Death Grips is a difficult yet enthralling project, where the glitched-out productions of blastbeat drummer  and keyboardist Andy Morin accent the violently yelled raps of vocalist Stefan Burnett. The experimental hip-hop project started out in Sacramento, California and put out its first mixtape, Exmilitary, in 2011. Despite the album's raging intensity, it became a favorite among critics upon its release. Following a signing to , Death Grips released The Money Store in 2012. The label planned on delivering the follow-up album, No Love Deep Web, that same year, but when Death Grips released it themselves as a free download, the group was let go from . An official release of No Love Deep Web appeared in 2013 on the group's own imprint just as the band released its third album, Government Plates, as a free download.