The Money Store (album)

The Money Store
a black and white drawing of a scantily clad female sexual dominant smoking and holding a topless female submissive in a dog mask on a leash. The words "DEATH GRIPS" are crudely carved into the latter's chest just above her breasts.
Uncensored cover. The censored artwork includes a white bar with the album name printed over the breasts.
Studio album by
Death Grips
ReleasedApril 14, 2012
Recorded2011–2012
Genre
Length41:23
LabelEpic
Producer
Death Grips chronology
Exmilitary
(2011) 		The Money Store
(2012) 		No Love Deep Web
(2012)

The Money Store is the debut studio album by American experimental hip hop trio Death Grips. It is the follow-up to their debut mixtape, Exmilitary. The album was officially released on April 24, 2012, but had been leaked to YouTube on April 14,[4] sold by the band at Coachella on cassette on April 20, and made available on vinyl on April 21 to celebrate Record Store Day.[5] The Money Store was announced alongside the group's second album, No Love Deep Web, which was released later in the year.[5][6]

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