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About
Death Grips is an experimental hip hop[1] band from Sacramento, California consisting of Drummer Zach Hill[2], producer Andy Morin and vocalist and frontman Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett[3], the group has been popular[4] for their combination of Noise Music, Industrial Music and Hip Hop, the group rose to popularity is mainly acredited to the 4chan board /mu/, who considers their work to be an essential must listen based on the high number of discussions they spawn there.
Online history
Death Grips released the first single of their mixtape “Exmilitary”[5] (which then would be released on April 25, 2011) titled “Guillotine(It Goes Yah)” on August 3, 2011
The Single received positive reviews due to MC Ride´s aggresive nature and violent lyrics, and the group’s odd, loud and erratic glitchy production, giving the feeling of a guillotine descending, critics also cited the simplicity of the video, consisting of MC Ride rapping while sitting in the passenger seat of a car in motion on a transited road with the seat belt on as static sorrounds him, sometimes screaming the word guillotine as the music gains momentum and the video distortions and slows down.
The Video has received 2,563,303 views and 14,516 likes, also becoming their most popular song up-to-date, launching them to internet popularity.
No Love Deep Web ARG
After the release of their critically acclaimed album, The Money Store, Death Grips suddenly dropped all of their scheduled concerts because they were working on a new album, which according to the post would be called “No Love” (later named No Love Deep Web). A few hours later, a thread was anonymously posted with an edited photo from this Pitchfork article, and a link to an encrypted photo only accesible by Tor Network. Originally, most were skeptical, but eventually people checked it, to find an encrypted photo, which had the note “NO LOVEDEEPWEBCOMING OCTOBER23 M0RE TO COME”. After more search, a copy of The Money Store Unmastered was uncovered.