A Death Grips Documentary - Exmilitary

Death Grips’ Exmilitary is one of the most fascinating debut projects in music history. It employs instantly recognizable samples to make connections with the audience based on nostalgic trigger-sounds while also refusing to adhere to a straightforward trajectory in the tradition of those sample sources. It contends with a world that is, paradoxically, both increasingly interconnected and atomized. It rails angrily against an oppressive world while also critiquing the apathy with which so many readily accept such a world. It is a fiery political and social statement that stands just as strongly in autumn 2020 as it did in spring 2011. While today’s world is certainly quite different from the world the band was writing about nearly a decade ago, it’s not so different that the lyrics and overall message don’t hit extremely hard.
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00:00 Introduction
00:32 Chapter 1 - From The Top Down
03:07 Chapter 2 - The Samples (There Are A LOT)
14:16 Chapter 3 - The Lyrics
39:13 Chapter 4 - Tying It All Together

[@RegalState]

THE MONEY STORE EPISODE OUT NOW IN 4K, WE'RE GOING FOR A LEGENDARY RUN: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHPImn6Jf7uCqas

[@Nonyanomo]

It's nice to see a video where ppl don't mock mc for being a black guy who's sounds different,As a black person I really enjoy deathgrips music, it does make me giggle sumtime but that includes my excitement for the tracks! It's so hype my autism loves it, sucks the anger out of me! Death grips is such a cool band! Specially knowing this crazy stuff. These guys need a movie haha.

[@RegalState]

My guy, just made a 2 hour video on the Money Store, you'd deffo love that hahaha

[@RegalAbstract]

4real

[@weebtrash6119]

Fr tho. Mc Ride is easily one of the most unique characters I have ever discovered through the internet. The power he puts behind his performances is undeniable. I feel like just listening Death Grips increases my heart rate

[@Ital890]

Dude holy shit when's the Money Store episode 💯💯💯💯

[@RegalState]

Whenever we cook it up, rest assured we're going to give you the hardcore death grips fans what they want

[@corneliusapplebaum]

@@RegalState Can't wait for it!

[@HankWilliamsJr4L]

@@RegalState I am waiting for that video to drop. I hope you get to The Powers That B too! That whole album is amazing

[@joer8954]

The Money Store is great but No Love Deep Web is the episode I’m waiting for! Their best record for sure!

[@PULPDOOM]

Right now

[@aidanmca4177]

Excited for this series, also please include steroids it's too amazing to ignore

[@aidanmca4177]

@JayEssArr it definitely deserves one imo , ur right it’s so different to any other dg project and far too good to ignore imo

[@AnDr0_Gr0zNy]

how dose this have only 5,000 views??? This one of the best death grips analysis videos ever, great job man.

[@esvi9818]

Honestly this is one of the best analysis videos I’ve ever seen

[@antoniocavadas4764]

underrated channel

[@alwithadot]

Ikr

[@chestermahogany2155]

this needs more views. a great, detailed analysis.

[@RegalState]

Much love

[@VileCarton]

I didn't watch with this doc the first time I saw it in my feed. Just assumed it was another music channel trying to get quick views by restating things that could be understood with just one listen to the album, or with a few glances of reddit threads. But I saw your Money Store doc in my feed today and decided to come watch this project in full to make a fair judgement. I was very wrong with my assumption. This is a very well put together documentary delving into details I haven't picked up even after 4 years of Death Grips being my favorite band. I am excited to see the rest of the Death Grips Documentary series. Thank you for putting these together. Creating such impressive content at such a small scale is insane, but I'm glad you are taking on the task.

[@dylankuschbeats]

You are a master at work! Can't wait to see your uploads eventually receive the attention that they deserve!

[@PlatinumWoW]

Great video, looking forward to you doing more videos about albums in the future! I'd love to hear clips from the actual music that was sampled and of the songs themselves in the future, I feel like it would help give a lot of context. Also, if I was you, I would totally take advantage of the stems of all their songs you can grab for free online. That would also help a ton for lyrical analysis so you aren't just re-reading it to us.

[@RegalState]

Agreed I've definitely dabbled in this for early episodes that got either taken down or demonetized immediately - it's tricky with Music because the algorithm for content is so aggressive with it, but rest assured I have and am continuing to put thought into this.

[@Hannie_Bananie]

What the..platinum WoW? In my death grips?? No way!

[@JELKEK]

@@Hannie_Bananie I said HOLY FUCK out loud LOL

[@Heehawheehawheehaw]

PLATINUM :DD

[@JHanrahan]

Noided

[@nathanielwebb43]

Exmilitary always gave me an esoteric cult leader vibe, and the 60s-70s samples help that a lot

[@Notyourbroseph]

Great video man! I can't believe that this masterpiece is 10 years old already, especially considering the fact that this album doesn't age at all, if anything it is more relevant now somehow & still sounds great as it did in 2011.

[@skraxaxxaxa484]

This was such a detailed analysis and it definetely made me appreciate this album (or mixtape (or both i dunno how it works)) even more than I already did. Great work and attention to detail. This diserves way more views and I can't wait for more death grips stuff from you.

[@brooksward6406]

We need more! Absolutely fantastic and well made.

[@TheTurtleneck64]

4:35 The sample they used was actually Beware by Yabby You, which also sampled the Dicky Burton song. Nobody knows anything about Dicky Burton and he only made that song. I think a lot of influence from Yabby You/other dub artists shows up on DG songs quite frequently, especially with their use of delay

[@1mikeloz]

You're doing amazing work. Very excited to keep going thru the DG discography!

[@erichdiesel7306]

Great analysis, it's awesome to see somebody put this sort of effort in. You mention Death Grips fans are likely the only consumers of this content, but I think it's existence really facilitates new listeners diving in deeper. I like the shifting backgrounds, but when combined with the text drifting around it adds a lot of extra effort to parse the (well sourced) quotes. The content is also so information dense (in a good way), that the viewer doesn't have time to read text that's being displayed and listen to your commentary at the same time, even if both are working towards your thesis. I wouldn't get rid of the wiggle all together, but maybe consider keeping at least the text static in the future. I can't speak for for anyone else, but for me it was a constant distraction in an otherwise flawless video.

[@locolenny8840]

i just rewatched this video after 2 years again and i'm so grateful you put in the work to thoroughly analyse the band and their work. i just wanted to say that i would love to see you bringing back this series and diving into other projects of DG and even different artist. your research, format and commentary is amazing! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@RegalState]

Oh that's on the agenda for reference and i'm making a comeback in a much better way - stay tuned

[@srslydoatm9251]

WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT MC RIDE WEARING A SUIT IN THE THUMBNAIL-

[@Devonhndryx]

Looks like I’m late, because now it changed

[@dodsonboys]

Guessing this used to have a different thumbnail but at one show all 3 of the members showed up in suits cus they mean serious business

[@olseaweedbeardye8622]

Glad to find more stuff about the Grips boys! Especially high quality vids like this. Thanks for this awesome vid!

[@RegalState]

Our next episode on Death Grips is coming soon, so stay tuned!

[@olseaweedbeardye8622]

@@RegalState, hell yeah!!

[@geordiejones5618]

50 years from now Death Grips will still sound fresh and unique. Outstanding catalog from a truly innovative band.

[@user-ov3vf3lj8l]

thank you guys, I really appreciate your work

[@henryc4047]

One of the best and most underrated channels

[@kennycaligula3081]

Excellent work. Exactly what I was looking for rn. Cheers.

[@AK-fh1mt]

This is excellent, can’t wait for more episodes

[@SapphireTNT]

Amazing man

[@andrewlofberg479]

How do you not have more subs, these vids are amazing

[@B1G_D0G]

Damn dude you put a lot of effort into a lot of videos. Commenting so hopefully people will get this recommended keep it up

[@winfield1775]

That worthikids drawing of death grips is so amazing

[@eminemfan50098]

Love this, can't wait for more!

[@itsholdthis]

Thank you so much for this video❤️

[@ohsample1253]

Yo Super fire & super in depth One sample you may not have caught on thru the walls is “Space is the place” by Sun Ra He was a super low key figure but so many people aight his as a shining point of inspiration on the weirder side of contemporary hip hop or jazz acts

[@freelance_commie]

Sun Ra easily the most “Death Grips” artist I would say as far as Ra’s biography and life mission and just the entire universe and inspiration that Ra created is without a doubt the grandfather of Death Grips. He was not doing conceptual characters, Sun Ra at some point in the mid/late 50’s I believe changed his name and whole heartedly, unconditionally started being open about his real background, identity and mission. And the cosmic and spiritual and magick elements that were not followed with a wink or a smirk as if they’re saying “ain’t this cute?” , there was no 4th wall being broken because they’re not going to develop a fourth wall between the audience and the art.

[@DanThibodeau1]

That song is so far out there. I remember hearing the full track played on a college radio station while I was studying in the cafeteria. It just went on and o n and o n as I drifted deeper into my head. Very memorable experience

[@MAandS]

Thank you for this. Its the only Death Grips project I really love.

[@phobosvb6900]

You got me so hyped up, I listened to exmilitary then came back to this video

[@dukestraube6589]

Good stuff, mate Keep it up. Theres a lot of analysis vids out there, they sll enf uo more about the clown making than the band in questio. Thanks, more please and thank you.

[@nonamekallan750]

Big up. Here is one for the algorithm. Excited to watch both Exmillitary and The Money Store

[@kevinjamiesonbelou]

I’m willing to bet the the members of death grips hate this video.

[@sickasianchild]

0:02 immediately recognized worthikids' art. Banger video

[@bvhsp7101]

so good man

[@rodreviews2319]

You’re channel is incredibly underrated

[@RegalState]

Love bro

[@mikefelber5129]

Amazing video & a great backstory- but I wish there was more about The Money Store, The Powers That B & other albums. Going to see them in a week and don’t even know what to expect!

[@dodsonboys]

He made a video on TMS and Id need to check if he covered the rest of their discog

[@johnk.7523]

Subbed. Great video. Thank you.

[@RegalState]

Appreciate the love, glad to have you on board!

[@ianturnbow7011]

Subbed. Great content!

[@oneinakrillion.]

This is and great video you did a great job

[@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147]

Thank you so much

[@freelance_commie]

Oh wow am I glad I finally came across this m8

[@micahpaich4228]

Please continue with this

[@doggenes9347]

Dude whoever edited the video your experienced af it's so trippy

[@RegalState]

Appreciated, we're nearing 100 episodes so we've got some experience with this now

[@dtanaka869-d]

Head of a trick in a bucket, body of a trick in a bag is a pretty heavy line

[@quangloc97]

Finally, took you long enough. Also, thank you.

[@spekasy3352]

I loved the whole episode and I'm sure you naturally will get the hang of it but the only constructive criticism I have is to work on either cutting the pauses out of the video or add more in a more frequent manner so they dont take away so much from the video. Other than that tho like I said banger vid 10/10 excited for the money store one and hope you do more Earl ones as well he is truly my favorite new MC

[@RegalState]

Agreed I try to cut out pauses nowadays, much appreciated and glad to have you on board

[@WildHeart7777]

Would love to hear the samples…just a huge compilation of the parts of songs they sampled from. This is so great, can’t wait to watch money store.

[@adderalladmiral]

amazing video, needs more views

[@Slims222]

loved the video, just maybe try and switch up the templates every once in a while? otherwise it’s really good, a welcome change from most of the DG video essays

[@RegalState]

Oh yessir, if you watch the new Doris and Alchemst videos you might like how i've moved stuff around and added in new interestingly themed pictures. Next episode will be quite unique too.

[@dasgras02]

Wait, I'm watching this 5 months after it's release and it is under 10k views? Good luck, this video is A++. Hope it blows the fuck up.

[@chriswingding4407]

This deserves more likes

[@piedynasty]

Okay, you convince me. Subbed.

[@PULPDOOM]

Instant subbbbb

[@sigils9495]

Love it

[@TheParadox1010]

awesome shit

[@Donkey_Glossolalia]

The floyd sample is 'Astronomy Domine' x

[@watsuppeopleitsme]

Forgot to mention how the first song beware it's basically instructions on how to perform a satanic sacrifice and the sample of Manson at the beginning it's one of his only moments of clarity in an interview Manson was trying to explain why he didn't want to commit murders or need to he was a a pimp for rock and roll Stars it is slightly amusing how you skip to track three so quickly

[@JWMCMLXXX]

I am the beast I worship. Fuck I love that lyric.

[@hansdado]

death grips changed my life

[@hypentc]

gr8 vid

[@ncsneakerhead6753]

Where’s tha rest ? Dope video

[@NICHOLASHAVERLOCK]

15:31 Wow, what a great audience

[@chkbspctr]

'I close my fists and beat it'. That's a death grips double entendre

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

This deserves 2 thumbs up

[@organicalmechanical]

There's a half life 2 combine guard sample in Thru The Walls also!

[@dantevaun903]

I'm afraid I didn't even get 10 minutes in before putting Exmilitary on to listen to for the umpteenth time. By the way, this mixtape sounds very interesting on vinyl.

[@Deathgripsenjoyer_]

What a video

[@gunkcancerr]

bro started the vid and didnt even include the death grips ep right off the bat, you fumbled the ball ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@perryfrog7162]

Why does this not have 300k views!!!

[@hermezztriplecool9131]

Valium, Dude. That's the blue one!

[@pedroherrera7088]

i have “Iam the beast i worship” tattooed on my bicep 😊

[@ohongod7344]

Where’s the video

[@evaloya9013]

Didn't rumble get banned from radios?

[@Jpgblk]

There first project was the death grips ep (self titled), not exmilitary.

[@JK-gm6kk]

OH SHIT IM FEELIN IT

[@freelance_commie]

Sun Ra’s Space is the Place was sampled on Thru the Walls. Jesus I just wrote this long ass comment that disappeared about how Sun Ra is the Father/Grandfather / Prophet to Death Grips as an entire entity and also Stefan and Zach and most likely Andy as individuals and personal stated philosophies. Please fucking watch Space is the Place the 1972 Feature Length Film Ra made. It’s fucking amazing and a classic. It’s on par with Jodorowsky Holy Mountain and shit but film wasn’t Ra’s main medium so it’s got some rough edges but that doesn’t mean anything. Just watch it or at least read the backstory on the Wikipedia to see what Im talking about. It’s been brought up a lot before on reddit/forums but not enough haha. Amazing work! Thanks!

[@RegalState]

A Sun Ra video will be on the list in the future

[@TollsterMensch]

@@RegalState Sun Ra vid would be too epic :O

[@Traay0]

22:00 the Interview 2016 in question :troll:

[@hansdado]

WOW that burger

[@KayButtonJay]

I think they just picked stuff because it sounded cool, lol

[@Jason-cz5kq]

Where's Death Grips now?

[@kennycaligula3081]

It’s “astronomy domine”

[@spork1119]

Face melter is deaths best song lyrically. Probably overall.

[@Dragonite-hm4lm]

is this rly stefan on thumbnail?

[@InuzukaxClan]

YUH

[@ntsts261]

The idea of this video is really cool, but when I'm learning about a band or listening to something about them, the last thing I want to listen to is a continuous stream of narration. I want to hear samples from the music, from the sample library itself, clips from interviews, etc.. It's all well and good to talk about something in absentia, but this is KZbin, where showing someone a music clip is as easy as inserting it into the video. I suppose this is a reaction to demonetizations... in which case, fuck KZbin if so.

[@RegalState]

Watch my recent Drake / Lauryn Hill episodes - I think you'll be pleased. But yes snippets are not common for demonetization.

[@JoshBurcham104]

Death grips has a lot of nasty shit in their music but culture Shock remains the only one that always makes me sick to my stomach

[@dodsonboys]

That's always the first song I think of as a counter argument to someone saying they're just nonsense

[@kuszynier]

"some friends" shows a photo with Robert Pattinson and Beyonce

[@RegalState]

LOOOOL listen MC Ride & Co are big names now

[@kegsmelv117]

The pink floyd track is called "astronomy domine" not divine.

[@RegalState]

yezzzirrrrr apologies

[@kegsmelv117]

@@RegalState no apologies due, I hate to be that guy hahaha. Great video though.

[@thomasstanford9451]

Manson was never convicted of actual murder himself he urged two other people into it ..so they say but there is deep conspiracy stuff surrounding his story though very fascinating intellectual voyage, actually you'll know when you look up 'Laurel Canyon' a d his connection to it...

[@user-lw1iw9bg9y]

Deab Grip

[@manzoo10000]

AstronomY domine (dom-eh-nee)

[@manzoo10000]

Like domination

[@Jout2989]

Who’s Jakob? That’s my name spelled the same!

[@RegalState]

The main man, the writer of this piece

[@BabyZzz17]

Aye

[@billblogs2803]

lofi hip hop

[@item_905]

原来音乐评论的显学（不分语言）都是大学生作业啊