Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition (Vinyl)
Danny Brown, the Detroit rapper has previously dabbled in grime, ghettotech and other esoteric styles, but Atrocity Exhibition goes further still – sketching out uncharted territory for hip-hop with the gonzo penmanship of Robert Crumb or Ralph Steadman.
Really Doe and Pneumonia show he can do hook-filled hits, and Lost is a Madlibian bit of butterfly-chasing, but there’s stuff here that no other MC is attempting: on Paul White productions like Ain’t It Funny and Dance in the Water, the vibe is like Captain Beefheart manically attacking a to-do list.
Brown is fixated as ever on drugs and sex, keeping bulging cartoonish imagery in pithy equilibrium – “So much coke / Take a sniff need a ski lift”; “licked the clit and she did the Macarena” – and his voice, agitatedly squawking and yet dainty as a ballerina, is one of contemporary music’s greatest pleasures.
2 x Vinyl, LP
Tracklist:
A1 Downward Spiral
A2 Tell Me What I Don't Know
A3 Rolling Stone
B4 Really Doe
B5 Lost
B6 Ain't It Funny
B7 Golddust
C8 White Lines
C9 Pneumonia
C10 Dance In The Water
C11 From The Ground
D12 When It Rain
D13 Today
D14 Get Hi
D15 Hell For It
Danny Brown, the Detroit rapper has previously dabbled in grime, ghettotech and other esoteric styles, but Atrocity Exhibition goes further still – sketching out uncharted territory for hip-hop with the gonzo penmanship of Robert Crumb or Ralph Steadman.
Really Doe and Pneumonia show he can do hook-filled hits, and Lost is a Madlibian bit of butterfly-chasing, but there’s stuff here that no other MC is attempting: on Paul White productions like Ain’t It Funny and Dance in the Water, the vibe is like Captain Beefheart manically attacking a to-do list.
Brown is fixated as ever on drugs and sex, keeping bulging cartoonish imagery in pithy equilibrium – “So much coke / Take a sniff need a ski lift”; “licked the clit and she did the Macarena” – and his voice, agitatedly squawking and yet dainty as a ballerina, is one of contemporary music’s greatest pleasures.
2 x Vinyl, LP
Tracklist:
A1 Downward Spiral
A2 Tell Me What I Don't Know
A3 Rolling Stone
B4 Really Doe
B5 Lost
B6 Ain't It Funny
B7 Golddust
C8 White Lines
C9 Pneumonia
C10 Dance In The Water
C11 From The Ground
D12 When It Rain
D13 Today
D14 Get Hi
D15 Hell For It
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