Reacting to "Bottomless Pit" by Death Grips

[@intangiblypresent]

Bob skipping the Drake album to listen to Death Grips is like waking up to a snow day

[@colinjensen8303]

Probably the best explanation of how I felt seeing this video in my Subscriptions

[@gochuckyourself1892]

truth

[@astro5076]

LMFAO

[@yungmeanmug]

YESSSSSSSS

[@PeterPeter-]

Bob: I don't understand Also Bob: describes the whole concept of the album in within three songs on a first time listen

[@g2p2k]

their drummer, Zach Hill, is one of the best drummers of the past 2 decades. I would really recommend looking at his solo stuff as well as the 3 billion other things he's collaborated on.

[@squtnik]

100%

[@christophercarter2748]

FACETAT

[@infaredx]

The primitives walk is fire

[@nexisol7760]

we def need Hella and even The Ladies reactions

[@Mantrahiroshima]

Facetat is just pre death grips and it’s fucking perfection

[@ozzymandias8137]

Now THIS is for all the dogs

[@devilish8130]

if youre really fiending for more heavy & punk inspired death grips, id recommend The Powers That B, especially the second half of the album called “Jenny Death”. would be a great listen imo

[@WakaWakaGuitar]

very few reactions to this on youtube, would love to see bob check it out. Definitely my favourite DG release.

[@hugobecookin]

nice pfp 😎

[@rena.t]

YES TPTB IS A 10 JUST LEFT A COMMENT ABT THIS!!

[@e.m.8184]

jenny death when

[@Lftarded]

​@@e.m.8184yooo, FASHION WEEK REFERENCE!!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE LYRICS!!!

[@tsg_frank5829]

33:38 "Bottomless Pit is the destruction of the self" considering that this album comes after they were supposedly breaking up as a group or rather restarting from zero, it kind of fits the context. A lot of this album is actually less concerned with any overarching narrative and more concerned with making sure you're feeling the adrenaline that they're putting out, I remember the tagline to the album being "very shallow listening" almost implying that they didn't want people to go into it with any sense of deconstructive analysis, a lot of these songs are just super catchy, loud and upfront, and they're there to bring you to a different energy level. Which obviously doesn't deny the artistry in the lyrics, there's a lot of great writing from Ride here that drive at concise ideas, like Spikes being literally about losing control but being okay with it. A lot of this album can also be interpreted as like self-aware commentary over Death Grips themselves, like in Eh talking about Death Grips being "eh", in Trash they out right state "we upload trash, and trash begets more trash because we know clean don't last when we upload trash", or even BB Poison, calling out fans "Zach hit em off like it won't lit,they shit bricks, bbpoltergeist don't touch this" which is referencing how fans were speculating and going wild over one tweet that was sent over their account by Zach, essentially talking about how they recognize their own influence over their audience and people in general created dangerous effects, i.e. "Giving Bad People Good Ideas".

[@DukDolan]

MC Ride must be an alchemist, the more I think about it.

[@miimatador]

its super clear in exmilitary

[@finnyhub]

Whatever you do . LISTEN TO THE POWERS THAT B LAST. It’s their best work

[@burmis999]

PLEASE

[@Dockrix]

Also government plates and no love deep web to finish it off

[@cookieman6537]

True

[@LiPeDeeX]

Nah, first half is great tho

[@id1550]

I disagree. Bottomless pit or year of the snitch is their best. Powers that b is the fourth best. Still amazing, but they have better albums

[@FitGalore]

Let’s go Bob this is one of my favorite albums of the 2010s, definitely one of the best rap albums of the decade imo, a 10/10. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I do

[@chewkie420]

Is this rap?

[@FitGalore]

@@chewkie420I’d say so, yes; and it’s generally accepted to be. But it definitely incorporates sounds of rock and more genres which is what I love about it

[@R-H-B]

@@chewkie420barely, but yes this is rap. MC Ride is rapping for most of this

[@chewkie420]

@@FitGalore Kool, imma have to listen to this on my own first then come back to the reaction to really digest it all

[@ashtonnnr9002]

@@chewkie420 lmk whatchu think. if it’s your first death grips album it can be overwhelming at first lol

[@colinjensen8303]

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT I WAS LITERALLY JUST LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM. I’ve become completely obsessed with Death Grips these last few months, this album and Money Store being two bona fide 10/10s for me. So fucking excited man.

[@colinjensen8303]

Skipping the new Drake album for this is probably the biggest Bob W since I’ve been following 😂

[@nibblet445]

@@colinjensen8303ong bro 😭😭😭 this shit is beautiful

[@adammasterx5854]

Dude, death grips has consumed for the past year, like for example, I went from only liking 4 songs on the money store(get got, I’ve seen footage, hustle bones and hacker) to liking every single song on that album. It’s insane how death grips can grow on you

[@noskap]

im glad this band is still getting new fans :)

[@willoverdoseonmusic]

@@adammasterx5854 they hold you hostage

[@xRand0mHero]

This is just a cool ass dude

[@jacksontrowbridge3700]

Also Bob the second half of their album “the powers that B” is technically its own album called Jenny Death, and it’s very rock and metal heavy. Even more than this album. Definitely think you’d love it

[@DukDolan]

thats probably the best death grips album

[@birdie7911]

Last time you listened to Death Grips you mentioned how they stopped doing concerts and now after a year they are back at it again! They have been way more active lately which might mean new music is on the way (or not but I want to believe)

[@legoeggot]

0:00:00 -intro 0:04:20 - giving bad people good ideas 0:11:55 - hot head 0:20:00 - spikes 0:26:30 - warping 0:34:25 - eh 0:43:00 -bubbles buried in this jungle 0:46:20 - trash 0:54:45 - houdini 0:59:40 - BB poison 01:06:25 - three bedrooms in a good neighborhood 01:10:25 - ring a bell 01:15:45 - 80808 01:22:20 - bottomless pit 01:26:30 - closing thoughts/outro

[@caiuslast]

Ring a bell is one of my fav death grips songs. The beat switch on the hook is like perfect ear candy to me and a nice break from the heavy verses. Love the album but that song goes the hardest imo

[@alecchase2176]

agreed, the way it slides into that warped synth-pop hook is just heroine to my ears.

[@CookedUp.]

They do have a really awesome music video for Eh. It’s definitely worth watching one of the coolest music videos I’ve ever seen.

[@MultiPunisher21]

I've been waiting SO LONG for this react! Thank you Bob.

[@ash2ash]

there is a music video for the song giving bad people good ideas!!! trust me, it adds a shockingly large amount of depth and context to a lot of the concepts of the album being presented. really worth your time!!!!

[@nedac2499]

And eh

[@ash2ash]

@@nedac2499 how did I not know this until now

[@ThePersonNetwork]

@@ash2ash It was flagged by youtube for violating policy because of brief nudity, but some way or another the flag got lifted a couple months ago and is now back on their channel.

[@lukektt3797]

Ring a Bell is one of my favourite instrumentals ever. That CHORUS is incredible, hope it grows on you because that is absolute bliss to me

[@entabruh]

"BEWARE is probably one of the best songs i've ever heard" 💯

[@catp1ss987]

I know a lot of people love the videos where your reacting to popular music and albums that just came out, but I love watching you react to weird and loud shit way more

[@childishchandino]

Bob when giving Bad People Good Ideas came on at their live show I thought it was wraps for me in the mosh

[@dandan78566]

i love how this transcended bob's usual "trippy man" and cut straight to "HOLY FUCK!" great choice for this friday bob =)

[@xbenci]

the hooks on this record are top notch pop songwriting. Spikes has one of the catchiest hooks I've ever heard, it gets stick in my head for a week everytime I hear it, and many songs on this record have a similar effect

[@EulaliaDaisy]

i would very much so recommend you listen to The Powers That B by death grips. it's in two parts (NOTM and Jenny Death) so you could easily also separate the recordings. i know you're gonna like the Jenny Death half, except for like 1 song. if you want open, you've got open. On GP and Centuries of Damn are the most open songs in their discography. giving bad people good ideas does have a video, i know that for sure it's just them messing around with a shoe.

[@gdgdgdgd5676]

Eh has a video

[@ouroboros9291]

What song wouldn't he like? Pss pss?

[@jaidsalgado]

What does NOTM stand for?

[@coleintheville117]

@@jaidsalgado Ninjas on the moon

[@EulaliaDaisy]

@@jaidsalgado they're not in Paris anymore

[@oodlemynoodle3753]

From the little we know about DG and their process, yes, Ride's lyrics are very much stream-of-concious emotion over specific meaning. There were some lyric journals released on their website that showed how every song is pretty much written as a huge block of text without breaks. It's pretty cool. Whenever/If you listen to the Powers That B, it's definitely the most open Ride gets, especially the second half. Those lyrics you'll probably have fun deciphering, a lot of those songs actially do have specific ideas over pure emotion though they still hit that feeling

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

Do you have a link to those journals?

[@coldsweat9967]

Please dont keep us waiting for a year for more death grips :D

[@colelarkin7106]

No Love Deep Web is my personal fav album from them just so raw and scummy type music that really dives into drug abuse and mental illness like schizophrenic and bipolar disorder etc. . .

[@colelarkin7106]

Also the song eh that you kinda got the right idea but it’s just how about how he interacts with the fans he gets recognized and the fans expect him to be happy or something but he doesn’t care about the death grips fans and wouldn’t care if they were non he just wants to make art

[@ricochetsixtyten]

The production on this album is f'in insane.

[@barelyabear7956]

I didn’t expect bob to listen bottomless pit, it’s my favourite Death grips album

[@Robpool2000]

Love the video, was lucky enough to see them live here in LA. My dad and I were heading into the venue when my dad said “is that them over there”? I look over and see some guys and quickly brush them off, then I take one more look and realize that it is them. I brought a vinyl to hopefully get them to sign it, I start walking up to them calling out to Andy, and he starts walking towards me. I tell him the album I have (TPTB) is one of my favorite by them, and that it got me through a difficult time in my life. Andy said he’s happy that the music helped. He signed my vinyl and I asked him if the other guys could sign it to which he replies “if they come out here”. I see Ride near the building and I approach him saying “hey Ride, would you sign this”? And he looks at me and immediately shakes his head. Honestly I wasn’t even mad, and it was a great show.

[@Agent_3or_captain]

This is sick

[@calebxrose]

Bubbles buried in this jungle is my favorite death grips song glad you loved it

[@calebxrose]

I’ve played it more than twice any other song this year according to Apple Music 😭

[@TheRiskyforever]

ride gets the most open on their song “on gp” so that’s something to look into

[@etpastor1]

I’m so glad you reacted to death grips again. Life’s been be pre busy- I had a lightbulb moment when I realised that enough time had passed and you had probably uploaded a new death grips reaction. I was stoked to see I was right I can’t wait for you to come around to the rest of their catalogue- each album offers their own unique and mind blowing experience. Zach Hill is my definition of a genius- I listened to their song’s exclusively for a whole year without ever reading a lyric. I knew all of Ride’s lyrics and flows as an even mix of words I could catch and just sounds. See you next time Bob!

[@jordand431]

Love that you’re getting back to Death Grips. I have a feeling you will love NLDW and TPtB. The first half of TPtB features Bjork vocal samples that she provided and Zach Hill spliced and threw all over the place. Also the tour before last Death Grips opened for Ministry so that connection makes sense and id say there are influences there.

[@skywardstargaze1768]

Zach Hill, their drummer and main creative force, is one of the best drummers of the past 20 years. I highly recommend the album Hold Your Horse Is, from Hella, one of his previous groups

[@randomvideoposter1000]

hold your horse is is great

[@deadhawk1212]

One of my favourite albums of all-time. Years later, each song is just as impactful as the first time I’d heard it.

[@freechurro6286]

FINALLY! DO THE POWERS THAT B NEXT PLEASE YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT!

[@Huntly23]

LETSS GOOOOO, BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A YEAR NOW!!!

[@Wh00Where]

I'm watching this exactly six months since the video was posted

[@LostlnTexas]

Yooo this is soo dope. I just went to watch them live on Tuesday. One of the best concerts I have ever been to. Now I see you reacted to them, what a badass week. Hope you enjoy it, this album is a close favorite of mine.

[@isaiahmagic]

Clicked so incredibly fast, been wanting this since 2021

[@ashtonnnr9002]

been waiting for this reaction since your money store reaction. in my opinion this is the best quality and most creative that death grips has ever been. it’s almost like an upgrade of the money store with studio quality and mc ride has so many more creative flows and interesting cadences

[@emmanuelcoronado3147]

You really should listen to their second album “ No love Deep web” It’s probably their most raw album

[@sanghajko9401]

I remember recommending this album on your first death grips reaction over a year ago and finally I can say I got exactly what I expected, great reaction worth the wait!

[@derek3106]

Been waiting for this one for so long, one of my favorite albums ever. I think it'll grow on you too when you don't have to pay such close attention to the lyrics. In my opinion the function of the lyrics pushes past conveying anything in the traditional, literal sense and instead is kind of just a combination of a lot of words that abstractly help to paint a picture on top of the sound. Lines like "Unwell out my slit gashes tempo I'm crawling with swarming crescendo" aren't easy to analyze cognitively but still contribute to painting a more subconscious picture that in spikes and warping the production adds to very directly. And yes I'm aware of how pretentious this comment sounds. Love you bob, kisses.

[@BoogSReviews]

This is easily the best death grips album. This was my first exposure to the band and it blew me away. It was so raw and visceral and like nothing I’d heard before. I was instantly hooked after this album.

[@shotinhell]

Eh does have a music video! Thank you so much for this man, It’s always great to see death grips hyping people up. Take care.

[@Nipponcakes]

Arguably my favorite Death Grips project (and favorite album PERIOD) next to Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber)! Your reactions were so fun to watch! I love how something so aggressive and ballistic can make you cackle with excitement the way it does for me :)

[@zachary1871]

glad your finally listening to more death grips!

[@Suspicious-Carl]

Im so happy you did this, if you want more rock/metal, PLEASE do "the powers that b" from them, it's a double album, the first half is more rap inspired (i think) but the second half is pure rock/metal

[@alexmartinelli6231]

I really think he will like the whole thing. I hope he listens to it next

[@squtnik]

I really hope he does it

[@motixor]

first half is just insanely experimental, i'm not sure he'd like but it's a must-listen

[@jcmurie]

Death Grips is so good that despite this being in my bottom 2 or 3 DG albums (not counting instrumental/ambient albums), this is still a 9/10 and one of my all time favorites

[@R-H-B]

Bottom 2-3??? What’s your favourites?

[@jcmurie]

@R-H-B 1. Exmilitary (10/10) 2. The Powers That B (10/10) 3. The Money Store (10/10) 4. No Love Deep Web (9/10) 5. Year Of The Snitch (9/10) 6. Steroids (9/10) 7. Bottomless Pit (9/10) 8. Government Plates (8/10) It changes every other month or so, and honestly, all of the 9s are mostly interchangeable. BP is by no means bad, it just doesn't hit as hard as some of the others for me

[@fardass3535]

Powers That B is a big album since it released in two seperate parts, from what you seem to like with death grips I think you would really like it, especially the second half, the sound is very similar to the last track on this, it goes from a song about having a piss fetish to the most deep and emotional song about suicide that youve ever heard right back into weird breakcore! also they play some guitars on it!! electric guitars!! like a normal band!!

[@Porcosan]

Been waiting for this one. Your interpretation are always so interesting. Would love you to eventually get through their entire discography. Amazing fucking video

[@ALIENjoy]

Ah yesss Bottomless Pit (the track) appreciation. Classic DG track. Poppop the true patrician.

[@maxiegil8226]

I feel like you would absolutely ADORE "The Powers that B"

[@brandonburroughs7128]

Can’t wait for bob to do year of the snitch

[@deefryc]

++++

[@m0b5pawn94]

I really loved your analysis of the lyrics. Really interesting interpretations that I wouldn’t have necessarily thought of on my own. Love how much you were diggin the album too haha

[@cannon_kelly]

watching bob progress from being absolutely weirded out by DG and then loving their unique sound is so amazing.

[@Rodiroess]

Ride doesn't have a nice house and a big lawn, he lives in an evil wizard spire.

[@prodKaizoku]

Hey Bob I'm sure you've probably already been told this but I would definitely check out the Powers That B next. The 1st disc of the album isn't as metal influenced but the 2nd disc is absolutely killer and contains some of Rides most personal lyrics yet. If you liked the first and last song on this album then I would say The Powers That B is right up your alley

[@ayyyden2818]

the rest of their discography also goes insanely hard like this album, namely no love deep web and the powers that B (double album)

[@Luciditation]

One of their best tbh, songs like spikes bring me back a lot. Their replayability is immaculate

[@AnarchistEskimo]

So hyped you're listening to more Death Grips!

[@sv4940]

Cant wait for powers or year of the snitch

[@morblacai8870]

Now bob needs to heard TPTB, that will be a wild ride

[@cordomum]

i rubbed my hands together and smiled like a cartoon villain when I saw the title of this video

[@lukeacourt73]

Seeing death grips live today this was perfect timing🤘

[@feelfreetoscreenshot1733]

how was it?

[@saikonakoshi4334]

Been waiting on this review for so long. Ex-Military is my favorite album from them. But BP is a very close second. Can't wait to watch this in its entirety.

[@darthalex9064]

I’d say this album is about the fans. Even the cover is how I imagine the band feels we look at them, with these massive eyes and devilish grin, waiting for them to give us our fix. Like three bedrooms talks about how their music has inhabited “good neighborhoods” and proceeds to fuck fans senseless with the music they make. Idk, that’s my take, won’t talk about the full album but every time I listen to this album this is how I imagine they view us saying they’ll constantly give us “trash” and we’ll eat it up

[@darthalex9064]

As well as we keep diving into the bottomless pit that is their music. They see us as their submissive essentially

[@mpsCODGaMeR]

You should react to quadeca-I didn’t mean to haunt you. Probably the best story based album ever made!

[@DeltaWave]

idk about best ever made but youre right that he should listen to it

[@810austin]

Didn’t expect you to drop this so soon! Such an amazing reaction to an amazing album, never stop with these reactions man!

[@lucatheboy1551]

Cannot wait for the powers that b

[@sadheatfrog2858]

So glad you’re finally giving it a listen!! Please listen to the powers that be 😁 Keep up the great work Bob love your stuff man!

[@ivolano]

Really great to hear that you hear some Sepultura man, greetings from Brazil ❤❤br

[@huhwhat2072]

Much love, fun to re-listen to this alongside you and your analysis. Seems like this is the closest I can get to hearing this for the first time again

[@calebwolbach325]

i remember asking for this album a year ago after your other death grips reactions. so glad i’m still here for this moment!

[@filmneuro]

Literally going to see death grips right now. So hyped for the video when I get back!!!

[@bluemeltedpopsicle]

I totally relate to when you don't want to hear your favorite artist for a while. Death Grips are up there for me and I hadn't listened to them until their tour. And just like you, I think it's exactly what I needed.

[@KayButtonJay]

Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood is the catchiest song I’ve ever heard in my life

[@olimmai]

don't sleep on the powers that b part 1 & 2, some of my favorite albums ever. Blew my mind when they came out.

[@travahnb.896]

Long time coming. No Love/Deep Web would be great for a next DG reaction.

[@astraia2012]

i am jumping around my room in excitement over you doing more death grips

[@monkeyd.nathan2827]

God I was so hyped for this reaction I am quite new to the metal genre but if anyone knows anything hard like this please let me know great reaction.

[@renatocfrancisco]

HE DID IT! 🎉🎉🎉

[@lilguy7491]

35:30 - Really good ears, because that's for sure what's going on. A lot of people have no idea just how involved Zach is with the production. He's not *just* playing around with synth modulation and sliding stuff around in a DAW -- he's actually banging stuff out on an e-drum kit. I always hear people go "I wish Zach were more noticeable" but if you listen closely and try to map sounds to drums in your head, you can tell he's playing a good chunk of the tracks. That process is probably how they make up a lot of the weirdly syncopated yet organic grooves you hear in their stuff, too. You can absolutely hear all this in their instrumental releases and on NOTM.

[@Kushncorinthian]

The record is absolutely bonkers. I love that 😄

[@jakey2955]

been waitin this one! hope you enjoy

[@ChumpWumber]

You need to listen to Hella. It's Zach's math rock band from before death grips and it's insanely good, I'd recommend listening to their album Hold Your Horse Is

[@SPUNKLE]

Please do "No Love Deep Web - Death Grips" It has one of their best songs ever.

[@ringer1324]

So happy this album is amazing

[@totw4866]

DUDEEEE HAHA NO WAY MAN, GOD THIS IS SO AWESOME I LITERALLY OPENED MY MOUTH AND SMILED WHEN I SAW THIS POP UP, LETS GO

[@bradleybaker976]

i think spikes refers to getting spike stripped (spikes are pulling) and skidding out in a literal sense, and skidding out metaphorically is talking about going off path in life or spiraling mentally.

[@cioccolato2124]

if any of these lyrics seem maybe badly typed like the "it wont lit's it wont lit", "aye doe aye doe", "bite the gank move", theyre not necessarilywrong, theyre just taken directly from how death grips wrote them when they posted the lyrics on their site. but death grips are known to troll a little so maybe they put mistakes in there, or just didnt remember what they wrote, or there are double meanings, or just they didnt care that much to be perfect. But the genius writers really took those written lyrics as gospel and didnt change anything lmao

[@spikez5578]

I’m actually smiling so much and I don’t know why. I guess that my favorite reaction KZbinr has listened to one of my favorite albums is the reason. Omggg I just want you to hear everything death grips song

[@deathheated]

spikes spikes spikes

[@3_bane]

I noticed you talked about the drums which is played by drummer Zach hill. I recommend a band named hella then, because Zach was actually the drummer for hella before death grips, I recommend an album by them named hold your horse is it’s really good.

[@willoverdoseonmusic]

really enjoyable

[@yungmeanmug]

Funny you say, because the first time I saw death grips for the first time was with Ministry

[@wozaow]

If you're gonna do DG's entire discography (or studio album + mixtape discography, whatever) you should listen to Year of the Snitch last.

[@JG-qp9dl]

Armand Hammer! New album has 4 Peggy produced songs! And a Kenny Segal produced track. And an EL-P produced track 😁

[@saturo8888]

Highly recommend No Love Deep Web as the next DeathGrips album, thematically and musically it makes sense to me as a follow up to this.

[@cry0689]

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