Clipping - THERE EXISTED AN ADDICTION TO BLOOD ALBUM Review

Clipping has returned to us with the hip hop halloween story that is There Existed An Addiction To Blood.

8/10
Clipping - There Existed An Addiction To Blood FULL ALBUM
1. Intro
2. Nothing Is Safe
3. HE D3AD ft. Ed Balloon
4. Haunting (Interlude)
5. La Mala Ordina (with the Rita) ft. El Camino & Benny The Butcher
6. Club Down (with Sarah Bernat)
7. Prophecy (Interlude)
8. Run For Your Life ft. Le Chat
9. The Show
10. Possession (Interlude)
11. All In Your Head ft. Counterfeit Madison & Robyn Hood
12. Blood of The Fang
13. Story 7
14. Attunement
15. Piano Burning

Best Tracks - Intro/He D3ad/La Mala Ordina/Club Down/All in Your Head/Blood of The Fang

Worst Tracks - The Interludes

Thanks for watching & have a fantastic day!

[PlaceboZypresse]

NGL Daveed spit some fire bars on Piano Burning 🔥🔥💯💯

[ZachBobBob]

Shawn's swallowed a damn thesaurus recently

[proddelle]

for me its a solid 9.0, daveeds delivery works so well on this album and their production is at full fronts here. everything worked out so well as they centered around a gorey halloween theme. love this stuff

[sunnyenno]

You've really grown, both as a content creator and a music critique, your reviews are amazing, describing a good chunk of the music itself while giving your take on it, good job Shawn, proud of you

[samuelcrouch]

Favourite album of the year for me. I completely disagree about the lack replay value thing. I've already listened to the album about 15 times because every song keeps drawing me back

[fantoma]

9/10 imo, one of the best albums of the year

[watermelon]

My 20 favorite albums of the year so far:

1. JPEGMAFIA - All My Hereos Are Cornballs
2. Little Simz - GREY Area
3. slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain
4. Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
5. Danny Brown - uknowhatimsayin¿
6. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana
7. Murs, 9th Wonder & The Soul Council - The Iliad is Dead and The Odyssey is Over
8. BROCKHAMPTON - GINGER
9. Rapsody - Eve
10. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Hiding Places
11. Blu & Oh No - A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night
12. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
13. clipping. - There Existed an Addiction to Blood
14. Common - Let Love
15. MAVI - Let the Sun Talk
16. Rich Brian - The Sailor
17. Your Old Droog - It Wasn’t Even Close
18. Denzel Curry - ZUU
19. Malibu Ken - Self titled.
20. Injury Reserve - Self titled.

[dysperdotted]

the first 9/10 album i’m never returning to.

[caliyugatv]

I believe the lack of self reference on the album creates a very unique musical experience in a land of “I”, and “me.”

[benschmie.]

Didn't top the genius that was Splendor and Misery but I really enjoyed this album. Daveed might be slowly becoming one of my favourite lyricists.

[AggroNoobs]

When an album let alone a single song has you musing about its potential meaning, regardless of how pretentious you may feel when expressing what it makes you experience, makes that track nothing short of art.
All from simply setting a piano literally on fire.
Also: My jaw has been on the floor each time I listen to this album since it was pre released on Sub Pop. The layers to take away from it are just mind candy.

[SolidSnake]

The Elcamino and Benny feature was a pleasant surprise.

[maxwagner]

Hell now I’m still waiting for that the powers that b reaction.

[gabooshify]

I got so excited when I saw there was an 18 minute long song...

[geshusbakagen]

Man if Kanye isn't trolling ( ahem ahem *clowning* ) us and he really will release JIK on the 25th October. *YOU HAVE A NICE BIRTHDAY DATE RIGHT THERE*

[TheEuphonium]

I’m unfamiliar with your content, I found this video looking for music analysis of an album I love.

But just from this video, you have a great writing voice. It’s clear and insightful without getting bogged down in the deeper ideas you very obviously could talk at length about. Excellent analysis, a great grasp/concept of rap and it’s strengths as a medium, better than any reviewer I can think of off hand.

It’s so refreshing to hear someone take rap seriously as a literary/musical form of expression. Even if I have slight disagreements on interpretation, it’s great to hear someone with (significantly) more insight into this part of the music world take such an artful/respectful approach.

I approach my music analysis from a classical/communications point of view, and your analysis resonated deeply with me, and it showed me things that I have overlooked for years.

Well done, I hope the rest of your videos are as good as this one!

[ididgt]

I feel like Daveed using 2nd person instead of 1st or 3rd brute force makes you the subject of the story rather than you being the observer. It's so effective. The song Run For Your Life made me so anxious because of how immersive it is.

[XXxXxXXCLOUDXXxXxXX]

You should watch the film Ganja and Hess, which is sampled in Blood of the Fang. It definitely added something to my understanding of the album, though it's hard to say exactly what. It's not like the album is based on the film or anything, but the themes from it seem to be mirrored in the album (a lust for blood being the incredibly obvious one). For example, on All in Your Head there's the section that Counterfeit Madison sings which includes a section that's close to the lord's prayer; 'Lead us away from every temptation, Lord
Deliver us from Heaven'. There's a part near the end of Ganja and Hess where Hess, who is a vampire, goes to a church to try and gain redemption from the life he's lived, the theme of redemption being pretty clear in those lines included in All in Your Head. Dunno if I'm just making connections where there are none, but it's interesting at least.

[imonlyherebecauseofmemes]

Yo, I just saw Hamilton yesterday with Daveed in it! 🔥

[Derp]

i’ve been waiting for this as soon as it released