TIER LIST: Death Grips Songs

 Sometimes traditional lists don’t accurately convey our feelings. There is such a thing as a “tie,” after all. But putting “tied” movies into a traditional list format feels like cheating, so that’s why the Tier List was invented. Grouping items together and placing those groupings into a certain order based on a much broader and more fluid (and therefore, more true-to-life) set of criteria. 

The exact nature of the criteria varies from person to person (just like any other kind of list), but for my purposes the rules are simple:

• The “S” tier is reserved for items that belong on an “All-Time” list. These are the “desert island” choices. The ones I can’t live without. 

• The individual tiers are based on standards that apply to all media. In other words, the items that show up in the “A” tier on one particular list would not fall into a different tier on some other list. These categories are applied equally to all artists and entertainers and content.

• Tiers “S” through “D” are, generally speaking, the “good” ones. It’s not until you get to “E” and “F” that things turn downright sour. 

• These letters are not to be confused with grades. Something in the B column is not necessarily deserving of a “B” grade, and so on and so forth.

• Just like with all lists that I make, the basic criteria is the same: these groupings are based on how frequently I consume said media/content. So, if the list is about music, then the groupings are based on frequency of listening. 

I’ve wanted to do this for a couple years now, and I plan to employ this format for all kinds of media — movies, music, television, video games, you name it. And where better to start than…

DEATH GRIPS

(*Note: to make my life easier, I’ve decided not to include tracks for their Fashion Week instrumental compilation)

S	Steroids 5-8
A	Steroids 1-4, Takyon, Cut Throat, Klink, Culture Shock, Lord of the Game, Houdini, Hustle Bones, I’ve Seen Footage, The Cage, Fuck That, Punk Weight, Hacker, Turned Off, Why A Bitch Gotta Lie, The Horn Section, Streaky, Hahaha, You Might Think He Loves You...
B	Guillotine, Thru the Walls, Spread Eagle Cross the Block, I Want it I need it, Known for it, Ring a Bell, Eh, Warping, Spikes, Hot Head, Bubbles Buried In This Jungle, BB Poison, 80808, The Fever (Aye Aye), Bitch Please, Come Up and Get Me, No Love, The Powers That B, Beyond Alive, Centuries Of Damn, On GP, Inanimate Sensation, Pss Pss, More Than The Fairy, Dilemma, The Fear, Black Paint, Death Grips Is Online, Linda’s In Custody, Anne Bonny, Whatever I Want (Fuck Who’s Watching), Death Grips, @deathgripz
C	Beware, 5D, Giving Bad People Good Ideas, Trash, Three Bedrooms In A Good Neighborhood, Bottomless Pit, Get Got, Lost Boys, Blackjack, System Blower, Deep Web, Black Dice, Hunger Games, Artificial Death In The West, Death Grips 2.0, I Break Mirrors With My Face In The United States, Say Hey Kid, Have A Sad Cum BB, Flies, Shitshow, Outro, Disappointed, Interview 2016 A-F, Full Moon, Birds, Government Plates
D	Blood Creepin, Double Helix, Lil Boy, Whammy, Billy Not Really, Up My Sleeves, Fuck Me Out, Little Richard, Big House, Two Heavens
E	Black Quarterback, World Of Dogs, Lock Your Doors, Stockton, Pop, Bass Rattle Stars Out The Sky
F	Bootleg (Don’t Need Your Help), Big Dipper, Voila, I’m Overflow, Feels Like A Wheel, This Is Violence Now (Don’t Get Me Wrong)