New Death Grips album 'No Love Deep Web'

[BloodoftheKings]

Originally Posted by mankvill

ehhh. i'm kinda done with this kind of hip-hop now. Odd Future was fun for a while but I just can't get into Death Grips at all.

no thx

3/10, almost fell for it.

[BloodoftheKings]

Death Grips' website got shut down. There's no use in the label trying to stop this now because way too many people have the album already.

[BloodoftheKings]

Figured i'd just post it in this thread rather then starting a new one. I'm surprised, I really thought this whole thing was staged. Also, is Flatlander out of the group? He hasn't been at any of the recent live shows and this article is calling them a duo.

Originally Posted by Billboard.com

Following a month of public turbulence, Epic Records has announced it's "in the process" of dropping the hardcore rap duo from its roster.

The news comes following the band's surprise leak of its own sophomore album, No Love Deep Web, a month ago. Controversy surrounding the album is not limited to the music -- the band opted for a picture of a penis as the cover art, and yesterday, in a post shared on the band's Facebook page titled, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA NOW F--- OFF," published what are believed to be private emails from Epic's senior vice president of business affairs and legal to their management.

That correspondence said the band had breached the Sony Music-owned company's contract agreements, infringed on the label's copyright rights, and "without provocation made false and disparaging statements." It also asked that Death Grips immediately pull No Love Deep Web from all websites and provide the masters to Epic, which Epic owns, continuing, "This album will not count towards the Recording Commitment. As I'm sure you understand, Epic will not pay for an album that thousands of people have already downloaded."

So, perhaps, this should come as no surprise.

Epic issued the following statement today: "Epic Records is a music first company that breaks new artists. That is our mission and our mandate. Unfortunately, when marketing and publicity stunts trump the actual music, we must remind ourselves of our core values. To that end, effective immediately, we are working to dissolve our relationship with Death Grips. We wish them well."

The group is currently on a European tour with stateside dates scheduled soon as well.

[mankvill]

3edgy5me

[treghet]

"This album will not count towards the Recording Commitment. As I'm sure you understand, Epic will not pay for an album that thousands of people have already downloaded."

As if thousands of people wouldn't have downloaded it anyway...

[dcmetal108]

Originally Posted by treghet

As if thousands of people wouldn't have downloaded it anyway...

This. Even after it came out normally the band would have still made a effort to post a link to download it or something more than likely.