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NME	8/10
The Observer
Pitchfork	8.3/10
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You're Dead! is the fifth studio album by American music producer Stephen Ellison, under the alias of Flying Lotus. It was released on October 6, 2014, by Warp Records. Ellison recorded You're Dead! in his home in Los Angeles from 2012 to 2014, using Ableton Live and other instruments and software. Like his previous albums, Cosmogramma and Until the Quiet Comes, You're Dead! features extensive contributions from Thundercat. It has guest features from Angel Deradoorian, Niki Randa, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg and Thundercat; along with Captain Murphy, Flying Lotus' rapper alter ego.

You're Dead was promoted with one single, "Never Catch Me" featuring Kendrick Lamar. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 58th ceremony. Mainly an instrumental album, You're Dead! is described as electronic, jazz fusion and hip hop. The album received widespread acclaim from critics, and peaked at number one at the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums and at number 19 at the US Billboard 200.

Ellison and Thundercat developed the concept of the album. He said in an interview with Los Angeles Times:

Originally conceived as a double album, Ellison worked on the album soon after finishing his previous album, with the intent of creating "the fastest, hardest, most intense jazz record". Like his previous album, Until the Quiet Comes, he used both Ableton Live and live instruments to make the album. His music gear included Moog Voyager, Fender Rhodes, and Wurlitzer electric pianos, as well as a Gibson guitar, a Carvin Legacy 3 all-tube 3-channel smp head, a bank of six Moogerfooger analog effects modules and two Technics SL-1200 turntables.Daddy Kev, who mastered the album, said that You're Dead! had the largest dynamic range of any of Ellison's work.

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