As part of BBC Radio 1’s Fire in the Booth web series, Danny Brown performed a five-minute freestyle for UK DJ, rapper and show host Charlie Sloth. Detroit-native rapper Danny Brown succeeded in showing his improvisational rhyming strength to the cadence of hit tracks, including: Earl Sweatshirt’s “Chum” and Drake’s “0-100,” in addition to UK grime tracks,…
Although he hasn’t released any new solo work since last year’s masterful album Old, Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s distinctive voice hasn’t gone quiet by any means. Artists as varied as post-bop trio BADBADNOTGOOD, speed-rap’s roadrunner Busdriver, and maximalist Glasgow producer Rustie have called on Brown’s talents for their own tracks. Jumping on that bandwagon are California five-piece The Neighbourhood,…
Detroit may have fallen on some hard times of late, but its musical spirit is soaring like never before. That’s the main takeaway from the seventh episode of Noisey’s Made in America series, which focuses on the diverse music being made by local artists. Past installments of this Budweiser-sponsored series have featured cities such as Memphis…
In the early aughts, two musicians — separated both by genre and geography — decided to collaborate on a set of tracks that would eventually comprise a full-length album. Painstakingly created over ten months through a process of mailing CD-Rs back and forth, the project eventually adopted the name The Postal Service after the organization that assisted in…
During Eminem’s highly-publicized first performance of back-to-back concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium, attendees received a special guest surprise when Dr. Dre joined the Detroit MC for a slew of rap classics. Eminem’s dual London concerts mark the first time in Wembley history that a rap artist has headlined the venue, and feature Detroit’s…
Detroit’s alternative hip hop kings – the Bruiser Brigade (Danny Brown, DopeHead, Chip$, Skywlkr, Trpl Blk, Zelooperz,Kitty, J.U.S, and Ka$h) – have selected a homemade playlist for the perfect Independence Day BBQ soundtrack, appropriately titled “Spiked Punch.” The 24-song playlist features work by the members of Bruiser Brigade, in addition to features by A$AP Rocky,…
Electric Forest music festival is celebrating its fourth year of multi-genre entertainment with a four-day event at Rothbury, Michigan’s Double JJ Ranch campgrounds Thursday, June 26 – Sunday, June 29. The infamous Michigan music festival has become synonymous with electronic music heavyweights, Michigan vendors, fantastic nature-infused light shows, and eclectic crowds. Since 2011,…
The Midwest meets the West Coast on the latest single from L.A. speed-rap extraordinaire Busdriver’s upcoming LP Perfect Hair, but everything — from the torrential flow to the scampering beats — remains buried deep underground. That’s fitting for a song entitled “Ego Death,” which also includes appearances by Detroit’s Danny Brown and San Francisco’s Aesop Rock. As a voice continually exhorts, “We can…
ZelooperZ, the youngest member of Detroit’s Bruiser Brigade rap crew, has released a visual accompaniment to his single “Plateau” from his upcoming mixtape Help. The Trevor Denai-directed video features Bruiser Brigade leader Danny Brown, desolate scenes of a CNN-angled Detroit, and the alternative hip hop phonetics of ZelooperZ himself. The 20-year-old rapper dons a…
When you think of jazz, Ghostface Killah and Detroit’s Danny Brown don’t immediately jump to mind. However, these two maestros of rap have lent their rhymes to music by Toronto’s post-bop trio BADBADNOTGOOD. The single is called “Six Degrees,” and it’s part of a 10-inch record scheduled for release on June 24 via Lex/eOne….