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LP / Format
Sub Pop / Label
Horrorcore, Industrial Hip Hop
Noise
, Dark Ambient
, Field Recordings
, Experimental Hip Hop
, Harsh Noise
/ GenreFull Credits
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Critic Reviews
90
There Was an Addiction to Blood is the album Clipping was born to make, but it will polarize the listening public more than their previous releases.
6y
86
Blood, at its heart — if, indeed, it has one — is a puzzle, whether it intends to be or not.
6y
85
Here, they’ve given their most focused project, all while exploring the darkest corners of humanity over envelope-pushing industrial production. With a carefully constructed chaos, Clipping. throw us into their torturous musical realm and boldly ask us to find the art in fear.
6y
80
The album's most exciting tracks are downright hallucinatory.
6y
80
On There Existed An Addiction To Blood, poring over the lyrics and dissecting every inch of what Diggs says proves that there are few rappers so potent and worth reading up on. Yet, while Diggs alone is an exceptional rapper, the instrumentals of Snipes and Hutson have always been the most obvious component that sets Clipping apart from most experimental hip hop groups.
6y
80
With There Existed An Addiction To Blood, Clipping have artfully seized upon the viscera of the horrorcore genre, creating an album which is both disheartening and sonically intriguing. It is yet another successful experiment for the group and one of the eeriest examples of modern hip-hop to date.
6y
80
Between the striking imagery, lyrical dexterity, rap chops and epic production, it takes multiple listens to get to the heart of this record, each one well worth your time.
6y
80
What Clipping have done on ‘There Existed An Addiction To Blood’ is show that hip-hop doesn’t need to keep to convention to be gripping and visceral; refusing to be placed in stasis for the sake of chart success, the group deserve all the plaudits that will come their way.
6y
80
Make room in your annual Halloween-time music rotation for Clipping's latest.
6y
70
In an era of easy-listen playlists, Clipping should at least be applauded for creating a record so thoroughly demanding.
6y
45
Despite being based on a ’70s vampire film, the rap trio’s album is somehow their most bloodless project to date.
6y
Patient #5 Test Results:
Description: After hearing 'There Existed an Addiction to Blood' by Clipping, a pacient went into a nervous breakdown, with three dead bodies found at the scene. Here is the recorded conversation with a medical professional. Names have been erased to protect the innocent.
Doctor: So, how are you feeling after the breakdown?
Patient: It's clipping bitch.
Doctor: So you've been saying, and i'd love if you wouldn't use such language towards me. Are we clear?
Patient: ... read more
I've heard some pretty scary albums before. Albums that downright C R U S H you. You Won't Get What You Want was one of my favourite albums of last year, with its unbelievably heavy and crushing sound that would soon derail into a downright terrifying and gripping ending that leaves you in distraught and fear. I've heard a bit of Caligula, and from what I've heard of it so far it just feels a bit forced in my opinion. I like it for the most part, but that's just my opinion. But what "There ... read more
An extremely unsettling and at times scary experimental hip hop album that I absolutely loved. Daveed Diggs’ gruesome lyrics and insane flow is paired perfectly with the ambient and strange yet amazing production that is genuinely unlike anything I have ever heard before. Just a total experience. I cannot wait to check out more of clippings stuff.
One of the best experimental albums I’ve possibly ever heard. Crazy how the lead singer is also oh father from the boys. Best songs: blood of the fang, club down, nothing is safe.
‘clipping.’ Is one of those bands in the experimental hip-hop space that is basically mandatory to listen to if you wanna call yourself a fan of the space. And I didn’t know this before about the band or even before listening to the album but the lead rapper is actually the guy from Hamilton which is insane to think about since it’s only once in a blue moon you see someone in a extremely popular broadway play also be the same guy you hear making the craziest and ... read more
attunement is like a top 3 of the record btw. nothing is safe is the worst in my opinion, so i skip it, other than its a mindblowing record worth the listen (including piano burning).
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Track List
| 1 | Intro 1:04 | 78 |
| 2 | Nothing is Safe 4:57 | 94 |
| 3 | He Dead 4:22 feat. Ed Balloon | 86 |
| 4 | Haunting (Interlude) 0:57 | 75 |
| 5 | La Mala Ordina 5:46 | 90 |
| 6 | Club Down 4:30 with Sarah Bernat | 90 |
| 7 | Prophecy (Interlude) 1:11 | 69 |
| 8 | Run for Your Life 4:52 feat. La Chat | 88 |
| 9 | The Show 3:04 | 86 |
| 10 | Possession (Interlude) 2:10 | 73 |
| 11 | All in Your Head 4:29 feat. Counterfeit Madison, Robyn Hood | 86 |
| 12 | Blood of the Fang 4:39 | 95 |
| 13 | Story 7 3:40 | 88 |
| 14 | Attunement 4:46 with Pedestrian Deposit | 83 |
| 15 | Piano Burning 18:00 | 65 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 8 minutes
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3w
though i'm no ambient expert, i do think Piano Burning works here, nice little palette cleanser after a pretty abrasive album. not so little i guess,,
3w
Piano Burning would have been fine for like 3-5 minutes, but as it is, it's obnoxious and not interesting
