Death Grips
Encyclopedia
Death Grips are a hip hop
group from Sacramento, California
. They play an aggressive and dark style of experimental hip hop with a harsh vocal range using irregular meter and a frequently overdriven recording quality.
The core group consists of Zach Hill
, notably of Hella
, as well as MC Ride on vocals and Flatlander, an alias of Andy Morin, who has produced and engineered a number of releases with Zach in the past. Also collaborating with vocals on a couple of tracks is an unknown female vocalist attributed to "Mexican Girl".
The group initially formed on December 21, 2010.. However it wasn't until March 8, 2011 that the group would reveal itself to a wider audience with the video and single Full Moon (Death Classic), which was initially spread by Hill on his Twitter
and Facebook
accounts. Full Moon, along with other recorded tracks were available to download on the website. A large following quickly grew as the group released more content in the form of videos and new songs over a period of weeks. On April 25, 2011, Death Grips released a mixtape entitled Exmilitary. NBCNewYork.com called it "an intense, dark listen."
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
group from Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. They play an aggressive and dark style of experimental hip hop with a harsh vocal range using irregular meter and a frequently overdriven recording quality.
The core group consists of Zach Hill
Zach Hill
Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. Primarily known for his drumming, he performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including his primary group, Hella, as well as Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse range of others including El Grupo Nuevo de Omar...
, notably of Hella
Hella (band)
Hella is an American band from Sacramento, California. They play a technical blend of math rock, noise rock, and experimental rock. The primary members of the band are Spencer Seim on electric guitar and Zach Hill on drums...
, as well as MC Ride on vocals and Flatlander, an alias of Andy Morin, who has produced and engineered a number of releases with Zach in the past. Also collaborating with vocals on a couple of tracks is an unknown female vocalist attributed to "Mexican Girl".
The group initially formed on December 21, 2010.. However it wasn't until March 8, 2011 that the group would reveal itself to a wider audience with the video and single Full Moon (Death Classic), which was initially spread by Hill on his Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
accounts. Full Moon, along with other recorded tracks were available to download on the website. A large following quickly grew as the group released more content in the form of videos and new songs over a period of weeks. On April 25, 2011, Death Grips released a mixtape entitled Exmilitary. NBCNewYork.com called it "an intense, dark listen."
Other
- Black Google, a named release of all the instrumental and vocal stemsStem mixing and masteringStem-mixing is a method of mixing audio material based on creating groups of audio tracks and processing them separately prior to combining them into a final master mix. Stems are also sometimes referred to as submixes, subgroups, or busses....
of the major tracks from Exmilitary (2011)
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| "Full Moon (Death Classic)" | 2011 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Guillotine" | — | — | Exmilitary | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or receive certification. | |||||||||||||