This is a question that if your a hip-hop head you should easily be able to answer.  He’s one of the best hip-hop artists out there right now, but a lot of people in the mainstream music world are less familiar.  I think there are many reasons why this tends to be.

For starters, people might complain about his voice being too raspy and then all of a sudden becoming so low that the two voices sound unrecognizable.  This, in my opinion, is a silly nitpick due to the fact that plenty of artists do this Kendrick Lamar perhaps the best hip-hop artist in the game uses many different voices and patterns to conduct a mood just like Danny but don’t complain about Kendrick because you’re seen as crazy to complain about him.

Another reason why Danny might not have the same recognition as other artists in his field is that he takes his time on his releases and is more interested in acclaim and making music that stands the test of time.  In the world of streams and large albums to make more money, Danny would rather spend $70,000 on samples so that he can make exactly what he thinks will work which is exactly what he did on his 2016 masterpiece Atrocity Exhibition.  This album features artists from Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and the last feature Earl Sweatshirt has done since dropping off the face of the earth.

Danny has so far had 4 studio albums with XXX, Old and Atrocity Exhibition being highly praised while his first studio album Hybrid is a good album but does not compare in style and most of all his vulnerability and language.  Starting with the very first song with the titular song XXX saying lines like “I try to escape it hope these drugs a numb a soul Say I’m getting old and times running out.”  There is an urgency of a man who knows that since he is 30 he is running out of time to make a name for himself in music before it’s too late.  This is a refreshing look at potentially missing your shot which I don’t think has properly been talked about in Hip-Hop since Eminem.  With all the confidence that is popular in the genre, it’s refreshing to show how freaked out and scared one can be.

Not all of his songs are meant for a deep examination of one’s soul, a lot of songs on his album Old are more party anthem’s that are good for festivals songs such as Dip, and Kush Coma are examples of party anthems though at the same time is not filled with throwaway lyrics.

Danny has said in many interviews that he makes music for him and his friends and if the hip-hop and mainstream music fans like it then that is also great!  I wish more artists carried about this because I believe this creates some of the best long-lasting music that people will go back too.  Whenever Danny Brown releases his next music project I’ll be one of the first to listen to it because even if it doesn’t hold up it will at least be fascinating!

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