It’s not particularly uncommon for rappers to flood the listening market with their work. We get mixtaped, trailer’ed and “freestyle’ed” nearly to death. Still, it struck me as odd when Danny Brown followed the release of Detroit State Of Mind 4 so closely with The Hybrid. The Hybrid was definitely more the intentionally more polished of the two and, still, DSoM4 hadn’t even gotten its full term in my iPod rotation. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve had several people pushing me to listen to The Hybrid, to which I’ve had to politely decline. It’s a minor misfortune that Danny Brown released two projects right on top of each other. Since he did, I’m stuck, still cruising to DSoM4 first with no chances of making it to The Hybrid just yet. Layered, lyrical and funny Danny’s got quotables plus an uncanny delivery, using a warbling tone reminiscent of ODB on wet or Richard Pryor circa the “That Nigger’s Crazy” era. Read the rest of this entry »

DSoM4 snitches! If you’re wondering “should I even bother with this?” know that Danny comes with a heavy LC cosign. And we all know LC is anti-radio, anti-fluff and only fucks with the hard stuff. In fact, I think just about everybody in the Crew cosigns this guy. And the mix features production from Black Milk, DJ Babu, Apollo Brown and Wajeed and features from Slum Village’s T3, Guilty Simpson & Trick Trick. Yeah, it’s a Detroit affair, Old English embroidered hats pulled low and the whole nine.

If you’re so inclined, grab the first three volumes of DSoM, which can be found in the post from last week. Get in the know before Danny’s The Hybrid drops on March 16th. Read the rest of this entry »