Death Grips: The Money Store (Epic)
“I’ve Seen Footage”
[audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/06-Ive-Seen-Footage.mp3|titles=Death Grips: “I’ve Seen Footage”]This February, Epic Records signed Sacramento-based aggro-rap trio Death Grips in a WTF? move that caused an industry-wide double-take. As if fearing for its own major-label life span, the trio subsequently announced two new albums to be released within the year, the first of which — The Money Store — drops today. As Death Grips’ follow-up to last year’s acclaimed mixtape Exmilitary, its first official debut finds MC Ride, Hella drummer Zach Hill, and producer Andy Morin once again crafting one of the most out-there, if not polarizing, hip-hop releases of the year.