
2:44 hahah yeah that was nasty and raspy as hell!
You know what I need? Splendor & Misery to be a complete visual album.
I would pay so much for that.
That'd be fun, yeah.
It is
OW YES!
warning! mother ship reporting...
Daveed looks so concerned with the table flying away but he's still spitting fire
These guys have some of the coolest yet most simple concept videos out there.
No, YOU'RE addicted to clipping.
I won't deny it.
Sorry it's true I can't deny it anymore
did he just predict the Keanu meme
I'm addicted to blood.
Yup, you right!
I know there's a lot of fans that have definitely experienced this, but god damn was it cool to see him blow up when people started to recognize him from Hamilton and the TV shows he started being in. Its a good feeling to see someone that you've respected and appreciated musically do so well in life. I remember meeting him at a show in DC way back in 2014 and he was such a humble and down-to-earth dude after the show. Chatting with him felt like chatting with an old friend.
ive met him after a clipping show in 2022 and hes still as humble as he ever was!!!
I don't even listen to much hip hop but this is real fucking music. This is like some futuristic sci fi sounds and the flow is so fresh and alive. Real art, no gimmicks, no fronting, just cool ass sounds and good vibes.
These guys are very left-field for me. It's great. The only weak thing about concept albums is because it's difficult to take particular songs out and enjoy them on their own as it's meant to be listened in one go.
I'm just like you, don't listen to hip-hop much but these guys are awesome.
100% agreed.
Ive never really been into hip hop too, and the reason for that is that I had never heard any song, which might work, or at the very least could be intriguing as a musical piece, but clipping. (along with Death Grips before them) have actually turned me quite a lot.
I decided to try them out right after I watched their Amoeba "Whats in my Bag?" ep, and I checked out There Was An Addiction To Blood. The intro felt intriguing to me, but "Nothing is safe" actually made me question my decision to check them out, despite me somewhat enjoying it, mostly due to Daveeds impressive rapping and lyrics (with lyrics basically Always coming in Last for me, when it comes to priorities in music). However, while I did not enjoy the track for the first couple of times I listened to it, "He Dead" kept me to listen through the entire album, and by the time it ended I was quite pleasantly surprised.
Needless to say, I became an avid listener, but after "Visions of Bodies Being Burned" is when I became a real fan of the band, and recently I started to try out more of their stuff, and I havent yet warmed up to their debut, but the one time I listened through "Splendor & Misery" (while reading the lyrics along) has made me appreciate lyrics so much more than I have ever before, even though it was pretty hard from me to decipher what is going on (Ive never really been into poetry, or rather euphemistic poetry/lyrics).
TL;DR
I was not a fan of hip hop, because I didnt consider it Actual music, but clipping. presented itself as another proof for the opposite.
i rarely listen to hip hop, let alone rap, but clipping has such great beats and lyrics with so many meanings - daveed and the group itself is so underrated and ive fallen in love with their music
then what type of music do you listen to?
@@leilend_m0840 there are several genres I'm sure they've found something
@@leilend_m0840 Polka, exclusively.
"Byoom go the gun"
Did he.....
Just say......
"Byoom"
In a rap song.....
Impressed
It sounds to me more like a "Pyong!"
You know, like a laser.
He's talking about futuristic lazer guns to fit with the album's story and concept.
When?
@@secretidentity8143 Around 0:43
@@princesspears4752 why thank you, I never notice that
god damn clipping. is so essential in music right now
At 0:30, with a beat this minimal I'm amazed at how fucking hyped up Daveed can get you
Yo the music video director, Carlos Lopez Estrada, he's low-key a legend. He did some Watsky videos, too. Google this guy's work.
Five years later and this is still one of my favorite songs of all time
So apparently this album is gonna have a space theme. *Anticipation Intensifies*
JD My Body is Ready.
I feel that Daveed is obviously being at least a little influenced by his time with Hamilton into doing something a bit more narratively cohesive and theatrical.
ITS AMAZING :D
Jean-Guy It's a grower, definitely interesting though! :D
Hey jarrick idk if u remember me but I had a channel a few years back called ken t. Tv or something like that and u was one of my most loyal subscribers but I got caught up with school and stuff and stopped I look totally different now cuz I lost a whole lot of weight but anyways I just wanted to tell you I have a new channel and I make a lot of lofi, old school, experimental and some trap beats on it I would appreciate if u check it out.
this had me fucking shook,,ready as fuck for this album
honestly tho
This song doesnt represent the album very well.
I found it an interesting listen, like a rap space epic.
musically it's pretty different and seems kinda out of place on the album but the sci-fi literature references put a lot of context on the rest of the album. there are lines in the other songs about the protagonist rapping alone in different rooms in the ship. I think the video and song capture this pretty well with the noises from the ship.
he demonstrates that he knows about concepts like the ansible and ekumen (the ansible is an instant communication device and the ekumen is an interplanetary union, both from ursula leguin's universe) which are both from the future. in the beginning of the album it seems more like he's been quickly uprooted and it's hard to tell whether he's from the past and taken to the future or from the future and just abducted. it shows that he's learned about the new universe he's in. he's also bragging through those references, showing that he has not only learned about them but mastered them. that's why it's towards the end of the album, setting up for his liberation on the last song.
all i mean is it's a good and important song for the story.
eloy.silva I agree to some exstent. I think the video represents the album perfectly. The song in my opinion was put on the album afterwards as a single or hit. When i listened to the album i got a feeling of time being represented by music genras, This concept being the only way this song fits in with the flow of the album. I also noticed a love story threw the whole album between cargo 2331and the mothership. This concept was taking from me for the momment this song was playing. Maybe im missing the underline meaning
he's such an underrated rapper, these songs are fucking fire 🔥
Ev Taylor His name is Daveed, Daveed Diggs.
he played in hamilton
I hate how in interviews they always ask about Hamilton not his other stuff and rarely his amazing music and his fast he raps like Hamilton is my favorite thing ever but it doesn’t define him come on give him the recognition he so deserves and make him the most popular rapper in the world! His voice is perfect for it
this is fire
your avvy is fire
So is our boy Misty
I didn't think it'd be so good. Three seconds into the actual song, my hands start swaying and I'm humming.
Dont regret preordering this album one bit
same! can't wait
I didn't regret preordering before I preordered
its really interesting to hear the traditional call and response song style applied to hip hop songs about space. Daveed is a genius.
I would always like the video first before it starts. Because If I don't, I would instantly get sucked into Daveed Digg's voice that I forgot on what the heck was I suppose to do--
*rubber ducky, you're the one*
cyaneste when Sesame Street does weed that one time at a party
I'm not gonna ask about your pfp
@Sparkletroll301 Crybaby why you wanna know
*you make bath time lots of fun,
I don't enjoy hip hop / rap but I can and do appreciate artists like this. Heard him on Conan and was hooked. True work of poetic art.
xGeemaa You should listen to more hip hop then, it's probably not that you don't like the genre, you just don't like what you've heard of it.
xGeemaa poet powerful Cool good Listen wow powerful best ever real hip-hop
Splendor & Misery is such a great album. It's so unique.
Well that was fucking crazy. The song. The video. Everything. Just wow
so here's what i'm getting from the video so far...
he takes medication, raps, shit floats, more meds he takes it, longer shit stays air born, something happens to the lights along side everything and him, he wakes up, starts rapping again and now even the table is air born, forces table down and everything's back to the ground and daveed just walks away trying to comprehend what the hell his medication does to him and everything around him.
seems like the video in a nutshell and i still don't get it
just ordered the vinyl for this yesterday
I'm fucking READY
I know I'm late to the party. Just discovered these guys. I will proceed to spread this good word to every soul I encounter. Unreal.
Saw this live, he is just as amazing live. His energy is unreal, he got the whole place moving.
i love daveed so much, he's an amazing singer, rapper, actor, comedian, like how much better can he get? i don't think it gets better than that.
"You stuck on Morse code, playa, this ASCII" is the line that got me to love this album
Rubber Ducky you're the one
yOU MAKE BATHTIME LOTS OF FUN
*war flashbacks*
You don't know how much I appreciate this.
IM WITH MY RUBBER DUCKY IM IN THE TUB WITH BUBBLIES HE ISINT VERY FUZZY I KNOW MY DUCKY LOVES ME CALL UP MY HOMIE ERNIE THE ORANGE ONE YOU HEARD ME
VannaBerryBackup YEAH HE IS THE BEST AND IM ON A QUEST TO GET HIM IN HERE EARLY
A cute guy heard about my Hamilton obsession and introduced me to this guy and I think I might be hooked
love those high hats
Tropicwonderz oh boy, thats his hair :v
@@bakari3148 no i think they were referring to the cymbals part of the drum kit. but his hair is glorious as fuck too
@@questixning this was 2 years ago, thanks
clipping needs to be more popular dude
there has never been a better rap about interstellar combat than this song and there probably won't ever be again
This whole album really enhanced my No Man Sky Experience.
Turns out I love every single clipping clip
Oh no 2 months of listening to basically only Hamilton has corrupted my mind and all I can imagine is Jefferson rapping this help
Katy Is Trash NOW THATS ALL I CAN HEAR NOOO
god i wish we got one of these for every song in the album
The fact he can act while rapping without making a mistake is genuis in itself
So excited for the rest of this album
This is truly good. I'm thinking a Clipping/Mike Patton collaboration would explode the musical universe. Brains would be splattered allover the place. Just a thought.
This album is going to be in everyone's top 10 at the end of the year.
God, I remember loving this song, I lost it for so a few years and watching it now is making me feel things I haven’t felt in so long 💀
Look i'm revisiting this song and I just gotta say Clipping. are one of the most interesting and talented hip-hop groups currently active. So good
“drown a hater his experience immersive” is such a hard line
Seriously an important album for hip-hop!
Best flow, cadence and style in hiphop without a doubt!
he's such a cute man
he's an adorable man
Zach Kent I'm in a constant state between not knowing if I should think he's adorable as fuck or sexy as all hell. He's like an adorable sex icon?
UA-cam_and_bands_ lover_
So basically the irl version of Finnick Odair
Zach Kent No, if you've seen him with his shirt off, like me, then you would say he is a SEXY man.
Adorable sexy
I love everything about this holy wow
So so good. This is the future of music
I went ahead and listened to the pre-order stream of the entire album (If you pre-ordered on Sub-Pop's store you can get it by signing into your account) and let me just say this album is different from anything they've done. It's a very different album just in general, in the vacuum of music. I love clipping but I'm really not sure how I feel about this album. I'm sure I'll love eventually, but this one's gonna be a grower, guys. Really curious to see others' reactions.
I personally love the concept. It definitely doesn't have many "songs" in the way that they can exist outside of the album, but the album as a whole is really quite beautiful
this album is a masterpiece
If aliens came & needed an example of hip-hop, this would be the song to play for them
Can't go wrong when you got Daveed Diggs flow in your day!
Best teeth
In the FUCKING game
he had a solid reviue
I MEAN LIKE *_DAMN_*
GOD’S TEETH DIRECT
still can't believe clipping. referenced the cosmic horror mythos of Laird Barron in a song. kickass.
I am shook.
@@lairdbarron5297 holy shit hello mr. barron, love your work, cool as hell to see you here in this comments section
Just listened to the album twice in a row and it's SUPER conceptual. Get ready for some crazy space Sci-fi type beats. I think I appreciate it more the second time but I want to listen to it a shit ton more before I decide my thoughts on the album. But I'm pretty sure I'll love it by the time the vinyl arrives, hopefully anyway.
The Akira inspiration is too real.
I wanna agree, but you may be digging too deep. (Did I just... ?)
Brandon Simmons yes you did
I love his face when the table was all the way floating 😂👌
This is my favorite clipping. song after "The Deep."
2 seconds in and I'm already shook
I dont ever listen to hip hop, but ill listen to clipping. anytime
I'm not even a fan of current rap music but oh my God his songs are so good, but honestly I could listen to him say anything
Thank God for genius because you need to be a literary nerd to get half these references.
I just love how while he's singing the last verse the table just starts floating
Boys are killing it. Very dope vid.
Killing it as always, so excited for the album!
I love how everyone says he is underrated, and now clipping was nominated to hugo award
Daveed did a lot with just his rapping and onomatopoeic verses. Goddamn.
Daveed cursing makes me so happy
are you ready for bout.that
or loud
Who's listening in 2017??
Daveed is hot 🔥 😳😳😳
2020 lmao
I'm listening in 2021 lmfao
this dude deserves so much more recognition
Such a dope music video!
This band is so underrated
THIS BOY MAKES ME WANT TO CRY BECAUSE HE IS TOO OLD FOR ME
yikes
Right?! And the fact that he's dating makes it worse. 😭
This fucking album man.
This fucking *group* man.
10/10
When he sits down at the desk...
THERES A LETTER ON MY DESK FROM THE PRESIDENT
Already my favorite song
I don't understand all the lyrics of course ; but i read " The Left Hand of Darkness " twice a year, every year.
damn this looks good
HE'S SO AMAZING I LOVE
I smell underrated
Lafayette joined X-Men
I'm screaming
hahaha XDDDDD im screaming omGGG!!!!! LAFAYETTE OMG
Nah, Hair down and no French accent? Clearly, that is Thomas Jefferson.
Hmm?
+Freaky Funkdaddy Daveed plays Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the musical Hamilton.
I WANT TO NO HOW THEY MADE ALL THE THINGS FLYING AROUND ON TABLE
I ALSO LOVE CLIPING. GREAT RAP AND GREAT GDRUMS
I absolutely love this dude
I just watched this video on a phone I named Ansible. Chills for the sci-fi deep cut...
Next Friday holy shit can't wait for this.
first time listening to dude. This is dope
no one:
not even my brother:
daveed: "*says a cuss word*"
me: THATS A BAD WORD BBG
there seems to be a huge space vibe from the past two singles they released and the cover art for the album. i wonder if it might end up being a concept album about a person in space or just a simple coincidence
dont know if its sarcasm but it is a concept album about a person in space
'Splendor & Misery is an Afrofuturist, dystopian concept album that follows the sole survivor of a slave uprising on an interstellar cargo ship, and the onboard computer that falls in love with him.'
What can I say? clipping. never repeats the same concept twice. They just keep pushing the envelope.
this is the kind of song I would want at my funeral just to make a cruel joke.
*playing Among us*
someone: Orange was following me
everyone else: send him into orbit
When they try to defend themselves: keep talkin thats lip service!
I want whatever Daveed is smoking! ¶=
damn.. that was great. hoping for a story 3 in splendor and misery
It's got a song titled "Story 5"
Story 3 was "God Given Tongue" and Story 4 was an Alt-J remix. SAM has a "Story 5" now.