Death Grips

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Government Plates New - LP - 2812191169 Sealed 2023 RSD Essential, clear vinyl reissue. custom hype sticker on shrink. Government Plates is a chaotic, genre-defying album that sees Death Grips pushing their experimental boundaries. Departing from traditional hip-hop structures, the album emphasizes abrasive electronic textures and unconventional rhythms. MC Ride's vocals are often fragmented or absent, allowing the production to take center stage. Tracks like "Birds" and "Whatever I Want (Fuck Who's Watching)" exemplify this shift, blending dissonant sounds with hypnotic beats. Released without prior announcement, the album challenges listeners with its raw energy and unpredictability, solidifying Death Grips' reputation for defying musical norms. more
	No Love Deep Web New - LP - 2537531776 Sealed, Out Of Print, Limited Edition 2013 Second Issue. Originally Self-Released As A Very Limited Private Pressing In 2012. This Is The Version Sealed Inside A Black Bag With A Custom Sticker To Cover The Explicit Cover Art (See Second Scan). "As Far As The Argument Over Whether Death Grips Are Indie Rap's Great, Destructive Dada Art Crew Or Whether They Are Just The Genre's Spinal Tap, The Excellent No Love Deep Web Suggests They're The Sophisticated Former, Even When The Album's Title Is Written On An Erect Penis For All The World To See. Slip The Official Physical Release Out Of Its Porno-Concealing Black Slipcover And That Phallic Photograph Stands Loud, Proud, And Unavoidable; Plus The Album's Back Story Is Just As Big, Seeing As How It Was Originally Recorded For Epic But Then Released By The Band In A Last Minute, Free-To-Download Format, Earning The Group Their Major-Label Walking Papers And Whole Bunch Of Legal Threats. The Album-As-Revolutionary-Object Indeed, And Yet The Opening, "Come Up And Get Me," Is A Laser-Focused Song With A Surprising Subject: Paranoia. The Track Puts The Listener In That Zone With A Minimal Drum Machine, An Eye-Level View Of A Room With "No Daylight, Or Midnight," And Questions Like "Who's My Enemy?/Them Or Me?" It's A Meatier Moment Than The Shocking Cover Art, And It Is Followed By The Most Accessible Death Grips Song To Date, "Lil Boy," A Hooky Bit Of Cut-Up Of Electro And House Music That Still Maintains The Group's Love Of All Things Skittish. "Hunger Games" Walks Past The Marquee Of A Blockbuster Movie While Suffering "A Mental Health Glitch," While "Pop" Chucks The Band's Previous Bad Brains-Influenced Style For Production Informed By Golden-Age Sega Games Along With Giorgio Moroder's Future Disco. All Of Them Offer New Flavors Of Death Grips Cool That Willfully Attract Rather Than Repel. The Hiccuping "Whammy" Curses Devils In A Scattershot Lee "Scratch" Perry Style, And Yet It's Of This Earth Enough To Mention Prada, And As The Closing "Artificial Death In The West" Glides Over A Computer-Generated Landscape That's Begun To Malfunction, Vocalist Stefan Burnett's Strange Incantations Are Multi-Tracked, Manipulated, And Echoed -- Production Moves That Will Be Quite Comfortable For Anyone Who Has Experienced Some Radiohead, Rihanna, Or Rush. None Of This Explains The Penis On The Cover, But There's The Death Grips You Talk About And The Death Grips You Listen To, So Focus On The Latter And The Well-Crafted Release Becomes Vital." David Jeffries, AMG more
	The Money Store Used - LP - 88691963511 2022 RSD 10th Anniversary Edition. Much Has Been Said And More Could Be Said But This Is A Must Listen To Album. "The Money Store" Is An Important Record That's Also Compelling, Loaded With Kinetic Blows Against The Empire And Fully Stuffed With That Attractive Maverick Spirit. AMG - David Jeffries more
	The Money Store New - LP - 88691963511 Sealed 2022 Black vinyl reissue, no custom hype sticker. "A confusing band from the get-go, Death Grips' first release, Exmilitary, was maybe a mixtape, maybe a debut, or maybe both, but there's little doubt that the freely downloadable monster was a headline release in the underground hip-hop renaissance of 2011. From Lil B to Shabazz Palaces, it was a great time to right click, but the 2012 season often involved entering credit card information -- not just to some file-hosting service but to an old-school record label, which in the case of the game-changing The Money Store, is shockingly the Sony-owned Epic. That this restless blast of paranoid avant-rap was released by an imprint that was also committed to signing the winner of the X-Factor recalls a time when you could follow Throbbing Gristle releases all the way up to Warner Bros, but none of this would matter if the music wasn't amazing itself, and it is. Here, the opening “Get Got” combines glitch, African rhythms, and a swirling keyboard riff right out of dream pop, all while MC Stefan Burnett offers hood incantations that fall somewhere between Gang Starr's Guru and Can's Malcolm Mooney. Remarkably, rock-solid hooks reveal themselves after repeated listens as the true stomper “The Fever (Aye Aye)” hides its Run-DMC love under a Nine Inch Nails-like blast, and while the lean, winding snake called “I've Seen the Footage” is all No Wave, severe compression, and conspiracy theories up front, it's really just a tambourine shake away from becoming a possible Outkast track. Burnett would rather follow the music than front it, sensibly acting as one-third of the group when most MCs would choose to be either a focal point or an accessory in these surroundings. The dense bed of edgy grind that he's working with is crafted by producers Andy Morin and Zach Hill (the latter being the man taking the genre-free attitude of Zorn and Laswell into the age of mixtapes), and it isn't without mercy or melody, even though it is, decidedly, an onslaught. All these elements are glued together by a Bad Brains-sized sense of purpose, which makes Death Grips sound alive and hungry in spite of their name, and while it is interesting that this dark ball of hip-hop anti-matter was released by a major, what sticks is the music. The Money Store is an important record that's also compelling, loaded with kinetic blows against the empire and fully stuffed with that attractive maverick spirit." All Music Guide – David Jefferies more
	The Powers That B Colored Vinyl - New - 2445567423 Sealed 2022 Limited edition RSD Essentials pressing on Red vinyl. more
	Year Of The Snitch Colored Vinyl - New - 2567785439 Sealed 2018 limited edition Indie exclusive pressing on Clear vinyl with custom hype sticker (per barcode). "To say that that the work of California alt-rap group Death Grips is hard to digest for some may be an understatement. That can go for dedicated fans as well as newcomers. Having traversed the likes of controversy in the industry, surprising collaborations, surreal marketing tactics, and of course, ferocious live appearances, the band have most certainly cemented their status as one of the most captivating and fearless acts of the 2010s. Following 2016's Bottomless Pit, here the band deliver their sixth LP, Year of the Snitch. The former -- alongside other prior releases -- have managed to occasionally meld somewhat accessible traits of more widely acknowledged hip-hop into their sound. Here, however, it seems that Death Grips have opted to go for more surrealism this time. Although the first third of the record is seemingly not as in-your-face as previous work, opener "Death Grips Is Online" blasts in straightaway with thudding electro percussion, indecipherable vocal samples, and bright synth leads before segueing into Zach Hill's thundering toms and MC Ride's trademark hollering. Languid beats and deadpan rapping adorn single "Flies," while "Black Paint" wallops with organic drum rolls, buzzing keys, and eerily reversed vocals with the chorus consisting of Led Zeppelin-esque guitar riffs and abrupt turntable scratching. Fifth track "The Horn Section" is where things get weird -- erratic drumming and dissonant, Casio-style keys carry the instrumental to a close before "Hahaha" arrives -- a sign that the rest of what you're about to hear probably won't adhere to any strict time signature for longer than four to six bars at any one time. Odd unpredictable moments crop up elsewhere, but Year of the Snitch does give you a breather with tracks such as "Streaky," which is largely composed of hard-hitting MPC beats, sporadic scratching, and the band’s knack for brilliantly executed sampling techniques. Having sampled some of their own work in places -- "Shitshow" features samples from their debut 2011 mixtape Exmilitary -- you can never really tell what sounds are discovered or if they're original recordings from Death Grips themselves, albeit heavily processed and manipulated to the point where it's impossible to identify. Which is just one small aspect of the broader genius that is Death Grips. Not one of their releases is the same as another, and with Year of the Snitch, they continue to break boundaries and expectations. The record is another example of true experimentation with their sound along with an uncompromising work ethic and a thirst for originality." All Music Guide – Rob Wacey more