Apple Magazine - USA - Issue 415 (2019-10-11)

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uknowhatimsayin¿

Danny Brown


The Detroit native’s fifth studio album features
guest appearances from Run the Jewels,
Obongjayar, Jpegmafia, and Blood Orange. It
has also already produced three singles: “Dirty
Laundry”, “Best Life” and “3 Tearz”

FIVE FACTS:



  1. Danny Brown is the professional name of
    Daniel Dewan Sewell.

  2. He has been described by veteran hip-
    hop journalist Rob Markman as “one of rap’s
    most unique figures in recent memory”.

  3. uknowhatimsayin¿ is executive-produced
    by Q-Tip, who is best-known for being
    the main producer for New York hip-hop
    collective A Tribe Called Quest.

  4. Brown has said of the album’s title and
    lack of concept: “Half the time, when black
    people say, ‘You know what I’m sayin’,’ they’re
    never saying nothing. This is just songs. You
    don’t have to listen to it backwards. You
    don’t have to mix it a certain way. You like it,
    or you don’t.”

  5. uknowhatimsayin¿ has been hailed
    by critics, with Pitchfork’s Jayson Greene
    commenting that it showed Brown
    “remains one of the most inventive and
    dimensional rappers working today.”


Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Released: Oct 4, 2019
11 Songs
Price: $9.99


74 Ratings

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