{"id":8204,"date":"2013-12-23T14:59:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T14:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=8204"},"modified":"2013-12-23T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T14:59:35","slug":"danny-brown-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/12\/23\/danny-brown-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Brown &#8211; Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2013\/12\/23\/danny-brown-old\/danny_brown_old_cover_art\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8205\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8205\" alt=\"Danny_Brown_Old_Cover_Art\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Danny_Brown_Old_Cover_Art-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Unlike many rappers who front for brand names and labels, Danny Brown is an honest reflection of Detroit, the city in which he was born and raised.<!--more--> On the 32 year-old\u2019s third and latest record, <em>Old,<\/em> 19 tracks tell the story of isolation, grit and pill-popping in America\u2019s toughest city. Combining old school break beats with EDM and Southern trap double-time hi-hats, the final product is the best hip hop disc of 2013 and proof that concept albums can still exist in an industry of ephemeral and forgotten releases. <em>Old<\/em> includes production from A-Trak, Frank Dukes and Oh No (among others), and features guest artists including Freddie Gibbs, Purity Ring and A$AP Rocky. Unlike his sophomore album <em>XXX<\/em>, Brown\u2019s latest record avoids intentional humour and is instead dark and brooding. Songs about amphetamine abuse (\u201cDip\u201d) and troubled youth (\u201cTorture\u201d) contrast with cellar-dwelling verses (\u201cThe Return\u201d) and smoked-out, sub-bass heavy party anthems (\u201cKush Koma\u201d). In Danny\u2019s own words, \u201cI always try to act like I\u2019m some old school artist from the 1960s, so I approached this album like I was making it for vinyl. There\u2019s a side A and a side B&#8230; I do that underground hip hop shit and that turned-up trap shit.\u201d Old should be heard from start to finish through powerful subwoofers or a good pair of headphones: it\u2019s a journey of polished production, a showcase of hip hop\u2019s rising stars, and a reminder of the importance of storytelling in the art of rap. (Fool\u2019s Gold, <a href=\"http:\/\/foolsgoldrecs.com\" target=\"_blank\">foolsgoldrecs.com<\/a>) <strong>Harrison Samphir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike many rappers who front for brand names and labels, Danny Brown is an honest reflection of Detroit, the city in which he was born and raised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[434,605],"class_list":["post-8204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-hip-hop","tag-mental-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}