Government Plates
by Death Grips
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Government Plates is ranked 7th best out of 13 albums by Death Grips on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Death Grips is The Money Store which is ranked number 228 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,966.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 01/01/2026 13:49 | TonySayers61 | 23,798 | 64/100 | |
| 12/17/2025 15:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,711 | 70/100 | |
| 12/11/2025 20:25 | Oid | 216 | 78/100 | |
| 03/27/2025 23:41 | RapidDecline | 218 | 78/100 | |
| 01/18/2025 22:55 | PapaShiz86 | 11,083 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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teague 07/07/2020 05:36 | #255158
Government Plates is often considered the weakest effort in the Death Grips catalogue (thus far), and I can’t help but agree. It starts off strongly with the track You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money but I Know What He Really Loves You for It’s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat, but immediately starts to dip in quality with Anne Bonny and only dips further throughout the 35 minute offering. Nothing awful, but there’s a lot of wasted moments, which is very uncharacteristic of the trio. There’s always so much packed into every second in a Death Grips album and the space they create on Government Plates is not complementary of their strengths. Most of the performances on here are great, of course, but the guitar on Birds is awful. It sounds like someone who picked up a guitar the day before they laid down the track is playing. It’s sloppy and it doesn’t sound good. Overall, a disappointing release from a consistently interesting group.
probably my least favorite from them but it's still good
mdbaxter 06/27/2019 15:10 | #238457
My favorite Death Grips album that I've heard (haven't listened to The Powers That B, Bottomless Pit or the instrumentals). There is so much energy and creativity on this record. It's sometimes easy to forget that Death Grips is more than MC Ride but not on Government Plates. This album is defined by its chaotic and bombastic sound combined with Ride's chopped vocals. He's used more as an instrument than an MC. Every song has a similar energy and I feel that the album as a whole fits together nicely. I like every song on here but my favorites have to be Anne Bonny and Birds.
SaulCortes1992 02/10/2019 20:31 | #231747
Their best
JulianR 06/18/2018 01:09 | #216951
Interesting. We will see how it grows on me, which I sense it will a bit
It takes time to grow on you, but it's still a great effort from my favourite Hip Hop group.
bongritsu 04/07/2015 03:37 | #138987
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another incredible record from death grips. Would've prefered more rapping from MC Ride, but the outstanding production makes up for that
My last comment made it look like I implied that the last song makes me cry. That implication was not intended.
The last song on here always gets me
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