Exmilitary

Exmilitary, also known as Ex Military, is the debut mixtape by experimental hip hop group Death Grips. It was released for free on April 25, 2011 through the band's website.
Background.
The mixtape was released for free on April 25, 2011 through the group's official website, thirdworlds.net, and later appeared on the net label Grindcore Karaoke.It was simultaneously released through iTunes. The track "Guillotine" was released through iTunes on August 3, 2011. "Guillotine" has become one of the band's most recognized songs, with more than eleven million YouTube views on their music video as of August 3, 2020. Other tracks released as music videos include "Known for it", "Culture Shock", "Lord of the Game", "Spread Eagle Cross the Block", "Takyon (Death Yon)", and "Beware." According to Andy Morin, the cover art "[is a] photograph that one of our members carried in their wallet for roughly 10 years straight. It’s a power object." The photo was eventually identified as "Bearded Man at Oenpelli", taken by Douglass Baglin in 1968.
The mixtape was later released exclusively through the band's website in vinyl, compact disc and cassette formats.
Critical reception.
The mixtape has received universal acclaim from critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 82 out of 100 based on reviews from 7 critics. 
In one very positive review, John Calvert of "Drowned in Sound" focused on the mentality of the character that the album revolves around and how it reflects the inner nature of man, citing the lyricism and sound production as being focal points around this sound and style. Nate Patrin of "Pitchfork" gave "Exmilitary" a 7.5, describing the mixtape as "a bludgeoning slab of hostility" that avoids being an "overbearing mess".
"Black Google".
On September 8, 2011, the group released a teaser video for an upcoming project titled "Black Google". It was later released on the band's website for free and revealed to be all of the instrumentals, stems, and acapellas for fans to remix and record with. The cover of Black Google features a heavily darkened version of the cover of Exmilitary with the word "Exmilitary" replaced with "Black Google".