Rainbow Brain

GRiZ

2021

2.31

Rating

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29%

31%

27%

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Genres: Electronica, Hip Hop, Funk, Soul Styles: Future Jazz, Dubstep, Glitch

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Album Summary

Grant Richard Kwiecinski (born May 31, 1990), also known by his stage name GRiZ, is an American DJ, songwriter, and electronic music producer from Southfield, Michigan. He is known for playing the saxophone along with producing funk, electro-soul, and self-described future-funk. Kwiecinski was born and raised in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. In elementary school, Kwiecinski was first introduced to the alto sax as well as the piano. After growing up on big horn sounds of funk groups like The Meters, Kwiecinski found himself gravitating towards that influence when he first began making his own music in college. He attended Birmingham Groves High School and then Michigan State University for several years before he dropped out to focus on a music career. It was also during his college years that he had become personally comfortable enough to openly identify as gay. While at Michigan State he would frequently DJ parties at his friends' fraternity houses and play shows in the East Lansing area. GRiZ first became popular with the release of his free debut album, End of the World Party, in 2011.

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Mar 22 2026 Author

-Excision Shrek visuals came across my brainrot YouTube algorithm literally today, maybe that's the algorithm's way of saying I am in fact the target audience for this album -I will say, the switches between abrasive electronica and brass grooves make "Astro Funk" a pretty unique listen -"Vibe Check" is more recognizably brostep à la Skrillex or Knife Party -"Other Side of Jupiter" makes good use of those wobbly, Leslie speaker-kind of vocals -I think by "Feel It All", I was ready for it to be over. But I will say though, listening to the cut up vocals in the final track "The Echo Tree", I acknowledge the bones Griz throws at people such as myself who don't really care for brostep/riddim/bass music/whatever one might call it. The spacey synthy interludes, and of course the brass and organic elements help balance the drops. -My final thought is I wish it leaned into those fringe elements a bit more. The build and denouement are better than the climax -wub wub wub HL: "Burn Up the Floor" title track, "Harmony" March 21, 2026

Mar 15 2026 Author

I didn’t enjoy it really. Apologies. This felt scattered and all over the place in a messy and disorganized way. Feels like they realized they could make an album, but failed to pause and think what they should do with that information. The album doesn’t lack talent, it lacks direction, but that can be just as bad. Not that the whole thing isn’t cohesive, more it feels like a vomiting of music. Maybe I just don’t have the energy for it today. Dubstep always makes me feel physically ill. 2/5

Mar 31 2026 Author

Rainbow Brain by GRiZ. I did not like this album. I thought it was some dubstep with other dance/EDM styles, but it's something more undefined and it goes all over the place. It's like someone who read a book about dance music and tries to reinvent all the things that already have done before by so many other artists. Each song only scratches the surface of an individual subgenre with all the bleak and uninteresting characteristics and it hops on to the next. It even sounds dated while being only 5 years old.

Mar 16 2026 Author

Blurgh

Mar 17 2026 Author

A massive buffet of all the worst EDM/pseudo-dubstep trends lifted straight from 2014. Like a buffet, will leave you feeling nauseated and greasy after having way too much slop shoved down your throat. Less album and more musical product, I'm sure this one does numbers on the royalty-free streaming list for how generic and forgettable it is.

Mar 18 2026 Author

I guess at least this is more... uh... colorful than most brostep albums? I don't know, this is rough. Boring at best, downright obnoxious at worst, and no offense person who added this, but it's hard to not think you know this artist or are this artist, because this seems like it was pulled from out of nowhere. It's just not good.

Mar 21 2026 Author

I had no idea what to expect from this, and to be honest having listened to it I still have no idea what, exactly, it is. But it's great! Taking dubstep (I think) and using it as a vehicle to explore a multitude of genres. Those choppy bass sounds have dated a bit (I'm old and I know something has dated, woohoo!) but it's so nice to hear something that's positive and doesn't make me want to slash my wrists.

Mar 27 2026 Author

No skips, amazing!

Mar 16 2026 Author

This went a little harder on the bass than I usually prefer. Kind of hard edged afterparty in a crammed basement vibe. Those kind of parties are likely in my rear view mirror and any other setting isn’t really my bag but I didn’t hate it. Something like this should be on your before you die dance card.

Mar 22 2026 Author

This one did make me do some moving around

Mar 14 2026 Author

This one was a mixed bag for me. The more dubstep and trap-adjacent stuff didn't do anything for me, but then I have never had a lot of interest in those genres. But I liked some of the rest of it pretty well.

Mar 14 2026 Author

Not really my thing, but he's from my old stomping grounds of Southfield, Michigan, so that's cool. 3 stars.

Mar 17 2026 Author

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Gold

Mar 22 2026 Author

Fun beats

Mar 27 2026 Author

It was ok.

Mar 31 2026 Author

Based on the cover I wanted to hate this and the music is exactly what you would expect. Yet it sort of works? At times it is really annoying and 10 years too late to dubstep but other times it works. I can't explain why but it does. My personal rating: 2/5 My rating relative to the list: 2.5/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Mar 17 2026 Author

The font / typeface / track listing layout alone was enough to piss me off and tell me everything I needed to know.

Mar 20 2026 Author

It’s hard to avoid the sounds of Griz as a Michigander. Especially with the popularity of electric forest and partying through the colleges, griz was known by many. Now his sound is pretty vast with some jazz sax sound to the bass dubstep. This album kind of ventured intro he heavy drug mix where it’s all a blend that feels like a bad trip. Too much dubstep that has become dated. There’s definitely better griz albums than this one. 4.5/10

Mar 24 2026 Author

Over the course of this experiment I have become far more in tune with electronic / dance / and variants. I found this pretty uninspiring though

Mar 30 2026 Author

Looks and sounds like a bowling alley during friday night after-dark hours. Releasing something in 2021 that leans this much into the corny dubstep elements is a move that I find endearing, rather than annoying, but... eh I think it's kind of a mess, overall

Mar 31 2026 Author

This is user album #70 for me. I listened to every album on the list completely with the exception of one album. This is my second DNF. 2/5.

Mar 18 2026 Author

I'm happy dupstep died in 2015 1