Danny Brown hasn’t been getting the best press lately. His friend and tour-mate Kitty offered some sharp insight into the situation a few days ago, but things still haven’t quite settled.

In opposition to this negativity, this list is reminder of why Danny Brown is on tour in the first place: charisma, humor and cleverness. Of course, his image, his ear for beats and that damn voice play a highly significant role as well, but you can’t always play a song or watch a music video. This list is dedicated to those moments when your phone battery is dead, you’re walking home and all you can hear are the bizarre words of a toothless guy from Detroit.

10) “Murder Game” (ft. Guilty Simpson)

“Run up on a nigga with the 4o, go BLOCKO!/ This nigga soft like a old hard taco.”

 

9) “LOL” (prod. Black Milk)

“Ya bitch like a cue ball in a pool hall: we all hittin!’ ”

 

8) “Tick Tock” (with Pusha T, Raekwon and Joell Ortiz)

“Got the heart of a child raised by a prostitute/ that brought his mama the rubbers when the John came through.”

 

7) “Outer Space”

“Swear she played soccer, she was real good with headers/ Had me yellin’ goal while I was sittin’ on the dresser!”

 

6) “Fields”

“It’s like they all forgot man nobody care about us/ That why we all ways end up in the prison ‘stead of college/ Livin’ in the system working kitchen for chump change/ Lost in the streets, niggas playing that gun game/ Where nobody wins just a bunch of mamas losin’.”

 

5) “Detroit 187″ (ft. Chip$)

“Bitch get high wit ya nigga. The sack I got is looking like some green caterpillars/ But it’s smellin’ like a skunk that’s oh so defensive/ These bitches suck my dick like it’s moral incentive!”

 

4) “D-Boyz” (ft. t3)

“I don’t eat rappers, I eat baby mamas.”

 

3) “Japhy Joe” (with Random Axe)

“Used to wear Rockports, Swisher and a Carhartt/ I would never fuck ya bitch: she look like a aardvark.”

 

2) “30”

“Came a long way from extension cords in the window/ Borrowed neighbor’s power just to plug up the Nintendo.”

 

1) “Terrorist Threats” (with Ab-Soul)

This entire verse:

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Soul, never afraid of making his voice heard, comically complains about his set-time and show-money, or lack thereof.

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Typically, when Danny Brown is featured on a lineup, he stands out. Interestingly, this wasn’t the case at MoMA PS1’s latest Warm Up concert. In spite of his ostentatious gold shoes, toothless smile and brash lyrics, Danny Brown was right at home.

Perhaps keeping MoMA PS1’s contemporary aesthetic  in mind, Brown started his set with, “Witit,” a bonus track from the re-release of his 2011 album XXX. “Witit” was the perfect starter for the first half of the set, which solely featured songs and verses from 2012. The crowd didn’t seem to be as familiar with his recent works, especially his guest verses from Childish Gambino’s “Toxic” and Ab-Soul’s “Terrorist Threats,” but they were engaged nonetheless. “Black Brad Pitt” and “Blueberry,” tracks with EDM (electronic dance music) instrumentals and producers, had people particularly enthralled. A number of rappers are attempting to embrace EDM without compromising their gruff images, but few do it as comfortably as Brown who makes a living on both sides of the proverbial fence.

The second half of the set was composed entirely of songs from XXX. The first song, “Die Like a Rockstar,” was particularly energized considering how many times Brown mentioned Molly (5, exactly) in the first half of the set.  Inciting extensive audience participation, the XXX tracks definitely hit their mark. “Blunt After Blunt,” the final song of the set, got people really excited. In fact, a few fellow audience members happily admitted that they had saved their pre-prepared blunts specifically for that song.

In the end, Danny Brown’s nickname, “The Hybrid,” proved to be well-deserved. Simultaneously engaging the hip-hop heads and the EDM enthusiasts, Brown truly showed the power of experimentation. This style characterizes Brown and will definitely continue to do so, but it remains to be seen whether or not the rest of the rap world will follow suit. We can only hope.

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Ab-Soul returns with yet another music video directed by APLUSFilmz (the previous being for “Pineal Gland”). “Terrorist Threats” features Ab-Soul burning a dollar bill, while he and Danny Brown rap about American society and its ‘control systems’. Jhene Aiko also provides vocals, clad in her TDE hoodie. Enjoy.

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While Kanye West’s double-whammy and a pair Drake videos hit the blogs, this track from Ab Soul has slipped under the radar. It’s still early – but good music always gets recognized. Right?

Production by Dave Free of Digi+Phonics lays the foundation for this introspective poetry. Here, we get to see a real passionate side of the usually eccentric Danny Brown.

“I put that on everything/ If we could link up every gang/ and niggas is willing to bear the pain/ we put the White House lights out today”

“I ain’t got no gavel/ I ain’t finna fight nobody battle/ I just wanna be free/ I ain’t finna be nobody chattel.”

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