The Powers That B
by Death Grips
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 151 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 139 out of 151
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 151
  3. Negative: 5 out of 151
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  1. CanoeEmoji
    Jan 7, 2021
    6
    I consider myself a fairly big DG fan but i have to say, NOTM was one of the worst albums i have ever heard in my life. They really really overused the Bjork samples, and i felt that a lot of the tracks sounded fairly similar. I did like Hey Kid and parts of Up My Sleeves though. I genuinely left NOTM with a headache, that was easily my least favorite DG album by a gargantuan margin. WhileI consider myself a fairly big DG fan but i have to say, NOTM was one of the worst albums i have ever heard in my life. They really really overused the Bjork samples, and i felt that a lot of the tracks sounded fairly similar. I did like Hey Kid and parts of Up My Sleeves though. I genuinely left NOTM with a headache, that was easily my least favorite DG album by a gargantuan margin. While Jenny Death on the other hand was rather good, pretty great in fact. I loved hearing DG delve more into a metal-esque sound with the large portions of distorted guitars layered beautifully on all the synths and weird sounds that DG are known for. My only real complaint with Jenny Death is i didn't quite care for the voice effect MC Ride used in parts of Why A **** Gotta Lie. while Jenny Death is still not my favorite DG album, it's definitely up there. If I were to be rating Jenny Death on its own it would get a solid 8.5/10. The only real reason that this album as a whole got only a 6 is just because i feel it was brought down significantly by NOTM, that is the audio equivalent of torture in my opinion.… Expand

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Spin
    Apr 3, 2015
    70
    It’s far more interesting and hard-hitting, with bizarre hooks where you least expect.... Taken as a whole, The Powers That B (what a title, right?) suffers from the typical overlong-yet-undercooked double-album dilemma that makes it hard to imagine playing either side in a year that isn’t 2015.
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  2. Exclaim
    Apr 1, 2015
    90
    Though radically different in execution, The Powers That B is a compelling look at the band's ability to work with sounds both minimal and monumental, while containing some of their most riveting lyrical and musical work in recent memory.
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  3. PopMatters
    Apr 1, 2015
    70
    The Powers That B is a collection of music explicitly without a thesis, and while that’s fine, it’s harder to place in the scheme of things.
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