Danny Brown | ||
| Allmusic Biography : Detroit rapper Danny Brown embraced his unique hood/hipster personality, took full advantage of social media, and -- fueled by his experiences with drug dealing and drug taking, as well as a wicked sense of humor -- delivered some of the most vivid, vulgar, and side-splitting rhymes of his era. Brown (real last name: Sewell) surfaced during the mid-2000s as a member of Reservor Dogs. The group advanced far enough to get the attention of the Roc-A-Fella label. A deal was not struck, but an A&R; rep assisted Brown with the recording and release of a mixtape, Detroit State of Mind. New York recording sessions placed him in the company of several contemporaries, including G-Units Tony Yayo. In 2010, Yayo and Brown released Hawaiian Snow, while Brown also released The Hybrid, among other mixtapes, such as additional volumes of the Detroit State of Mind series. While it was rumored that Brown would be signing to G-Unit, label head 50 Cent allegedly balked due to the rappers fashion sense (which included a preference for skinny jeans). Brown eventually found a home at Fools Gold, where he issued XXX, his highest-profile mixtape up to that point. At the end of 2012, Brown announced that the follow-up to XXX had been recorded. Originally titled ODB, it was continually pushed back by the label, with Brown tweeting in August 2013 that he would consider leaking the release. In October, the retitled album, Old, appeared with guest appearances from A$AP Rocky and ScHoolboy Q. After he provided the theme for the U.S. television sitcom Fresh Off the Boat, Brown signed with Warp and made his label debut in 2016 with "When It Rain." The singles parent album, Atrocity Exhibition, was issued later in the year, with guest contributions from B-Real, Black Milk, and Kendrick Lamar. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 11 Title: Detroit State of Mind Released: 2007 Tracks: 19 Duration: 50:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Intro (01:36) 2 Get down (03:58) 3 Broadcaster (02:05) 4 Dont give a (03:11) 5 Its a discription (02:34) 6 To the top (01:41) 7 Yo lovin (01:22) 8 Live every day (00:57) 9 Mean mean pride (02:46) 10 Do yo homework (02:51) 11 Tic tok (02:44) 12 I like my pokets fat (03:57) 13 Marching band (02:27) 14 Get on the grind (04:05) 15 Learn about me (02:28) 16 Boomerang (02:14) 17 Ghetto life (01:24) 18 Resevordogs (04:01) 19 one day it could happen (03:42) |
 | Album: 2 of 11 Title: Detroit State of Mind 2 Released: 2008 Tracks: 12 Duration: 19:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Last Donut (Freestyle) (01:26) 2 Mash (Freestyle) (01:29) 3 Cocaine Cowboy (01:49) 4 26 Inches (03:09) 5 Everybody’s Gone (01:47) 6 Freestyle (01:02) 7 U Luv (01:18) 8 So Hood (02:05) 9 Ghetto-Bad (00:10) 10 Waves (Freestyle) (01:44) 11 Understanding (01:30) 12 Set (01:31) |
 | Album: 3 of 11 Title: Detroit State of Mind 3 Released: 2009 Tracks: 13 Duration: 33:49 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Intro (02:44) 2 Way It Goes (02:32) 3 Sittin’ So High (03:21) 4 Get the Message (02:12) 5 Whatupdoe (02:20) 6 Got Me Open (03:02) 7 Never Say Never (03:16) 8 I Ain’t No Hoe (03:06) 9 Stupid (02:29) 10 Squeeze Precisely (02:25) 11 Fire (02:19) 12 Won’t Do (01:54) 13 Streets of Detroit (02:09) |
 | Album: 4 of 11 Title: Browntown Released: 2010 Tracks: 11 Duration: 34:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Save My People (02:12) 2 Broke $#!T (04:11) 3 Track 03 (Shyne Instrumental) (01:48) 4 Demons & Angels (02:05) 5 Im Out (02:53) 6 Fast Lane (04:01) 7 Metal Gear Solid (02:39) 8 Track 08 (03:05) 9 No Can Do (04:24) 10 On My Mind (04:04) 11 Stay On (02:42) |
 | Album: 5 of 11 Title: The Hybrid Released: 2010-03-16 Tracks: 19 Duration: 56:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Greatest Rapper Ever (02:49) 2 Need Another Drink (02:55) 3 New Era (04:54) 4 Exotic (02:22) 5 Im Out (02:54) 6 Re-Up (02:10) 7 Nowhere 2 Go (02:57) 8 Shootin Moves (02:46) 9 The Nana Song (02:34) 10 Guitar Solo (03:45) 11 White Stripes (02:31) 12 Juno (02:15) 13 Thank God (02:52) 14 Drinks On Me (03:04) 15 Generation Rx (03:11) 16 S.O.S. (02:55) 17 Cartier (03:04) 18 Great Granddad (03:08) 19 Lincoln Continental (02:59) |
 | Album: 6 of 11 Title: XXX Released: 2011-08-15 Tracks: 19 Duration: 53:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 XXX (01:51) 2 Die Like a Rockstar (02:26) 3 Pac Blood (02:32) 4 Radio Song (02:22) 5 Lie4 (03:12) 6 I Will (03:16) 7 Bruiser Brigade (03:45) 8 Detroit 187 (03:05) 9 Monopoly (02:45) 10 Blunt After Blunt (03:26) 11 Outer Space (02:44) 12 Adderall Admiral (01:43) 13 DNA (02:57) 14 Nosebleeds (01:37) 15 Party All the Time (03:28) 16 EWNESW (02:23) 17 Fields (02:33) 18 Scrap or Die (03:56) 19 30 (03:18) |
| XXX : Allmusic album Review : XXX is a bloated album; 19-track albums are a thing of the early millennium past. But this bloat is a gluttonous glory. Danny Brown is not a retread or nostalgia-pandering schmub. XXX -- named for his gutter-filthy mouth and his 30th birthday -- is an accomplishment. Where else would one correlate coitus with Stacey Lattisaw? Danny is one of his generations most on-the-edge champions. Every song is telling: "XXX" is his ode to suicide; on "Die Like a Rockstar" he name-checks every stars downward spiral, including Chris Farley, Heath Ledger, and Belushi. XXXs greatest tone is Dannys out-of-control, nasal "Young Zee" snarl -- its when hes at his nastiest ("How about me and your girlfriend, you with it?") and delusional ("Make Sarah Palin deep throat til she hiccup"), but most musical ("Bruiser Brigade" is about a sociopath crew, ready to set it off with cheap brew). For the last third of the album, Danny raps in a normal tenor -- its startling. The production is dark, schizo, halting, and Detroit mechanical. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 11 Title: Black and Brown! Released: 2011-11-01 Tracks: 10 Duration: 22:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Sound Check (01:08) 2 Wake Up (02:27) 3 Loosie (02:52) 4 Zap (03:30) 5 Jordan VIII (01:32) 6 Dada (02:03) 7 WTF (01:11) 8 LOL (03:01) 9 Dark Sunshine (01:12) 10 Black & Brown (03:42) |
 | Album: 8 of 11 Title: The OD EP Released: 2012-09-25 Tracks: 6 Duration: 15:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Baseline (02:40) 2 Witit (02:42) 3 Shouldnt Of (02:27) 4 Baseline (instrumental) (02:41) 5 Witit (instrumental) (02:42) 6 Shouldnt Of (instrumental) (02:27) |
 | Album: 9 of 11 Title: Old Released: 2013-10-08 Tracks: 19 Duration: 56:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Side A (Old) (02:23) 2 The Return (03:10) 3 25 Bucks (03:30) 4 Wonderbread (01:58) 5 Gremlins (02:06) 6 Dope Fiend Rental (02:55) 7 Torture (03:46) 8 Lonely (02:19) 9 Clean Up (03:01) 10 Red 2 Go (03:18) 11 Side B (Dope Song) (02:36) 12 Dubstep (02:16) 13 Dip (03:31) 14 Smokin & Drinkin (02:53) 15 Break It (Go) (03:12) 16 Handstand (02:55) 17 Way Up Here (02:36) 18 Kush Coma (04:41) 19 Float On (03:31) |
| Old : Allmusic album Review : Dubbed the Hybrid as soon as he came onto the scene, Detroit rapper Danny Brown offered manic and mighty hype tracks (with his patented and chirpy "high voice") along with deeper, more meaningful tales of the hood (delivered in his "low voice"). That nickname also became the title of a 2010 street release, but it would have been better saved for this, as Old hits the golden ratio of Browns bonkers and brilliance. Dividing the release in golden age vinyl style, "Side A (Old)" kicks things off with the throwback rhyme "Got my young, light skin rollin up the trees/Wearin jackets in the house, its the Michigan way" as the MTV regular and Scion A/V-sponsored star is transported back to his early days for an albums side worth of tracks. Freddie Gibbs fits perfectly on "The Return," which plays up Browns concept of a throwback album, while the thoroughly modern production and guest appearance of Purity Ring messes with time as Brown gets posted on the corner with old friends and old enemies. With the over-the-top and infectious "Wonderbread" hitting full hype, "Lonely" doing the Kid Cudi thing with weed offering spacemen relief, "Gremlins" connecting the dots between old Detroit and Earl Sweatshirts Doris, plus the great "Torture" finding producer Oh No modernizing the Diplomats sound for Browns enjoyment, "side one" already equals an excellent LP, and the futuristic, post-XXX-minded "side two" does not disappoint. Great things happen as "Dubstep" borrows the genres name and then attacks it with wit and glitch, "Dip" displays why hes the wit-lovers rapper with one drop of "Like Lieutenant Dan, Im rollin," then an album-ending trilogy brings Ab-Soul, A$AP Rocky, and Charli XCX aboard for a series of cuts that are more than the sum of their parts. The albums title -- which flows perfectly after his 2012 single "Grown Up" -- is referenced on the Charli XCX track when "Float On" finds Brown wondering how hip-hop will see his work once hes old, but with other lines like "Music in my heart, but my thoughts wouldnt listen" and "Im tormented with the things Ive seen with these eyes," he need not fret. Luckily, he does, and while Old often seems like a hip-hop kaleidoscope exploding across the speakers, its also crafted and paced, split down the middle like a great LP with a sure start and a freeing finish. If XXX was the come-up and the "Grown Up" single was the breakthrough, this is the masterpiece. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 11 Title: Hot Soup Released: 2014 Tracks: 20 Duration: 57:56 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Level One (00:29) 2 Dance (03:21) 3 What Up Doe (03:02) 4 Ten G’s a Week (02:33) 5 Sittin’ So High (03:14) 6 Swagger to the Max (02:36) 7 Succeed (03:22) 8 She Love It (03:44) 9 Head (02:28) 10 Squeeze Precisely (03:08) 11 Rese’Vor Dog (02:03) 12 Gun in Yo Mouf (03:15) 13 Let’s Go (02:30) 14 Two Steps Back (04:55) 15 Work Song (03:15) 16 Streets of Detroit (02:06) 17 Numbers (01:46) 18 Watch Em (02:39) 19 Hot Soup Comercial (02:22) 20 Hot Soup Interview (05:02) |
 | Album: 11 of 11 Title: Atrocity Exhibition Released: 2016-09-30 Tracks: 15 Duration: 46:47 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Downward Spiral (02:52) 2 Tell Me What I Don’t Know (02:31) 3 Rolling Stone (03:47) 4 Really Doe (05:19) 5 Lost (02:07) 6 Ain’t It Funny (02:57) 7 Golddust (02:24) 8 White Lines (02:23) 9 Pneumonia (03:39) 10 Dance in the Water (02:37) 11 From the Ground (02:18) 12 When It Rain (03:15) 13 Today (03:07) 14 Get Hi (03:33) 15 Hell for It (03:49) |
| Atrocity Exhibition : Allmusic album Review : Danny Browns first Warp release is named after a Joy Division song inspired by writer J.G. Ballards collection of the same title. "Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown," one of the chapters in the Ballard book, would have been just as apt an inscription on an album that looks more like a mid-80s 12" designed by Neville Brody than anything classified as hip-hop. Old comrade Paul White produces two-thirds of the tracks, lending gnarled, sometimes clanging and blasting rhythms that complement Browns elevated levels of dread and anxiety and slightly reduced amount of vulgar mischief. Brown spends most of his time looking darkly inward. In that berserk yet lucid high pitch, he raps about being more desperate to score than his clients: "Slice your tomato if you owe us for the lettuce/Runnin through the D sorta like Jerome Bettis." He depicts himself as a vice-addled, teeth-grinding paranoiac with no soul or hope, and that summarizes only the first three cuts. The outward-looking material is just as biting. In "Today," the track that most exemplifies the albums title, Brown pithily specifies observed struggles and atrocities -- hustling to pay for diapers, the dodging of bullets from murderous civilians and authority, the prison-industrial complex -- as he references OutKast. No such dread is in "Dance in the Water," the albums only true break from the hellscapes. Over the brawling tribal Pulsallama rhythm that it takes to dance to what he has to live through, Brown paraphrases Parliaments "Aqua Boogie" as he outlines a new workout plan -- minus a proposition, one technically clean enough to be applied by youngsters. Guest appearances are kept to a judicious few. Kendrick Lamar provides a verse and the hook on "Really Doe," a knocking Black Milk production that also features Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt. Browns meeting with Cypress Hills B-Real is expectedly pinched and faded. Most symbiotic is "From the Ground Up," decaying funk with Kelela in dreamlike Janet Jackson mode. Even with its outside input, Atrocity Exhibition is Danny Brown at his least diluted, almost unrelentingly grim and completely engrossing. | ||