Death Grips discography

Death Grips discography
MC Ride and Zach Hill are seen performing live.
Death Grips performing in New York City, November 2012
Studio albums7
Compilation albums2
Music videos47
EPs4
Mixtapes1
Album Singles16
Non-Album singles6
Guest Appearances1
Remixes3

American band Death Grips has released seven studio albums, two compilation albums, four extended plays (EPs), one mixtape, six non-album singles, 16 album singles, three remixes, one guest appearance and 47 music videos. The band was formed by MC Ride, Zach Hill, and Andy Morin in Sacramento, California, during the winter of 2010.[1]

In March 2011, Death Grips released its eponymous debut EP. The band's mixtape Exmilitary followed a month later and was praised by contemporary music critics.[2] Death Grips signed a record deal with Epic Records in early 2012 and its debut studio album The Money Store was released in April to critical acclaim, peaking at number 130 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3][4] Because Epic Records would not confirm a release date for their second studio album No Love Deep Web before 2013, Death Grips self-released the album in October 2012.[5] As a result of this and the ensuing conflict between the band and the record label, Death Grips was dropped by Epic Records.[6] No Love Deep Web received positive reviews[7] and topped the BitTorrent list of most-legally downloaded music, with 34,151,432 downloads.[8]

In July 2013, Death Grips launched Third Worlds, an imprint label of Harvest Records.[9] The band made their subsequent releases on this label. Their third album, Government Plates, was released in November 2013, to favorable reviews.[10] Death Grips' fourth studio album, The Powers That B, is a double album consisting of two discs titled Niggas on the Moon and Jenny Death. In June 2014, Niggas on the Moon was released.[11] Between the releases of the two halves of this double album, the instrumental album Fashion Week was released in January 2015.[12] The second half, Jenny Death was highly anticipated and the complete double album was released in March 2015 to positive reviews, peaking at number 72 on the Billboard 200 chart.[13][14][15] The Powers That B was followed by an instrumental EP titled Interview 2016, released in March 2016.[16]

In May 2016, Death Grips released their fifth studio album, Bottomless Pit, which was met with positive reviews and peaked at number 193 on the Billboard 200 chart.[17] The physical vinyl release of the compilation album Fashion Week/Interview 2016 was released in November of that year. In March 2018, Death Grips released the title for its sixth studio album, Year of the Snitch, which was released in June 2018.

  1. ^ Hughes, Josiah (April 12, 2012). "Death Grips Discuss Their Major Label Deal for 'The Money Store'". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for Exmilitary by Death Grips". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Battan, Carrie (February 27, 2012). "Death Grips Sign to Epic, Ready Two 2012 Albums". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for The Money Store by Death Grips". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 19, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Crossan, Jamie (October 1, 2012). "Death Grips defy their label with free album release – listen". NME. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  6. ^ "Death Grips Dropped By Epic Following Album Leak". Billboard. November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  7. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for No Love Deep Web by Death Grips". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  8. ^ "Death Grips Top BitTorrent's List of Most Legally Downloaded Music". Billboard. October 1, 2012. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  9. ^ Pelly, Jenn (July 8, 2013). "Death Grips Launch New Label Thirdworlds". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  10. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for Government Plates by Death Grips". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  11. ^ Lapatine, Scott (June 9, 2014). "Download Death Grips' "Niggas On The Moon" Feat. Björk, Half Of A New Album The Powers That B". Stereogum. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  12. ^ music, Guardian (January 5, 2015). "Death Grips release surprise instrumental album Fashion Week". the Guardian. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  13. ^ "Listen to Death Grips' final album Jenny Death". Fact. March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  14. ^ Rettig, James (March 17, 2015). "Death Grips – "The Powers That B"". Stereogum. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  15. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for The Powers That B by Death Grips". Metacritic. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  16. ^ "Death Grips drop 6-track EP from 'Interview 2016' video". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. March 23, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  17. ^ "Reviews and Tracks for Bottomless Pit by Death Grips". Metacritic. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.