There have been few if any truly great rap records this year. Kevin Gates’ Luca Brasi Story is pretty much the front-runner for rap album of the year, but I imagine the next eight months will hold heavy competition. Every year since I’ve been doing this, I wonder when the transformative rap records of the […]

Brad Beatson with the artistry. No real explanation necessary. “Bitch pussy smell like a penguin (ewwww)” -”1 Train”    “Bullseye my eyes tie dyed” (Die Like A Rockstar) / “But this kush got me high like Pac Bandana” (Monopoly) / “I’m Higher than Swizz Beats hairline” (Bruiser Brigade)

If any other rapper made a dedication to Diplo, molly, and white twerking over a white trap beat, I would probably denounce it as an abomination in the good names of rap music, twerking and trap. But no one else is as fluent both in the original and hipsterified interpretations as Danny Brown. Also, no […]

Adam Wray wrote this inside the Viper Room bathroom, circa 1993. There’s no rapper working today that’s earned his hype as much as Danny Brown. Since XXX blew up he’s been getting it like he’s lived, crushing each and every track he’s hopped on and leaving a trail of smoked mics, blunts, and groupies in […]

Doc Zeus hath risen. For a man who has the stoned Scumbag Steve countenance of a young Jason Mewes, Harry Fraud of the titular “La Musica De Harry Fraud,” has managed to become one of the most accomplished young producers in hip hop. In-demand and prolific, Fraud has become the breakout producer in a resurgent […]

This video for The Purist and Danny Brown’s “Jealousy” looks somewhere between Tron, Thundercats and Marble Madness. So I enjoy it like a Capri-Sun. For those keeping score, this J.J. Reddick reference may be the highlight of his professional career. You can stream The Purist’s TR-ILL EP below the jump.

“The Motor City where motor mouths get impounded.” Danny Brown, The Hybrid, writing in papyrus, raised on hot dogs, no TLC in his life. No spot at the top of MTV’s Hottest MCs List. You know how that goes. MTV isn’t ranking the best rappers, it’s ranking the hottest. I suppose there’s a place for […]

Is “10 Crack Commandments” the most sampled vocal of all-time? Is Danny Brown the grimiest rapper smoking? Is he the improved American Dizzee Rascal? Is there anything more fun to do than put on The Hybrid voice and scream “check” when you’re waiting for the restaurant bill? Pea coats. The new starter jacket? Do you […]

Danny Brown enters the trap: not just your trapper’s trap, but also your favorite British DJ’s trap. This was the only logical conclusion considering The Hybrid is basically the American Dizzee Rascal and he once made a video called “Gypped by a Crackhead.” This doesn’t feel like appropriation of a trend, it feels like natural […]

Son Raw is bringing back crunk. Danny Brown is perhaps the only person on earth who could release a collabo with a pair of living, breathing, American Apparel manikins AND a video detailing his trip to  the Gathering of the Juggalos within the same 24 hour period. While I’m more disturbed by the former (at […]