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Danny Brown

XXX

'xxx' is detroit rapper danny brown's followup to last years album 'the hybrid' while 'xxx' is certainly a very ahem 'erotically charged' album its explicitness is far from purely sexual and it is not all pornographic boasts though it is that too 'xxx' feels simultaneously more unhinged chaotic and coherently ofapiece than 'the hybrid' the chameleon capriciousness of danny's manic style matched and stimulated by production which draws from blistering detuned altrock trippy psychedelia kraftwerkinspired techno and grime of which he is a huge fan so what does he rap about well mostly himself but the dominant theme of 'xxx' probably boils down to sex and drugs there is copious consumption of both described many listeners will find danny's style intolerably garish and irritating his content offensive and ugly the production on far too offkilter others will find his flow explosive filled with a lunatic charm and never boring most tracks are short and don't outstay their welcome and the same goes for the content and production yet he conjures an intensity of expression that is completely honest unrestrained and unmannered it's brown's embracing of contradictions that makes him such a fascinating rapper and 'xxx' is given depth and longevity by a tension or collision between hardcore rap's reality fix and the avantgarde's desire for creative and expressive freedom from reality 'xxx' might just represent the most polished and fully formed manifestation of streetmeetsart rap so far it is in any case essential listening

Tracklist

• 1. XXX (produced by Frank Dukes)
  2. Die Like A Rockstar (produced by Skywlkr)
  3. Pac Blood (produced by Brandun Deshay)
  4. Radio Song (produced by Brandun Deshay)
  5. Lie4 (produced by Skywlkr)
  6. I Will (produced by Squadda Bambino)
  7. Bruiser Brigade feat. Dopehead (produced by Skywlkr)
  8. Detroit187 feat. Chip$ (produced by Nick Speed)
  9. Monopolu (produced by Quelle)
  10. Blunt After Blunt (produced by Skywlkr)
  11. Outer Space (produced by Skywlkr)
  12. Adderol Admiral (produced by Paul White)
  13. DNA (produced by Frank Dykes)
  14. Nosebleeds (produced by DJ HouseSHoes)
  15. Party All The Time ((produced by Brandun Deshay)
  16. EWNESW (produced by Quelle)
  17. Fields (produced by Paul White)
  18. Scrap or Die (produced by Paul White)
  19. 30 (produced by Skywlkr)