Government Plates
by Death Grips
  • Record Label: Harvest
  • Release Date: Nov 13, 2013
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 111
  3. Negative: 9 out of 111

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  1. MattRadich
    Jun 10, 2014
    4
    This is an odd album. I was a fan of Death Grips previous work (especially The Money Store) and I feel like they did not have the same delivery on this album. I understand what they were going for, I'm just not a fan of the fact there are minimal mc ride lyrics (as a lot of the vocals are samples)
  2. Jumpman
    Jan 16, 2016
    6
    Well, this is obviously not as focused on mc ride as the rest of death grips discography but it is still cool birds is an amazing piece of work and some of the instrumentals are also very catchy
  3. Tuneison
    Jun 28, 2018
    6
    So... Death Grips made a mediocre album. I mean you have the production that every Death Grips album has so that's good but, the problem is that the album isn't that substantive outside of the instrumentals unlike other Death Grips records like their recent Year of the Snitch or Steroids or The Money Store. There are also some cuts and instrumentals that kind of suck. That's something ISo... Death Grips made a mediocre album. I mean you have the production that every Death Grips album has so that's good but, the problem is that the album isn't that substantive outside of the instrumentals unlike other Death Grips records like their recent Year of the Snitch or Steroids or The Money Store. There are also some cuts and instrumentals that kind of suck. That's something I wouldn't expect from Death Grips. WHAT THE F*CK! I dunno it was alright.… Expand

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#89 Most Discussed Album of 2013

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. The New York Times
    May 29, 2014
    70
    Those instrumentals stop and start, throb and zap, sprint and lurch, empty out or swarm with noise, and they often completely switch texture in midtrack--the more disorienting the better.
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  2. The Quietus
    May 29, 2014
    80
    [Government Plates] is bursting with kinetic energy and texture, and never focuses on one particular sound for overlong over its economical 36 minute run time. It's that sense of ever shifting energy and momentum that characterizes Death Grips best work and it's a relief to see it returned to.
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  3. DIY Magazine
    May 29, 2014
    80
    Featuring minimal hooks, guttural yelps and harrowing production, Government Plates sounds like nothing else this year--so in other words, it sounds a whole lot like Death Grips.
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