Finding clipping. again

I found clipping. first time right after finding Death Grips. Compared to raw energy of Death Grips clipping. sounded tamed. I bought Wriggle EP to remind me of the band later when I hear the songs. It had two good songs. Video above is from the EP. Splendor & Misery sounded interesting but I decided to put it on wish list to check it later. Then I heard one of those two songs again and it was time to check what clipping. is doing currently.

Maybe listening Cryo Chamber’s albums and other weird music has changed my taste. Now Splendor & Misery sounded really good. First time I liked few songs but more experimental tracks didn’t work as well. This time everything worked. I regret not buying the album earlier. It was time to check last year’s Visions of Bodies Being Burned.

Visions of Bodies Being Burned would have been on favorite albums of 2020 list if I knew about it when I made the list. At the moment I think it is not as good as Splendor & Misery. Probably because I haven’t listened it enough yet. Clipping is band of MC, soundtrack artist and noise artist. Their music needs few listening before it starts to open. Some of the songs go really experimental. First two videos on this post show easier side of Clipping. Last one has more experimental side.

Is the band called Clipping now? When I found them first time it was clipping. with lower caps and dot in the end. I used both in this post based on what the band was called in video’s title.

Best thing at the moment: Danny Brown: Ain't It Funny

Just got into experimental hip hop again but more about that in next post. Have to tell how amazing Danny Brown’s Ain’t It Funny video is. On first look it might look like one of those humorous music videos but when you start to read subtitles and listen what characters say it gets much deeper.

Video is parody of sitcom. There is annoying kid. Daughter which mind me of Kelly Bundy. Of course mon and dad. Danny lives with them as Uncle Danny. Danny wonders why everyone laughs at his pain and sickness. And then video makes jokes that make you laugh like pregnancy joke where mon says it ain’t her and Danny says he hasn’t been with anyone else. Darker undertones come up when dad say to Danny “None of us feel ok” and later when Danny is dying and annoying kid judges everyone for laughing at dying Danny.

Song is killer. This is one of those music videos where everything just works. Addition to that it has more layers than you think first time you see it. Song is from album Atrocity Exhibition. Album is experimental hip hop masterpiece. Ain’t It Funny is my favorite song in it but other songs are not far behind.