Interview 2016
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{{Infobox album
| name = Interview 2016
| type = EP
| artist = Death Grips
| cover = Interview 2016 cover art.jpg
| alt =
| caption = The cover art features interview host Matthew Hoffman, cropped from the video thumbnail
| released = March 22, 2016
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| genre = Electronic
| length = 22:31
| label = Third Worlds
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| prev_title = The Powers That B
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Bottomless Pit
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Death Grips EP
| type = EP
| prev_title = Death Grips
| prev_year = 2011
| title = Interview 2016
| year = 2016
| next_title = Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix)
| next_year = 2017
}}
}}
Interview 2016 is the second EP by American experimental hip hop group Death Grips, self-released by the band on March 22, 2016. Consisting of six instrumental tracks,{{Cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/03/23/death-grips-6-instrumental-tracks-ep-interview-2016/ |title=Death Grips drop 6-track EP of instrumentals from bizarre 'Interview 2016' video |last=Welsh |first=April Clare |date=March 23, 2016 |publisher=Fact |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921034552/http://www.factmag.com/2016/03/23/death-grips-6-instrumental-tracks-ep-interview-2016/ |url-status=live }} the EP acts as a soundtrack album to a previously released interview video with host Matthew Hoffman, which featured the tracks instead of the interview audio.{{Cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2016/03/death-grips-release-bizarre-video-dubbed-interview-2016-watch/ |title=Death Grips release bizarre video dubbed "Interview 2016" – watch |last=Geslani |first=Michelle |date=March 14, 2016 |publisher=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131185630/https://consequence.net/2016/03/death-grips-release-bizarre-video-dubbed-interview-2016-watch/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/30498/1/death-grips-drop-new-ep |title=Death Grips drop new EP, Instrumentals 2016 |last=Nicolov |first=Alice |date=23 March 2016 |publisher=Dazed Digital |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131184438/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/30498/1/death-grips-drop-new-ep |url-status=live }}
Interview 2016 was released on vinyl as the second LP in a 2LP package alongside Death Grips' other instrumental album Fashion Week for Record Store Day 2016. Individually, Interview 2016 was also self-released by the band on cassette.
Critical reception
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|rev1= Pitchfork
|rev1score = 7.0/10{{Cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21796-interview-2016/ |title=Death Grips - Interview 2016 |last=Camp |first=Zoe |date=April 7, 2016 |publisher=Pitchfork |accessdate=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116123648/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21796-interview-2016/ |url-status=live }}
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Pitchfork Media critic Zoe Camp was positive in her review, stating: "While MC Ride might be perceived as the alpha and omega of Death Grips, Interview 2016 underscores that
Track listing
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| total_length = 22:31
| title1 = Interview A
| length1 = 4:50
| title2 = Interview B
| length2 = 5:23
| title3 = Interview C
| length3 = 3:01
| title4 = Interview D
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = Interview E
| length5 = 1:23
| title6 = Interview F
| length6 = 4:05
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Personnel
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External links
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