@@lulairenoroub3869 No matter how responsible you are its extremely easy to get addicted to prescription drugs. My father was hooked on heroin after getting prescribed fetynol. Companies will literally pay doctors more money for prescribing their drugs to more people that dont need it. Some of the most addictive drugs are prescription. Good drugs my ass.
@@Jkc77777 I'm really sorry for what happened to your family. I can have a tendency to let my emotions on the topic to blunten my points. I come from a family that has dealt with a lot of addiction issues too, meth, heroin, the whole deal. The constant though was that the legal approach always does far more harm than good. People need to be allowed to make these choices. A lot of people do manage it, but for the people that don't manage it, they need love, support, care, protection, and reasons to want to keep coming back when they mess up. Depriving drug addicts of clean, cheap, reliable, safer drugs just makes the drugs they inevitably seek out more dangerous, and it makes them have to do more things to get those drugs that make it harder and harder to come back.
As for the emotional appeal of Death Grips, I think Overthony Usedtano explained it best: "So, y'know how some people are like, 'I like to listen to Future because I feel like I am the one getting all the money, like I'm the one getting all the hoes.' Meanwhile, Death Grips feels like, 'I have the power to crush the fucking earth in my palm and dance in the ashes and piss in it'" It's the ultimate music for getting insanely hyped to, while still having meaning to explore underneath it all. The crazed, insane creativity of Death Grips makes me feel like a fucking mad scientist.
it sounds a lot like slam metal in a way, with a mix of hardcore punk rock. it’s like a mix of sounds by bands like napalm death mixed with some aborted fetus and mortician
He’s honestly more of a vocalist than a rapper in terms of recent albums he raps but he sort of rides a tightrope within the instrumentals and he just compliments the production with cryptic lyrics. Are they gimmicky sure but at this point they’re aware to certain extent and just have fun and let loose with some tongue and cheek adventurous experimentation
1-Giving Bad People Good Ideas- 1:10 2- Hot Head- 2:47 3-Spikes- 4:17 4-Warping- 5:29 5-Eh- 6:43 6-Bubbles Buried In This Jungle- 8:23 7-Trash- 9:45 8-Houdini- 10:53 9-BB Poison- 11:12 10-Three Bedrooms In A Good Neighbourhood- 12:01 12-Ring A Bell- 13:56 13-80808- 15:20 13-Bottomless Pit- 16:02
I love death grips because it's so futuristic, but it brings out something primal. It's always a trip to listen to. Please keep making Death Grips reactions! It's funny hearing you trying to rationalize the tracks by the titles and how they sound.
Death Grips, for me, gets me hyped. It's so visceral, you can't help but FEEL like that monster portrayed in their tracks. Seriously, try find a workout playlist that can get you more hype than one with No Love, Death Heated, Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighbourhood, Takyon, etc.; I swear it can't be done. There is something so fucking ruthless about their music that can get you in that bestial mentality right away, from how 'Bitch Please' starts with a descent into Lo-Fi, making you feel like you're sinking lower, and lower, into that mindset of wanton destruction - Or how 'Death Heated' is so simple, yet so fucking powerful, that you can't help but get swept up into the lyrics and into MC Ride's, and by extension, your, quest for nothing but satisfying his primal wants, by any means necessary. When I need hype music, I listen to DG. It also helps that the production is really solid, somehow I've not gotten tired of their tracks at all considering I've listened to a playlist of about 13 tracks of theirs on repeat; with most records it takes about two-ish months for me to get burned out.
Not true; the tracks on say, TMS or Exmilitary aren't all that weird if you look at it like say, punk music rather than Hip-Hop (Which imo DG is certainly NOT past a few tracks). Also, I find that sort of thinking comes from the misconception that DG fans like every track on every album. Not true, there are better and weaker tracks for each DG fan and in the end they build their own playlist rather than listen to the tracks sequentially (As I would imagine you would do for most artists). You can think that... I don't know, 'Trash' is weird, but please keep your opinion of that track separate from the rest of the album. Each track is its own thing. Like, I love No Love, but you wouldn't ever catch me listening to the entirety of NLDW; that is WAAAY too experimental for me to listen to. But at the same time I'm sure there's someone out there who thinks NLDW is their best album.
For working out i really like Meshuggah. If you don't know them try listening to songs like "the mouth licking what you've bled" or "in death is life". They are actually a huge influence to death grips.
That's why I love them. I don't know how they are able to tap into that reptilian part of the brain but they do and it's something that's so so needed....their music can be so satisfying. And you can almost always catch something that you missed before
Honestly I listen to Death Grips just because it gets me so hype. Most of the time I don't even try to understand a deeper meaning or learn the lyrics because it's just raw noise I consume and I love it.
I didn’t even like that album. I think it was just plain lazy to not name the tracks or separate them . But they sold it for a dollar so I can’t complain
I would suggest reacting to the two halves of Powers That B separately. Because NOTM is the best album they've put out and Jenny Death is one of the worst albums of the decade.
The Great Magnet yea they do that for me too. My favored song by them is turned off on powers that b, for that very reason, it makes me feel an entirely different being like the incredible hulk on roides and coke! My favorite album by them is money store, a stellar, defining project that album.
+thejtrax Turned Off is a fantastic tune! I love when they make their more rock-inspired tracks, it really suits their sound. On GP is my favorite of theirs because of the sound and the lyrics, it's a great track. The whole Powers That B album is just insanely good, that's probably my favorite of their releases.
I love Death Grips because I am sadly somewhat of a doormat-y, yes-man type and DG gets me into this raw, intense, expressive part of me I've never really been introduced to. I really vibe with Ride's passionate delivery and the instrumentation of the songs, of course, but I'd say they're one of the most prominent bands that have helped me express myself emotionally.
This record is so deep tbh. I could quote some lyrics and I guarantee we'd need a 20 comment thread explaining them. For example: " WAWAWAFUCKBLAHBLAHBLAHFUCK "
Death Grips to me legit does the same thing for me that avant-garde/atonal jazz does, the amount of tension they can create is a maaaad ting, then the release from it is almost always a 10/10 for me, like on hot head, the mad shit at the start, then when those tight ass drums kick in... BOY
memccann depends how weird u wanna get boi, Rahsaan Rolan Kirk, Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman all make shit that could he considered atonal, but are great to get you into the free jazz, atonal, avant-garde just weird shit boi
I love death grips because many of their songs give me a feeling of release. It's like venting off alot of negative, distorted thinking, or turning it into something else, in this case music. The lyrics are usually cryptic and nonsensical, but I believe they are reflective of a bad mental state, of harmful emotions, which are given power through the insanely talented production. Death Grips isn't something I can listen to all the time, but I've never before heard music that feels so honest, or connects so deeply with the worst of my emotions.
I'm still confused by you saying that ride's screaming is a gimmick. It is integral to the ideas put forward, shows a ton of dedication, and fits with the extremely aggressive instrumentals.
I know I’m late on this, but I found Death Grips as a long time fan of Zach Hill’s projects, specifically Hella and his drumming on Marnie Stern’s s/t. He’s a maximalist that can sort so much input and seemingly fragmented artifacts of sound into something monolithic and novel-he did that in a more “elegant” setting in his old bands, played with the messier sounds in some of his side projects. To me-Death Grips is a pretty logical step for Zach Hill, “mathrock” has largely phased out, genres and music scenes will probably never have the same implications they used to with the internet. It’s also funny to me that you associate his “hollering” and yelling as kind of gimmicky to me, I’ve been listening to them for years now and that thought never occurred to me- I think because I grew up listening/being friends with punk and metal bands? MC Ride’s approach is super aggressive maybe from a hip hop ear, but it’s draws from a long tradition of metal, punk, noise, thrash etc vocalists. I think of Jacob Bannon from Converge’s vocals/frontman style off the top of my head. Again, somehow-this is a band that can draw from SO MUCH, create SO MUCH, and somehow hoist a monolith of NEW sound with insane velocity.
I love how visceral their music is. There's music that sounds amazing, mixed well, whatever you wanna call it. But there's this gritty, raw quality that never fails to get under my skin and ring through my head. Their sound has also challenged my ears so much. It's pushed the boundaries into an area yet to be hit by any other group imo.
DG fills a gap i didn’t know needed to be filled. i go to them for pure catharsis put into music form. the sounds they use and how they compose them are unlike anything i’ve ever heard before. i love it.
Great video, although I think literal interpretations of this album are bit invalid compared to their others. I feel that Bottomless Pit is a commentary on the band and their position in pop culture. That being said, their using drugs and sexual imagery to convey this concept. "Giving Bad People Good Ideas" is about how the band has effected their audience, "Eh" is about how their audience fails to see them as real human beings and how the band could disappear tomorrow and not effect its members, "BB Poison" shows how the audience overanalyzes every last word they say, and the titular "Bottomless Pit" compares themselves to a neverending stream of brainbending audio torture. The same can be said for almost every single song. Like I said, great stuff and I'm glad that you're trying stuff out of your comfort zone.
Take your time reacting to another DG project, but you gotta do 'No Love, Deep Web' after. Its probably the most rap-ish. Its full of 808s and sounds you'll probably fuck wit!
The production on that album is crazy....you can hear a lot of different hip hop influences from different regions which I love. I want to see Shawn's reaction to the opening track...need to see his face melt
I listen to it to suit a place. I study in a city, so walking in a city and listening to something like "The Money Store" on the streets of the bustling town fits perfectly to me.
You can see from shawns body language how desperate he is trying to get down with it but on his face just how far he is from being down with it...i feel him do
Bottomless pit is an insane album, i love it so much. Its definitely up there in terms of quality with The Money Store. My personal favorites are Bubbles buried in this jungle and hot head.
I listen to it for the feeling...so raw, so primitive. They are able to invoke something super primal in the listener; that's why their live shows are so fucking insane I also dig how they push themselves artistically and their ability to meld several different genres into something totally unique and mind blowing. I love how they work the fuck out of a sample And Stefan can adequately articulate the shit that I can't.
I don't ever approach death grips conceptually based upon only the auditory composition of their work. if you want any form of concept or direct message or to really understand what the song's "about," it's basically essential to read up on Ride's lyrics. but the majority of the time I listen to death grips, I'm listening purely to appreciate their sonic and instrumental palate, clever incorporation of samples you wouldn't find in any other hip-hop track, as well as musicianship (zach hill's drumming) and lyricism to some extent. the compilation of all of these elements and more working together just creates this unique aesthetic unmatched by any of their contemporaries. it just captures your attention, gets you in the groove. but I understand your haste with the group, appreciating death grips is definitely not easy.
I like to listen to them when I'm stressed out, for some odd reason it calms me down, everything they do with their sound and mc rides vocals is everything I cant express, so they do it for me and I feel good after.
it’s interesting how you feel this album is like the money store only less industrial and heavy and dark, i kinda get the exact opposite vibe actually lmao
I listen to death grips to get my energy out, and freely express all my pent up anxiety and anger, I feel so fucking good after moshing around alone listening to death grips. Also the industrial sound just mixes well with my craving for harsh sounds in music. Idk how else to explain it, but death grips is my fucking shit
I like to listen to Death Grips because it captures something primal, you listen to their songs and you feel powerful, you feel big, you feel like an unstoppable animal that is confused and angry. You see this at their live performances, Mc Ride is always moving, if somebody gets onto the stage he shoves or tosses them off, one time Zach hill touchdown spiked one of his drums mid song and Ride just picked it up and destroyed an iMac that was behind him by hitting it with the drum. It isn't rational music, it's on a lower level, it's base and raw, angry and scared, and you feel big while listening to it because you feel like if you aren't big some apex predator is going to kill and eat you.
I listen to Death Grips because a lot of the songs fit eras in my life or feelings I have sometimes. Not trying to be edgy but that shit really feels like a soundtrack to me sometimes. I'm not as paranoid but fuck man idk if I can explain it.
I listen to Death Grips because no other band has made me feel actual genuine fear and an unsettling sense of dread. The aura that their songs exude is powerful. Makes me wanna dance and also never come face to face with the character MC Ride has created throughout these albums.
To me, this album was about the culture and fan-base surrounding Death Grips. Songs like Giving Bad People Good Ideas, Eh, Trash, and 80808 point to how other people copy their style or worship them for essentially just doing what they do. They are very conscious of the way the internet works and how to use it to their advantage, they have been writing about it since Ex Military. Songs like "Culture Shock" and "I've Seen Footage" kind of point to some of their opinions on the subject. Death Grips is a band that balances between being serious music for some people and a meme for others and nearly every track on this album makes a reference to one or both of those two groups. The Bottomless Pit is the audience and that woman looking through the balloons on the cover is supposed to be you, an audience member.
Death grips just feels like the grunge of the electronic age, it kinda exposes the dirty side of our digital world in a very aggressive, raw way. It tends to make me feel confident and it always gives me a lot of energy.
Death Grips isn't about lyrics, it's about the vibes. If you try to listen to Death Grips like it's rap you're gonna hate it. Just listen to it for music and I vibe
I love your videos man. It's so refreshing to see a "reaction channel" ACTUALLY giving cogent and in depth opinions. You didn't just sit there and nod your head and say fluffy bullshit just to not get copyright struck. Really love your content. You and Fantano are the best critic channels on youtube in my humble opinion.
Shawn . Please. Sometime before the end of the year. Please please PLEASE take a listen to Clarence Clarity's No Now album. Hands down my favorite and most surreal R&B/Pop/Experimental album of 2015. You'll be absolutely blown away, I swear on it!
