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This song isn’t about tobacco. Referencing the classic Freak Nasty song as well as “Niggas in Paris,” Danny Brown takes us on another excursion into the murky realm of drug-drenched debauchery. It’s another molly anthem, for sure, but that’s no surprise if you’ve even marginally kept up with Danny Brown.

What makes the track stand out is its unrelenting darkness, courtesy of Skywlkr‘s Nine Inch Nail-esque prog synths and Danny‘s humorless delivery. If you compare this to “Thizzles,” his collaboration with Tech N9ne, the darkness is striking. Watch below. Old arrives on September 30. Grab a water bottle (and a hip?).

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Chicago rapper and Chief Keef associate SD is the god of the streets. That may not be true, but he raps it as it’s natural law. And if it isn’t law, it will be soon; hence the song title, “New World Order.” On the chorus SD actually says, “I’m the world new order,” which is a weird flip, but he pulls it off . Danny Brown rides shotgun, dropping a characteristically energetic verse that almost finishes without a molly reference. Listen below. The song actually does sound pretty apocalyptic.

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Joe Budden spoke out on Molly a few months ago, but maybe you didn’t feel his sincerity. Accordingly, we thought it might be useful to peek back to a time when Joe was sitting at the crossroads between his well-too-known past and his unknown future. Straight from the pages of the print magazine, here’s our interview with the troubled rapper.

Header photo by Loni Schick. Words by our Editor-in-Chief, Elliot Wilson, and images by photographer Ysa Perez. Click to zoom.

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