Killa Kyleon makes authentic mixtapes. As much that statement seems like it applies to damn near every other rapper getting biz, it doesn’t. After the final cut was made for the 2nd edition of Candy Paint-N-Texas Plates 2, K² still had a slew of quality records in the recycle bin. So while most have to scrap and struggle to put out a halfway decent project, DJ Charlee Brown did some mixing and Songs That Didn’t Make CPTP2 was born. Read the rest of this entry »

Between the clips of Quik rapping alongside Loyal Divide and Danny Brown littering Joker’s bass with foul-mouthed ease, you’ve already seen we’ve posted a few slices of Pitchfork’s Selector series. Read the rest of this entry »

As the year comes to a close, Danny Brown has seen his celebrity skyrocket. XXX is getting hailed by numerous publications as one of the year’s best, and rightfully so. But for those worried that a taste of fame is going to change the Detroit resident’s style, a quick viewing of the just-dropped “Monopoly” video should ease any stress. Read the rest of this entry »

For anyone unfamiliar with Pitchfork’s “Selector” series, they’re basically online webisodes that pair popular rappers with out-of-the-box producers, then blend their stylings together via some impromptu performances. Last night, I sat and watched Danny Brown and UK producer Joker’s segment with my better half and one of her girlfriends. Beforehand, neither of them were familiar with either artist Read the rest of this entry »

Days and days of getting blunted by the sticky haze will turn most rappers into bumbling idiots but for Danny Brown, it’s part of today’s complete breakfast. The marijuana chain-smoking don’t stop no matter what the clock says, just like the zany good time that was XXX.

Seeing that there’s more than enough indo to go around, Read the rest of this entry »

Freeway and Danny Brown take FADER along for quick, candid trips through their respective stomping grounds of Philly and Detroit and down memory lane for the latest in the mag’s “Uncapped” video series. Read the rest of this entry »

Never really been a big Kid Sister fan, myself. Yet, despite having some select songs that make you want to punish your brain with Q-tips, you can’t really knock a hot chick who can rap relatively well. Let alone, when she’s got Fool’s Gold brethren Danny Brown on board this scrolling video for her “Gucci Rag Top” remix, rapping about speakers beating up backseat passengers “like Emmit Till.” Read the rest of this entry »

The self-proclaimed “flyest Negroes of America,” also known as Black Milk and Danny Brown, offer up a Gerard Victor-directed video for the title track of their joint EP. Fans can buy Black And Brown in multiple places, like Amazon, iTunes and there’s CD and vinyl are available too. Just make to buy the shit.

A couple of Detroit’s finest musicians got color coordinated on Black Milk’s Album of the Year, and when ni@@s done started something, you know they have to finish. With Black’s brains on the beats and Danny’s brain on drugs, the two give the fans a little fix with their Black And Brown EP. Read the rest of this entry »

Quelle Chris and Danny Brown make a formidable Motor city pair that takes the title “Detroit Rock City” literally. The two – with the assistance of Roc Marciano – drop “Shotgun,” a single off Chris’ upcoming Shotgun & Sleek Rifle project. Read the rest of this entry »

Nashville had an entertaining week from Sunday, October 9th to Sunday, October 16th and experienced great live performances due to tour routing that led to several Hip-Hop acts converging on the city in a seven day span. One Sunday saw our LivexDirectTN stage – a merger of the Hip-Hop & Love (Murs, tabi Bonney, Ski Beatz, e. al.) and L-R-Generations (9th Wonder, Freddie Gibbs, etc.) tours – followed by a Thursday night show featuring Das Racist and Danny Brown Read the rest of this entry »

Two Pennsylvania men stole a whole bridge. Yes, a whole bridge. Read the rest of this entry »

There are a lot of classifications for the word “drug.” Substances we as humans use on the daily such as nicotine, caffeine and aspirin all fall under that label. But since Roach Gigz is a Bay Area, nonstop partygoer, rap-n-roller, it should probably come quite clear exactly what type of drugs he’s talking about. Read the rest of this entry »

For “Zap,” Danny Brown & Black Milk each do what they do best, which is Danny rapping about pills and broads while coasting over a Frank Zappa sample courtesy of Black. Read the rest of this entry »

Danny Brown takes a break from XXX‘s clean sounds on “Brown Eyes” to rhyme over a raw beat reminiscent of his Hot Soup days. Your boy’s still irreverent and eccentric compared to the relatively dialed back delivery he used to have. Read the rest of this entry »