clipping. - "There Existed an Addiction to Blood" [FULL ALBUM] FIRST REACTION + WRITTEN REVIEW
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- (Music starts at 1:58)
In my first exposure to Clipping's music, I was left thoroughly impressed and intrigued. "There Existed an Addiction to Blood" is a dark, skeletal, and heavy album that is laced with extremely detailed lyrics that describe scenes that could be the script to a horror-gore movie.
Thematically, this album revolves around dark imagery, brutal and blood-thirsty violence and horror story-telling. With the album title being derived from a vampire movie and this album being released in October, this project is heavily tied into being a "spooky Halloween" album but not like your typical "horror-core" album such as Tyler the Creator's "Goblin" or Gravediggaz's "6 Feet Deep", rather this collection of songs can be processed more like a mini-series. Each song has enough weight in production and lyricism to pose as a complete story in itself.
Lyrically, this is where the album shines the most for me. I am fairly familiar with experimental hip-hop music but I have not heard the level of lyricism as potent and vivid as Daveed's on production like this. It's also not just how well his writing is but Daveed is incredible in consistently switching up his flow and delivering his verses in a way that is catchy and ear-grabbing. Throughout the album, I couldn't help but notice that the lyrics heavily resembled something that you would hear at a spoken word show, and while there are plenty of rappers that also utilize this aspect of poetry, Daveed perfectly morphs this into what a lot of people would consider the perfect realm of hip-hop. The vivid details, electric flows, engaging story-telling and captivating delivery immediately demands your attention.
Sonically, Clipping does well to provide a dark and haunting setting for the horror-core lyrics that embody this project. The production is very heavy and at times skeletal which could leave the listener "cold" which would usually be thought of as a bad thing, but as this album was inspired by horror movies, specifically vampire movies, the production is perfect for the direction that Clipping wanted this project to go towards. In comparison, a lot of the instrumentals reminded me of Daughter's album "You Won't Get What You Want".
All in all, this was a great album for me and as this was my first introduction to Clipping, I have to say that I am extremely impressed and look forward to diving deeper into their catalog. Thanks for watching and reading!
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fun fact the rapper daveed diggs never raps in the first person which is why his lyricism is so discriptive.
It is also why their 2014 album is “Clipping” without the I’s
epicgamerguy yeet 🤯 I did not pick up on that, this mans writing is next level
He does, him using no I's is only for that album
Akqa I don’t think he’s used them with clipping, but he definitely used them when he was a solo rapper
@@ChannelMan434 I believe he used I's on Midcity but after that it has been little if any first person lyrics
Check out the "Story" series. There's 1,2,4,5,7. Each song flows into the next and each tells a story about a different person that is related in another song. It's freaking incredible.
Also during a part in their album Splendor&Misery, there's moorse code that spells "grace is Randy's sister" relating to story 5's grace being the sister of randy from Story 1 (and now 7)
Their musical abilities is insane and you nerd to take some time to analyze exactly what is happening
Taylor Johnathan yoo so story 7 on this album correlated to previous songs?? Crazyyy
What's story 4?
@@tennenyt5311 th-cam.com/video/mmevD9H8UbA/w-d-xo.html it's not on any official album,
You may not know this but Daveed Diggs is a Tony-winning performer for his role in the Hamilton musical. Dude is insanely talented
CJL96 yea I looked up who he was right after I finished listening and honestly was not that surprised to find that out. He’s a true writer
Chimezie he didn’t write for Hamilton though, he won the Tony for acting
"it's not as harsh" said by a man before hearing the rita section lol. good video, the part about clipping. painting a picture in each song got me in the first place and that's why splendor & misery is probably my album of the decade, you should check it out too!
I've seen clipping live 4 times, and each one is a unique incredible experience. When they played blood of the fang at the most recent show, I was absolutely blown away. You really gotta catch them live next time they're near you.
Emmett Howard I already checked for shows and they’re not coming to Dallas any time soon 😭
gotta recommend CLPPNG. its less of a spoken word or art rap album like this is. But its just as good
The sample of the car on "Run For Your Life" is crazy. The song is about a female vampire (whom La Chat plays on the song) searching for a victim to kill (Diggs). The car driving by playing the beat symbolizes Chat searching for Diggs to kill him, and the rest of the noise is just Diggs outside, trying to run and hide. Extremely clever and intricate use of a beat to create the feeling that you're being watched and followed.
guy on a gravitron machine standing sideways 🤯🤯🤯🤯 the layers in this bro!
Diggs? You mean "you." It's from a second person perspective. She is looking for the listener.
You should listen to CLPPNG next. Midcity will probably be too noisy for you, maybe not though. And Splendor & Misery is their most interesting, it's so unique and pulled off waaayyy better than it should have on paper. I've seen then live twice, pretty much flawless. Daveed's breath control is crazy. And William and Jonathan are great with the transitions and sound manipulation.
bulletfastspeed clppng is what I’m going to review next so stay tuned! And I neeeed to see them live hopefully they hit up Dallas soon
Jonathan and William also don’t use presets, so they’re doing a hell of a lot more than transitions in the live shows
You're right about Nothing Is Safe being about police brutality. The song is an inversion of the film Assault On Precinct 13.
If you liked the lyricism on this album then the rest of their discography definitely will not disappoint.
Their album clppng makes for a really good reaction/review. There's less of an overall theme/concept than you see here, but the songs are bangers.
Their album Splendor & Misery on the other hand, is even more of a concept album than this one is. It's a bit hard for me to describe but it's incredible.
Their single "The Deep" would also make for a good reaction/review. It's kinda overlooked because it wasn't on album and never had a music video, but the story is so vivid that it inspired a book.
Neph Ele ah thanks for confirming man! And wow yea imma put time aside to listen and react to those albums for sure
Yeah splendor and misery is a Hugo-nominated sci-fi noise rap epic that tells the story of a rebellious intergalactic slave
@@Chimezie yes I need a Deep reaction one of their best songs
"The Deep" was also Hugo nominated, as was the book that the song inspired.
Piano burning is the best song on the album
Code *of all time
cringe
Hell yeah, Daughters' new album was so good. Cool to see you listen to more than just rap. I don't know if it's up your alley but Lingua Ignota's Caligula is hella good. Idc if you react to it, but give it a listen if you feel like hearing some weird shit.
Sen Δ bet I’ll check it out
Fell out of my seat when you compared this to Daughters 😂, so few people give that album love on TH-cam.
Kaari McBride definitely a top 10 album to come out last year!
He's always telling some kind of story in the songs definitely check out their other stuff I'd like to see it. And yeah dude has a background in theatre and poetry
This album was based on an african american vampire movie from the 1970's called Ganja & Hess, hence the title of the album and a lot of the lyrical content, as most of it alludes to the scenes from the horror movie, as well as social commentary on murder, drug use, gang violence, etc. It's a storytelling album, all of their albums are, and it's very compelling.
guy on a gravitron machine standing sideways yea I read about that once I did more research on the album. It’s done so well
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this was Daughters but rap.
"Not as harsh"
La Mala Ordina:
Highly recommend you listen to their (almost) self-titled album CLPPNG. It’s insanely good as well.
If your feeling brave and hyped enough, check out their other albums. Splendor and Misery is a concept album about a space slave on a semi scentient spaceship. CLPPNG is just a great album on its own aswell as midcity.
Seedaron im going to be reviewing and reacting to CLPPNG next week 😁
actual album of the year so far!!
Awesome video! An album I would recommend you check out is Billy Woods- Hiding Places, it’s my AOTY. Found this channel from the Maxo reaction, I think it’s dope that you’re checking out artists in the underground of hip hop. Cheers :)
Jeff Tallan billy wood has been on my list for awhile, I believe he dropped an album a week or two ago. Will definitely make the effort to review his work! Thanks my guy 🙏
Chimezie Terror Management is a lot more subtle and dense lyrics and production, Hiding Places grabbed my attention immediately with its more accessible lyrics and driving, catchy production. Whichever you decide to check out I’ll be sure to watch :)
Hi from Ukraine) great reaction! Please do more, more clipping)
Антон Карпузиков thank you! And a lot of people have been requesting it so I will review the clppng album next for sure :)
Daveed Diggs is literally the best rapper. Period.
You should listen to their ep Wriggle. That right there is a bangerrr🔥
I love seeing people hear clipping for the first time. It's always like "yeah I dunno I heard it's weird and experimental kinda" then (2 mins later) "oh shit bars"
Daveed Diggs, the rapper in Clipping, won a Tony award for his performance in Hamilton - check it out if you haven't. He also made a movie called Blindspotting, which is pretty good too.
How many takes did you do of you getting into your car for the intro?
Marisa Murphy 😂😂 too many
Great VIDEO bruv
jadenxox thanks man! 🙏
"The Show" is very heavily based around the idea of online sites referred too as "Red Rooms" where you must pay to view the stream of someone torturing someone.
Imagine a cam show where you can pay to interact with the stream and make things happen, but it's torturing people.
I see “the show” as the most obvious instance of one of the most prevalent themes on the album: the exploitation of black bodies for entertainment and profit
ChannelMan434 yoooo that is a good interpretation
Daveed Diggs, the rapper, has won both a Tony and a Grammy.
Henry Brousseau brazyyy
Listen to Let Them Eat Chaos by Kate Tempest! Insanely good hiphop concept album!
I’ll check it out! 🙏
Nevermind
never matter.
My attention span isn’t long enough to listen to albums anymore plz help
SOLPATH I know the feeling